Fuck beef jerky

[romanator0]

Wait, you had Jack Link's Original flavor and are saying all jerky is crap? That's like eating a wad of dog crap and saying all food tastes like crap, you're starting with the worst there is. If you're going to eat Jack Link's then you should start with their teriyaki flavor which at least tastes alright.

Jerky is literally cooked, seasoned, (and in some cases) dried beef. If you want some that's actually good then you should try a lesser-known, hand-made brand. No clue where you're going to find some though, I get mine from my father and he's a truck driver.

 

[Shock and Awe]

First off, beef jerky can either be shit or awesome, Original Jack Links is awesome.

OT: I also think Root Beer is utterly disgusting.

 

[Woodsey]

The picture on that can looks like the droppings of a genetically-mutated rat mixed in with chocolate sauce.

Icky.

 

[Goofguy]

Maybe you just had crappy beef jerky. I'm guessing that store didn't have a wide variety of jerky, just a few of the cheapest stuff they could import.

Your best bet is to try it again if you ever find yourself in North America. Trust me, it's worth a second attempt.

 

[halfeclipse]

Well, there's different types of beef jerky...

"Jack Link's meat snacks
Beef jerky
original
Family quality guaranteed"

Is what the bag says.

So you buy a mass produced product (commonly seen at gas stations for example) and thus all food of that type is crap?

Lets put that in perspective: McDonald's cheese burgers are crap, thus any combination of beef bread and cheese should be made anathema.

 

[Gardenia]

But...but...Joika is delicious!
Not exactly haute cuisine, but it's nice enough?

 

[Aerosteam]

I think I got a different interpretation of "fuck beef jerky" before coming to this thread.

So, escapists: Have you ever tried something that's been stupidly hyped up only to realize it was shit?

Yeah, Mass Effect 3

...

Joking aside, there's heaps of things this website goes on about that I haven't tried.

Wait... joking?!

 

[Chalacachaca]

I know that feel op.

OP buys a can of food with foreign writing on it, blames America for jerky tasting bad.

I tried beef jerky made in United States while I was in Miami... the product came all in english, so I assumed it was 100% north american with no foreign non-sense. It still tasted like crap.

 

[generals3]

Yeah i agree, never liked beef jerky either. And from what i can see it seems that many who come outside of the US or Canada dislike it. Maybe it's because it's a taste we've never been accustomed to?

And for the stupid hype ending up being shit... "L'enfant" (a movie)

 

[Megalodon]

Joking aside, there's heaps of things this website goes on about that I haven't tried.

Branston Pickle? Nope.
Dr Pepper? Nope.
Irn-Bru? Nope.
And I've never tasted beef jerky either.

For all I know, these things might be shit, and it's all just a huge in-joke.

Also, I've never tasted root beer, though I have tasted ginger beer (not sure if that's the same thing). I thought it tasted alright.

Different things, root beer is made with sasparilla root I think, whereas ginger beer's significant ingredient should be obvious. That said, I've never tried root beer either, but ginger beer is awesome, especially with rum.

Branston Pickle is the second best reason to never leave Britain, the first is the beer. Irn-Bru is also godly, it's a damn shame it doesn't have a wider distribution.

 

[NightHawk21]

Jager. Grad my friends buy bottles upon bottles of this shit. I taste it and it is horrendous. Honestly I had to mix it with something else to finish it and I hate mixing drinks.

 

[Carbonyl]

Dude, what you bought is a really crappy brand, there is WAYYYYY better jerky in the states, also handmade root beer, commercial root beer is shit.

 

[Crazy Zaul]

Ribs. I love meat, but ribs are just awful. There's close to nothing worth of meat, and the quality of that holds no contest for even a merely adequate steak. They are very messy to eat, which leads to the only positive thing about them: the satisfying primitive satisfaction of gnawing on a bone.

Ha, ribs are just retarded. They are really expensive and they are just bones. They would be better sold to medical schools than as food.

 

[bobbele]

Regarding salty liquorice, a.k.a. salmiakki, I feel the need to share this clip. An everyday variety of candy for some, is nearly unbearable to others.

I can't stand liquorice either. I still can't understand what's so "good" about Süßholz raspeln.

 

[Chknboy]

When I was a kid I used to use beef jerky as currency when trading snacks with other kids at lunch time....I thought it was interesting that you prefer salty snacks but didn't enjoy jerky, it's basically salty cured/dried/smoked beef.

 

[Gabanuka]

You're clearly never had Deer Jerky. That shit's divine.

My friend once hyped up this Sacndiwegian thing called "Plopp". I wasn't very nice

Edit: Just Googled it. It's Swedish

 

[Evil Smurf]

root beer is ginger beer right?

 

[Ickorus]

Pocky.

I know people who treat it like it's ambrosia but to be honest it's overpriced and thoroughly average.

By the way, I love beef jerky, I just never get it because it costs an arm and your firstborn son where I live.

 

[BaronUberstein]

Beef jerky is great! But hey, if you're not going to eat it, more for me.

 

[Decessa]

Jerky from a good butcher shop is amazing. I despised jerky up until I worked at this butcher shop in southern Kansas. 5 time Grand Champion at the Kansas Meat Packers Association Product Show. I wouldn't of even tried it if I didn't get it free, and even then it took me a few weeks before I did.

A low-quality specimen (read: any mass-produced brand) definitely deserves to be flat out refused...if not burned in an incinerator...and that goes double for the flavored varieties.