Beef jerky is a rip off!! [Archive] - Two Plus Two Older Archives

brassnuts

02-03-2005, 05:03 AM

They charge way too much for how little they put in the packages. But, it's so good. I just ate an entire package and am thinking about popping open another.

eric5148

02-03-2005, 05:07 AM

I think the real rip off is in the heart attack you'll soon get from eating so much of it.

Brainwalter

02-03-2005, 05:07 AM

A friend of mine, real country boy, makes his own in a "dehumidifier", I guess it's a lot cheaper, you just cut up some steak and use some seasoning mix.

Brainwalter

02-03-2005, 05:08 AM

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I think the real rip off is in the heart attack you'll soon get from eating so much of it.

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eric5148

02-03-2005, 05:10 AM

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brassnuts

02-03-2005, 05:11 AM

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I think the real rip off is in the heart attack you'll soon get from eating so much of it.

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Servings Per Container About 3
Amount Per Serving
Total Fat 0.5g
Cholesterol 20mg
Protein 14g

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eric5148

02-03-2005, 05:14 AM

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Servings Per Container About 3
Amount Per Serving
Total Fat 0.5g
Cholesterol 20mg
Protein 14g

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and you're point is...

brassnuts

02-03-2005, 05:17 AM

its not bad for you.

Shilly

02-03-2005, 05:17 AM

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I think the real rip off is in the heart attack you'll soon get from eating so much of it.

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Servings Per Container About 3
Amount Per Serving
Total Fat 0.5g
Cholesterol 20mg
Protein 14g

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You forgot the sodium, which is the real problem.

billyjex

02-03-2005, 05:22 AM

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A friend of mine, real country boy, makes his own in a "dehumidifier", I guess it's a lot cheaper, you just cut up some steak and use some seasoning mix.

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I use to have a dehumidifier, you can find one for fairly cheap. It's real easy to make jerky using it, you can make alot for fairly cheap and it's pretty good.

eric5148

02-03-2005, 05:27 AM

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its not bad for you.

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So you're saying if a snack food has less than 1/3 your daily value of fat and cholesterol than it's perfectly healthy?

brassnuts

02-03-2005, 05:30 AM

0.5g of fat is nothing... less than 1 percent. 20mg of cholesteral is 7 percent. Like shilly said, the only problem is sodium, and there is a lot of that.

Brainwalter

02-03-2005, 05:36 AM

cool, I'll look into it. What do you season it with?

eric5148

02-03-2005, 05:36 AM

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0.5g of fat is nothing... less than 1 percent. 20mg of cholesteral is 7 percent. Like shilly said, the only problem is sodium, and there is a lot of that.

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INCORRECT.

A container, in this case, is 3 servings. You said you ate the whole thing and were thinking about another. Have you ever noticed how junk foods have "serving sizes" that are insanely small?

How much sodium is there, btw?

brassnuts

02-03-2005, 05:38 AM

I already said that there 3 servings per container. Unfortunately, a single serving had 20 percent of the daily value for sodium.

Edit: I'm not saying its 'perfectly healthy' but as far as most snack foods go, its relatively very healthy. And, still expensive for how little you get.

eric5148

02-03-2005, 05:43 AM

I'll agree that it's among the better foods available in a gas station or truck stop.

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Unfortunately, a single serving had 20 percent of the daily value for sodium.

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And how thirsty are you right now?

brassnuts

02-03-2005, 05:44 AM

Hehe. I'm sure I would be thirsty, but I almost invariably have a bottle of water beside me when I'm lounging around the house.

billyjex

02-03-2005, 05:57 AM

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cool, I'll look into it. What do you season it with?

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Pretty much anything.. I used garlic salt sometimes, sometimes this seasoning mix I have which is just a bunch of crap.

You can also marinade the steak prior to dehumidifying it in BBQ sauce or whatever.

plaster8

02-03-2005, 07:05 AM

Buy it at Costco if you can't make your own. It's like $10 for two good-sized packages.

guller

02-03-2005, 09:02 AM

The local butcher shop in my town has packs for sale at $18 per pound, really expensive. But man I would eat it all day if I could that [censored] kicks ass.

Nagoo81

02-03-2005, 09:54 AM

Ronco Ronco Food Dehydrator and Beef Jerky Maker (http://www.ronco.com/products/foodDehydrator.di4?productID=5)

Pays for itself in beef jerky after a couple pounds worth!

Also...makes Fruit Roll-Ups!

astroglide

02-03-2005, 12:26 PM

eric would prefer that you eat rock candy. in apple juice.

peachy

02-03-2005, 02:22 PM

I make my own in a dehum. too...i use deer meat usually though

daryn

02-03-2005, 02:47 PM

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0.5g of fat is nothing... less than 1 percent. 20mg of cholesteral is 7 percent. Like shilly said, the only problem is sodium, and there is a lot of that.

