just tried this for the first time and wtf?
do americans actually eat this or is it another meme joke like 'go 'za?
rating: FUCKING DISGUSTING!
>>8460424
one of those things that's way better if home made
>>8460424
What'd you get? Jack Links?
>>8460424
turkey jerky is fucking delicious tho
American here and yes I do. Commonly I pack it on long camping trips and hikes. Shits pretty good late at night in the middle of the woods.
I will say home made is way better. Always had it growing up as my father was a deer hunter.
>>8460432
Honestly if OP got Jack Links, i feel sorry for them
Has anyone tried this stuff? All there flavors sound good.
>>8460465
Exactly, he got greasy rectum bits. Not exactly what I would call "food" but hey.
>>8460424
It's my go-to snack on road trips. A big bag can be a tasty snack at one point, complete substitute for a meal at 3 AM when you and your friends are coming back to the hotel after a long bender.
I don't think I've had a single friend on a road trip not beg me for some of this shit at some point.
>>8460447
I always had deer jerkey growing up too. So good
>>8460424
You've never had homemade. Of course, the mass produced crap is garbage. But if you make it yourself, it makes a lightweight, easily portable protein source for an extended stay in the woods.
Don't forget, the plains Native Americans dried and smoked much of their animal harvest in just that manner to protect against starvation when times got tough. They also mixed it with berries and tallow to make pemmican which was very nutritious.
South Africans have Biltong, which is very similar.
I know you're a shitposter, but this was a bit of a failure don't you think?
>>8460989
>for an extended stay in the woods.
so it's good when you're starving and/or homeless? what a ringing endorsement
>>8461031
Beef jerky is somewhat expensive and time consuming to make that can only really be made in clean environments, so no, not really a food for the starving and/or homeless.
You fucking dingus.
Post jerky recipes pls
My dehydrator is feeling lonely and my last batch tasted 3/10 because I'm a failure at life
I've never had a jerky that I liked more than good biltong.
I tried jack's links and it taste terrible
This is the best beef jerky
>>8460424
the beef jerky thinks you're disgusting too.
>>8461076
I have a dehydrator too, and the most 'store-bought' flavored marinade I made was:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/beef-jerky-recipe.html
I'd recommend only making a half batch, it's a ton of marinade. I usually use 'eye of round' beef, sliced against the grain.
>>8461076
Also, my dehydrator has a temperature dial, and recommends a high temperature for meat jerky.
Ignore this.
At that temperature, you're cooking, not drying. All the jerky I ever made at high temperature tasted like a baked steak. Use a lower setting for longer.
>>8460605
Now THESE are the guys I want to buy from. Super fucking convenient
>>8460424
I tried it a month ago, i thought it was going to be salty and delicious judging by the photos, it was disgusting, i don't get the American obsession of turning everything into candy.
Anyone tried the jerky shop in Manitou Springs, CO? I've never tried jerky before but the boar and ghost pepper beef jerky was delicious
hourly
>>8463488
yuropoor
I've had a variety of beef jerky and it is delicious. Even the "mass produced" crap people ITT are complaining about is not that bad. OP just has garbage tastes.
Europoor here, It's delicious. I'm making some jerky right now, I got some beef top round, nice and meaty.
>>8463529
Top round is a good choice to use. Are you dry salting or marinading it?
>>8460424
I'm not American and love this.
I think we used to get Shur-fine jerky. But it wasn't economically viable to sell I guess so they stopped.
>>8460424
The packaged beef jerky is garbage, I buy the gourmet expensive shit from my local butcher shop
We don't need to travel multiple days to a number of weeks to reach our destination anymore, guys.
Nor do we need to hunker down in our homestead for multiple days while a storm passes over.
It's okay to admit jerky is unnecessary in this age and not really that good. Please give it up and throw this beef flavored bark in the trash.
>>8460424
>cows taste different around the world?
>Ugh! disgusting!
>>8463843
>I don't like beef jerky because I've never eaten well made beef jerky. Therefore, no one should ever eat beef jerky, guys.
>>8461031
>yuropoors don't go camping/exploring/herping/birdwatching
so fucking glad I don't live in an urban shithole
>>8464069
One thing great about being a flyover, I can walk into huge tracts of woods right outside my backdoor with a canteen and a pouch of jerky and see nothing but wild mammals, reptiles, edible mushrooms, plants and fruits all day. Not a fucking human sighted the whole time. I wouldn't trade that for all the "culture" in the east or west coast septic shitholes for the world.
>>8464129
I just bought a house on 15 acres, the 2 front acres are grassy with some trees, then a stream separates that from the like 13 acres of woods I own.
I fucking love it.
>>8464069
>be american
>go walk in a forest
>get shot
love jerky but its expensive as fuck in syrup land.
a bag costs almost $10..
>>8463518
obsession
>>8464184
Most of the weight of meat is water. Removing water doesn't make the meat retroactively cost less, and then you have store markup.
>>8460424
Home cured/dried jerky can be amazing. And if you've never had deer jerky, I plain pity you.
the only jerky ive ever had was some biltong
it honestly tasted like the liver snaps i give my dog
haven't tried "jerky" since
>>8460424
that looks more like biltong desu
>>8464200
You can almost set your watch by it.
>>8464129
That truly is one thing I envy about you guys who live out in the middle of nowhere. Thankfully I can drive a little ways and be in the woods, but still. Neighbors can be such a pain.
>>8463451
Fuck off
>>8460605
>The BEST you'll ever taste
that is a bold claim indeed
>>8460424
HEB jerky is tip top. I miss texas.
>>8460424
You can't just pick any beef jerky. It has to be well made. The cheap stuff you get in the bags is garbage.