Archive for April, 2009
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
By Jerky Jed
Now by nature I have always been the ‘better safe than sorry’ type of guy.
“What if” games play in my head. And why not? Is it better to be safe than sorry? I think most people think this way. If you live in an earthquake prone area, well you would be good to have an earthquake kit. The same idea if you live in hurricane prone areas, or tornados areas, or anywhere in fact. Now as far what belongs in the kit, please go to more appropriate disaster preparedness websites or government agencies for the best information. As far as food stuff, well you guessed, what about Jerky? Wow, what a great idea! But first let’s compare other food items that might not be the best to be in your survival kit. Well anything perishable would be a problem for long term storage or items requiring say, refrigeration. But is not beef jerky perishable? Well by term it is semi-perishable, which means that it does not last forever, it does have a shelf life. But let’s examine the Term “semi-perishable” or let’s look a the word “semi”.
Perhaps a dictionary would be handy about now, but let’s wing it! Usual shelf life of most treated meat like beef jerky have a shelf life of or usually a year after production, there are exceptions, this is only a rule of thumb and not every company cures meat the same way, most have different ways of production so every company could be different. But most manufactures have an expire code on each package, usually imbedded in the label or package or in the back of the package, be sure to check the dates always to make sure you are getting the freshest jerky! So as one part of your disaster preparedness kit as regards to food stuff consider the advantages that beef jerky offer, besides being compact the food has a longer than average food storage capacity.
My hope is we never have to use an emergency kit, but if we have a need remember, it’s better to be prepared, than not.
Please take care,
Jerky Jed.
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
Jedidiah’s Honey Glazed Beef Jerky
By Jerky Jed
Wow, sweet beef jerky! Who would have thought! Not sweet like candy but sweet like Honey. That’s Jedidiah’s Honey Glazed Premium Beef Jerky. Not only is it soft but honey sweet, just might be the next thing to paradise. Jedsjerky.com sells this tasty treat in a 3.50 ounce package, the right size in my mind for a mid-afternoon attack of the munchies! If you think about it, not only do you get protein but you also get a sugar boost from the sweet honey! Why, honey and not some other sweet? Well that is simple, honey is a natural sweetener and using some other commercial additive would not be right. Now as you may or may not know, I have been in the jerky business since the mid 1980’s and honey flavored beef jerky was a favorite back in those days, so honey flavored beef jerky is not new. And since I am not aware that bee’s are making in new flavors lately we probably will not be seeing any newer flavors anytime soon. Do you know my favorite time to eat jerky? Well its no wonder that the freshest time to eat a beef snack is as close to the production date as possible, but also the room temperature has a lot to do with how soft and tender the snack is going to be. You see if the package is say 70 degrees as apposed to a package that has been in a refrigerator and say is about 40 degrees it just stands to reason that the package that is room temperature will be more pliable and chewer. However, its always best for food safety to keep your meat product, no matter what meat product as cold as possible.
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