# Mummy=Jerky?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mummy-jerky/184938
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 28, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mummy-jerky/184938 "2003-06-28T06:00:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mummy-jerky/184938/1 "2003-06-28T06:00:08Z")
Okay, I was watching a rerun of _Futurama_ the other night and Frye eats a mummy of the Professor’s and comments that it’s great jerky. Yeah, yeah, I know it’s a cartoon, but are mummies and jerky similar? Could one take an Egyptian mummy and chow down on it with no ill effects?
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mummy-jerky/184938/2 "2003-06-28T06:33:18Z")
I’m gonna guess not… jerky is dried out in storage, and so are mummies, but there’s several thousand years’ difference in age. 😛 Besides, jerky has to be prepared before it’s made. I doubt mummy is.
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mummy-jerky/184938/3 "2003-06-28T07:05:30Z")
Mummies were treated with natron, a natural dessicant found in the Nile valley (composed of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate with traces of sodium chloride and sodium sulfate) that dried the flesh. I suspect the natron would make the flesh inedible, or unpalatable at the very least.
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### Author:  [@Slugworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slugworth)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mummy-jerky/184938/4 "2003-06-28T21:07:43Z")
This one’s teriyaki flavored