# Pressed jerky

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressed-jerky/777402>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 17, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressed-jerky/777402 "2017-01-17T16:48:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressed-jerky/777402/1 "2017-01-17T16:48:22Z")

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Today all I can find is “natural” sliced whole-muscle jerky, and while I recognize that’s a good thing, sometimes I get a hankering for pressed jerky, you know that old-school stuff with more than a passing resemblance to shoe leather, both in taste and texture.

I don’t even know why I liked that shit, I know it’s terrible, and made from ground meat so there’s probably quite a bit of beef nose and anus and a whole lot of unappetizing crap from in between, not to mention whatever they use as filler (_actual_ shoe leather, perhaps? ;)), but I don’t really care about that.

Does anyone still produce pressed jerky?

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**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressed-jerky/777402/2 "2017-01-17T17:10:56Z")

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This is my go-to for processed meats:

> **[The Best Tasting Jerky On Earth](https://perkyjerky.com/)**
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> Save 25% on your first order + free shipping on orders over $60. If we're not the best jerky you've ever tried, we'll send you a full refund. Bold ingredients, tender jerky. Try for yourself today and experience why everyone loves Perky Jerky.

For the good stuff, this is the only thing I will buy:

> **[Hardtimes Beef Jerky](https://hardtimesbeefjerky.com/)**
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> Hardtimes beef jerky is a family owned and operated, specializing in homemade beef jerky, our beef jerky flavors include hot, black pepper, original, and teriyaki.

Peppered. Holy cow, is it good. Not too salty, not vinegary, not sweet. Just pure manliness in a bag.

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressed-jerky/777402/3 "2017-01-17T19:19:37Z")

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My sister makes great “pressed” jerky. She grinds the meats herself, flavors it and extrudes it with a cookie press. Dries it in a food dehydrator. It’s not too difficult, she says. But then, she has all the tools - meat grinder, cookie press, dehydrator. She also grinds her flour fresh before she bakes bread.

StG

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**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressed-jerky/777402/4 "2017-01-17T21:13:10Z")

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If you are anywhere near a [Coborn’s](http://www.coborns.com/) store, they have a smokehouse meats line that has the pressed jerky.

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressed-jerky/777402/5 "2017-01-17T21:18:35Z")

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> [@Kimballkid](#):
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> If you are anywhere near a [Coborn’s](http://www.coborns.com/) store, they have a smokehouse meats line that has the pressed jerky.

Thanks. Not planning to make it out to Minnesota anytime soon, but I’ll keep that in mind if ever I’m in the area!