# Do you like beef jerky? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2017, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158 "2017-06-05T06:02:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/1 "2017-06-05T06:02:12Z")
Simple question. I love the stuff, personally. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/2 "2017-06-05T06:04:45Z")
I can take it or leave it. Don’t _dis_like it. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/3 "2017-06-05T06:15:30Z")
I’ll eat it on occasion but it must be freshly made like the kind I sometimes get at the butcher shop that’s a block from my office. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/4 "2017-06-05T07:36:49Z")
I like it, but the servings tend to be rather small and leave me wanting more. For a similar treat, I usually prefer northwest-style smoked salmon. My dad made it a few times when I was young. It wasn’t as dry as beef jerky, but it did have a chewy, salty, savory goodness. I can find similar in stores, but not as chewy and well done as he used to make it. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/5 "2017-06-05T09:09:46Z")
I love beef jerky. No way that I would eat it though. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/6 "2017-06-05T10:21:44Z")
I obviously love if considering I’m willing to put my teeth through such torture. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/7 "2017-06-05T10:25:26Z")
I’ve had good jerky and bad jerky. So I’ll vote for “sometimes”. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/8 "2017-06-05T10:46:42Z")
Grocery store jerky tends to be soaked in sugar, and I don’t much like that. I’ll get it very occasionally, but it’s never as satisfying as I hope. Years ago I was in Arizona, and I got some jerky at a convenience store that was unsugared and made by some local rancher (it may have been Navajo, I can’t quite remember). Anyway, it was fucking delicious: savory and peppery and just how jerky should be. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/9 "2017-06-05T10:56:32Z")
Yes. Have even made my own in the past. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/10 "2017-06-05T11:11:56Z")
No, it’s like sickly-sweet [biltong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biltong), to my taste. And I love biltong. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/11 "2017-06-05T11:59:19Z")
Nope. Not so much because of the taste, but for how difficult it is to eat. As a recovered tooth-grinder, I don’t eat anything that requires long chewing. No chewing gum, no jerky. Just thinking about it makes my jaw hurt. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/12 "2017-06-05T12:38:38Z")
I love it, but my teeth don’t. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/13 "2017-06-05T14:49:57Z")
I decided to go with love. I can’t remember finding any I didn’t like. ---
**Author:** ![SUZ\_MAC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@SUZ\_MAC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SUZ_MAC)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/14 "2017-06-05T16:00:46Z")
I keep bags of it in my desk and snack on it most every day. My favorite is teriyaki tender. Mmmmm, beef jerky. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/15 "2017-06-05T16:06:27Z")
It really depends on how dry it is. A lot of the premium small batch stuff that you find around the American hinterland seems to always be so dry that I end up with beef strings stuck in between my teeth for what feels like days. The more commercial stuff doesn’t seem to have that problem. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/16 "2017-06-05T16:09:26Z")
I like it just fine. I never buy it though. Last year a buddy at work gave me some of his home made moose jerky. Boy was it good. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/17 "2017-06-05T17:06:45Z")
If I could find some that wasn’t so full of sugar, I would love it. I have made my own and it was alright. I think the meat was old when I bought it so the jerky didn’t turn out that good tasting. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/18 "2017-06-05T17:22:35Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I obviously love if considering I’m willing to put my teeth through such torture. > [@Athena](#): > > Nope. Not so much because of the taste, but for how difficult it is to eat. As a recovered tooth-grinder, I don’t eat anything that requires long chewing. No chewing gum, no jerky. Just thinking about it makes my jaw hurt. > [@MoonMoon](#): > > I love it, but my teeth don’t. This is the biggest reason for my dislike… don’t like chewing so robustly and then it’s stuck `twixt my teeth. Also, it’s really just \*meh \*in the first place. I’d have chosen something more middle-of-the-road, but i was almost just as happy voting “no” ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/19 "2017-06-05T17:24:55Z")
High protein, low fat and delicious. I love it! ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158/20 "2017-06-05T17:39:17Z")
TMI warning - Something about beef jerky does not work with my plumbing. If I so much as accidentally ingest 1 atom of beef jerky, my stomach and intestines produce enough gas to fill a zeppelin. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-beef-jerky/788158.md?page=2)