# Jerking the beef

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerking-the-beef/36197>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 8, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerking-the-beef/36197 "2000-10-08T22:42:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerking-the-beef/36197/1 "2000-10-08T22:42:22Z")

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Mmmmm… I’ve got homemade teriyoki beef jerky drying as we speak.

MmmMmMmMmMmmmm… Beef Jerky… could there BE a more perfect food??

Anybody else jerk their own beef?? Have any good recipies?

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**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerking-the-beef/36197/2 "2000-10-08T22:48:10Z")

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Beef jerky is one of my new favorite snacks, as my diabetic friend introduced it to me.

Although I have to say, I’ve never heard of anyone jerking their own beef. Is it easy to do?

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**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerking-the-beef/36197/3 "2000-10-08T22:49:25Z")

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> Anybody else jerk their own beef??

I’m not sure how to respond to this…

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**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerking-the-beef/36197/4 "2000-10-08T22:50:41Z")

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😃

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**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2000, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerking-the-beef/36197/5 "2000-10-08T23:28:14Z")

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I _make my own jerky_ (:rolleyes: ).

Soak strips of a good roast overnight in Worchestire sauce with: salt, black pepper, red pepper, a little garlic powder, and whatever else I can find in the spice cabinet. Sorry I don’t have a recipe with amounts, but I just throw in however much I think it needs. It’s really good though.