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4867256 No.4867256 [Reply] [Original]

Why is beef jerky so expensive?

>> No.4867258

>not making your own beef jerky

>> No.4867261

The kind made of pink slime is much more affordable and is nutritionally indistinguishable.

Snap into a Slim Jim®!

>> No.4867264

Because 2-3 pounds of raw meat will only be about 1 pound of jerky.

>> No.4867294

after you eat homemade stuff the store one tastes like metal. people seem to suck at making homemade jerky though, they try to make it in 1 day and refuse to use any msg which is the secret ingredient.

>> No.4867298

>>4867258
> not realizing making your own jerky at home is just as expensive unless you manage to get good cuts on sale, and even then it won't taste as good made in your dehydrator at home as the $18/lb jerky at the butchers tastes.

Jerkey making is a bitch. I have to drive an hour to get the good stuff. The butchers here looks good but the taste is bleh and it's lazily made with msg.

>> No.4867315

>>4867298
>it's lazily made with msg

Here we go again.

>> No.4867329

>MSG is bad because Asian propaganda

>> No.4867335

>>4867298
>Jerkey making is a bitch
No it isn't.

I'm not sure how you think buying meat is more expensive than buying already-made jerky.

>> No.4867338

>2013 surrounded by plebs not making superior jerky dried naturally without aid of a dehydrator

>> No.4867339

Can't you make jerky out of ground beef?

>> No.4867345

every year a guy comes to work with a backpack fucking full of deer jerky and gives everyone a crap load. Look forward to it.. should be soon again I think

>> No.4867353

>>4867345

Everyone in your office has toxoplasmosis. Just thought you should know.

>> No.4867368

>>4867339
lol no

>> No.4867371

>>4867353
>Up to a third of the world's human population is estimated to carry a Toxoplasma infection.[3][4]

>1/3 of almost 7 billion people have it
Yeah, I don't really think it's too big of a problem since this is the first time I'm hearing about it and 1/3 of the world has it.

>> No.4867373

>>4867338
>a dehydrator is not natural
Yeah... warm circulating air is full of preservatives!!!

>> No.4867387

>>4867371
>>4867353
It's only a problem if your immune system is seriously weak, like infants or people with AIDS.

>> No.4867390

>>4867371
It's only waiting to manifest internal bleeding. Haven't you ever played Pandemic 2?

>> No.4867394

>>4867387

It's also believed to cause subtle behavioral changes, see for example

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC117239/

>> No.4867421

>>4867373
dehydrators cook the meat a bit. hanging meat out to naturally dry on a hot dry day is far superior

>> No.4867425

>>4867421
Cheap dehydrators partially cook meat. Good dehydrators don't.

>> No.4867436

>>4867315
I am secret ingredient guy from above, I use msg to cut down on the amount of salt I use while still having the full flavor enhancement of the full amount of salt. I think of msg the same way I do for artificial sweeteners - not bad for you on occasion but the accumulation of eating it everyday for awhile makes it bad. Its probably actually healthier because you end up eating much less salt.

>> No.4867442

>>4867421
I have good results with half dehydrator then air dry the second half.

>> No.4867453

>>4867425
very true. the best jerky i ever had was made in a custom built dehydrator built by the person making the jerky

>> No.4867488

>>4867329

nothing toxic or dangerous about MSG.

It's just a shortcut compared to using proper seasonings, like using garlic powder instead of fresh, bullion cubes instead of homemade stock, gravy mix in a packet instead of making it from drippings, etc.

>> No.4867496

>>4867488
>It's just a shortcut compared to using proper seasonings

You forgot the "in my totally unfounded opinion" part.

>> No.4867508

>>4867488
let me just goto the ocean bring back buckets of salt water and make my own salt then.

there is no spice that can replace salt, adding a bunch of seasoning will just over-complicate the flavors not bring them out like salt or msg can.

>> No.4867521

>>4867496

nothing unfounded about it. MSG is just glutamate; it's one of many flavors found in natural seasonings. Using MSG alone is taking that one flavor and throwing away the rest of it.

I didn't say there was anything wrong with that, obviously diffeent people have different priories. If you don't have time to simmer bones for hours to make stock then you have little choice but to take the shortcut of using bullion cubes. If you don't have access to other sources of glutamates then you take the shortcut of using MSG. I never said it was bad, but if your palate cannot tell the difference between the two then I'm not sure what to say.

>>4867508
When did I say anything about salt?

>> No.4867532

The best way to make jerky is with air conditioner filters and a box fan.

>> No.4867533

>>4867371
>Yeah, I don't really think it's too big of a problem since this is the first time I'm hearing about it
I could name many things that are big issues to human health that you are unaware of.

Don't rely on the media to spoon feed you and inform you about what is important.

>> No.4867536

>>4867425
>Cheap dehydrators partially cook meat
No one mentioned cheap dehydrators.

>> No.4867541

>>4867496
He has a point though. The fact that you automatically thought he meant "hurrr MSG is poison" shows your ability to think critically and understand issues beyond the obvious points.

>> No.4867556
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4867556

Because you honkys find it easier to find jobs and make money and can afford it...

>> No.4867583

>>4867256
>Why is beef jerky so expensive?

Drying process. Meat is mostly water. When you dehydrate it to make jerky you lose a tremendous amount of the water weight--it takes multiple pounds of beef to make one pound of jerky, so even if you use cheap beef the price adds up quickly.

>> No.4867625

>>4867421
Outside jerky? Enjoy your egg-laden meat flies have been landing on all day.
Even without flies it's not an option for the northern deer-hunting folk.
>hunting season in the fall
>no more warm days
>no more dry days

>> No.4867649

>>4867625
hurr durr dur thats why you drape cheese cloth over the meat when you hang it up to dry outside or in doors

>> No.4867689

>>4867521

You very clearly implied it was improper, as you compared it to "proper seasonings." In no way is it any less "proper" than any other seasoning.

>> No.4867692

>>4867541
>The fact that you automatically thought he meant "hurrr MSG is poison" shows your ability to think critically and understand issues beyond the obvious points.

This is hilarious. You just jumped to a wild conclusion by accusing that guy of jumping to a wild conclusion.

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4867845

>>4867692

>> No.4868053

>>4867256

say muscle is about 75% water and beef is $4.00/lb. once there's 0% water, the price becomes $16.00/lb.

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4868065

>Frosted toast

I have to try that someday.

>> No.4868078

>>4867845
Congratulations, you were able to make a connection between a phrase and something you saw in a Hollywood movie.

>> No.4868086

>>4867256
>beef jerky
>Good
yeah no thanks, as a true /ck/ professional, I'll take it rare. Why does everyone always make it well done? Fucking gross. Bleh.

>> No.4868167

>>4868086
Try bilatong instead.

>> No.4868867

>>4867298
My jerky taste way fucking better than the store jerky, or some asshole at a jerky shack.
I sell it all of the time at work during break. I make great money. You should try that instead of bitching.
Also before you ask, no I will not give out a recipe.

>> No.4868874

>>4867353
I already have toxoplasmosis from my cat's litter box. Jerky can't do nothin'.

>> No.4869005

>>4868167
biltong no a

>> No.4869055

>>4868086
I must offer sacrifice to the spirit of the fire that became an uneasy friend and companion to us so long ago.

Only the lesser human species like floresiensis, australopithecus and erectus newer made a pact, and look what happened to them!

>> No.4869752

Musles = ~75% water
Jerky = ~10% water

DO THE MATH