1. “Jerky” is a method to preserve meat without refrigeration, and was a necessity in the days without a means of keeping meat cold.
2. Traditionally meat was dried, smoked and salted or a combination of to preserve it.
3. Marinating is a technique used to add additional flavors.
4. Beef is the most common type of jerky, any meat can be jerky, alligator or how about some rattle snake jerky?
5. The origin of the word jerky is from Native American “Charqui” which means “to burn meat”, yummy!
6. Jerky quality varies widely and depends on the choice of meat, preservatives, and the preservation method. Of coarse there is no better jerky than Jerky Direct Jerky!
7. Many jerky like products exist, consisting of processed, chopped and formed meat, rather than traditional sliced, whole meat. If you think eating your shoe would be good try some formed meat jerky!
8. Our jerky is very lean; fat will cause spoilage. Cheap jerky with high percentages of fat and water content have many chemicals added to preserve and prevent spoilage, yummy!
9. Ingredient list for Jack Links™ jerky: Beef, Water, Sugar, Less than 2% Salt, Corn Syrup Solids, Dried Soy Sauce (Soybeans, Salt, Wheat), Hydrolyzed Corn and Soy Protein, Monosodium Glutamate, Maltodextrin, Flavorings, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite. Surprisingly you have no idea the beef quality or even the parts of the beef they used from the ingredient list. Anyone for a slice of beef jerky, tail!
10. Nutritionally, jerky is low in fat and high in protein. The number one issue is the exorbitant amount of sodium used. A 1-oz serving contains up to 15 grams of protein (25% of the daily value), but 600mg of sodium (25% of the daily maximum). How about a little beef with your salt! The protein is great, but most American’s are getting enough protein in their diet, it’s the excess sodium that is a concern.
11. Several jerky products are sold in 3 oz packages; people who eat an entire bag end up eating 3 servings at once, (often drinking a sugary soft drink to wash down the salt in the jerky). Maybe the jerky manufacturers own soda companies too!
12. Did you know beef jerky is astronaut food! NASA has been sending jerky up in space with the astronauts, lightweight high protein food. Wonder if E.T. likes jerky?
13. A bunch of people are extremely passionate about their jerky. They know good food!
14. Did you know there was an explosion in a ConAgra manufacturing facility creating a shortage of the wildly popular Slim Jim™ brand jerky nationwide at one time.
15. Beef jerky is believed to have an origin in South America during the 1800’s.
16. The Quechua tribe, ancestors of the ancient Inca Empire, produced a meat similar to beef jerky called ch’arki, or charqui. It was made by adding salt to strips of meat from wild animals such as deer, buffalo, and elk, then allowing it to dry in the sun or over fires for a stretch of time.
17. Jerky made it possible for people to preserve meats during times when it was plentiful and eat it when food was scarce.
18. The Spanish discovered this method of preserving meat; they showed the rest of the world.
19. American cowboys and pioneers quickly embraced it and became a staple item for them. What cowboy doesn’t like jerky!
20. Explorers built smoke shacks and hung cuts of meat over a fire to smoke cure the meat.
21. The first true jerky was made when meat was first flavored and then cured. Over the years, people realized the meat was made tastier by the adding various spices.
22. Did you know there are beef jerky blogs and clubs! And it is the number one snack for U.S. soldiers according to the U.S. military.
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