Fuck beef jerky

[Jonluw]

I guess your friends simply have very poor taste.

This isn't my friends we're talking about. Just random people from the internet. Except for people complaining over the odd case of mold, I find nothing but praise for the particular brand of jerky on the internet.

The product should logically be perfectly satisfactory as far as beef jerky is concerned. Perhaps not premium quality, but decent never the less.

No, I'm not buying that the difference between store bought, the way most people eat it, and homemade is so huge that the taste is entirely different.
I don't like the taste of it, and I'm convinced the basic taste will remain the same regardless of quality. Awesome quality fish still tastes like fish, and I don't like fish. Same thing with jerky.

I refuse to believe you've never tasted a processed store bought item, thought it was disgusting, but later tried a home-made variety and discovered it was actually good.

Well, I haven't.

 

[BENZOOKA]

You really hadn't seen beef jerky before?

There's been small packages around regular supermarkets for a long time in here. Not as visibly recently, but at one point not that many years ago, it was even part of a fad along conserved dried strong-tasting thin salamis or something like that. Many at least tried them, some ended up with praise for the products.

They are quite small packages (50-100g, I think) with a hefty price tag. The price per kilo is ridiculous. But they are mainly marketed for camping and other activities where you will have much use for something well conserving, lightweight and nutritious.

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

 

[bobbele]

Hiya escapists.

Being from outside North America, beef jerky isn't something I've had a chance to taste before.

And you could have ended the thread right there, because everything after that is pointless.

You didn't grow up with it, so it's very likely that you don't like it. It doesn't have anything to do with wether it tastes good or bad but what you're used to.

In other countries they eat stuff, people from other countries think is disgusting, because they're used to different food.

I'm from germany and I don't understand when people say bloodsausage tastes bad, which I already heard. I like it.

But I also don't like meat with sweet stuff, wich is common in germany like any kind of meat with cranberries or different kinds of jam. I can't stand it, but people around me, also my family eat it all the time.

 

[BENZOOKA]

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.

 

[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.