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INCORRECT.

A container, in this case, is 3 servings. You said you ate the whole thing and were thinking about another. Have you ever noticed how junk foods have "serving sizes" that are insanely small?

How much sodium is there, btw?

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3 servings x .5 g fat = 1.5 g fat, very very small amount. yet you come in with INCORRECT

daryn

02-03-2005, 02:47 PM

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eric would prefer that you eat rock candy. in apple juice.

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oh ding.

chabibi

02-03-2005, 02:53 PM

read the ingredients on your jerky and use that

eric5148

02-03-2005, 04:12 PM

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eric would prefer that you eat rock candy. in apple juice.

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No pixie sticks? /images/graemlins/frown.gif

AngryCola

02-03-2005, 04:36 PM

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I just ate an entire package and am thinking about popping open another.

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Ew.

Freakin

02-03-2005, 04:38 PM

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They charge way too much for how little they put in the packages. But, it's so good. I just ate an entire package and am thinking about popping open another.

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There's a Oberto factory store in North Seattle thats sells big 1 lb bags for like $10 tops... I hate the costco bags cause all they ever have is the natural style, and I'm all about the thin style... Thin style is the nuts, especially for $10/lb

Freakin

AngryCola

02-03-2005, 04:41 PM

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but as far as most snack foods go, its relatively very healthy.

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This is very incorrect. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

daryn

02-03-2005, 04:44 PM

<blockquote>In risposta di:<hr />
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but as far as most snack foods go, its relatively very healthy.

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This is very incorrect. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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can someone explain why? i have eaten the stuff, but i don't eat it regularly, and haven't had any in probably a year. i'm just wondering why you are saying this. is it the sodium content? that's about all i see that's wrong with it.

SAY SOMETHING DAMNIT!

gotta be better than a lot of junk food out there.

eric5148

02-03-2005, 04:44 PM

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but as far as most snack foods go, its relatively very healthy.

This is very incorrect.

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This is very incorrect.

justin D

02-03-2005, 04:50 PM

Ive ordered this a few times, for the price you cant really beat it.

http://store.obertofactorystore.com/obvefibeje.html

Freakin

02-03-2005, 04:58 PM

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Ive ordered this a few times, for the price you cant really beat it.

http://store.obertofactorystore.com/obvefibeje.html

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Is this the shredded stuff, or is it proper beef jerky?

Freakin

AngryCola

02-03-2005, 05:09 PM

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but as far as most snack foods go, its relatively very healthy.

This is very incorrect.

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This is very incorrect.

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I'm confused.. wasn't I in agreement with you? You're saying it is healthy now? /images/graemlins/confused.gif

AngryCola

02-03-2005, 05:12 PM

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SAY SOMETHING DAMNIT!

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Sorry, daryn. If I had realized you were around the boards right know, I would have known better than to not give reasons. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Basically, yeah, the sodium is probably the worst part of it. The fat content certainly isn't that bad.

I'm not a big fan of the large amount of preservatives they have to put in jerky either.

Benal

02-03-2005, 05:37 PM

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Ronco Food Dehydrator

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Mmmmmmmmm.. Turkey Jerky!

That infomercial was hilarious!

realwtf

02-04-2005, 06:36 PM

Sodium being bad for you is just hype bs.

AngryCola

02-04-2005, 06:39 PM

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Sodium being bad for you is just hype bs.

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What?!?!!?

You have to be kidding me.

Excess Sodium being bad for you isn't even one of the controversial health theories. It's pretty much solid knowledge.

eric5148

02-04-2005, 06:44 PM

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I'm confused.. wasn't I in agreement with you? You're saying it is healthy now?

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I'm confused, too. You're saying my post is very incorrect means you agree?

Oh well, whatever. I agree with you that the sodium and preservatives is the main reason.

Freakin

02-04-2005, 06:51 PM

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Sodium being bad for you is just hype bs.

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What?!?!!?

You have to be kidding me.

Excess Sodium being bad for you isn't even one of the controversial health theories. It's pretty much solid knowledge.

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Here's the way I look at it. If I eat high-fat, high-cholesterol foods, then I will get blockage in my arteries. If I eat high-sodium food, I will experience hypertension, or high blood pressure. My high-pressure blood will be better able to force its way through blocked arteries than boring old low-pressure blood. Without complimenting my high-fat diet with a high-sodium diet, I would surely die young from all my blocked arteries. But by making sure all the deliciously fatty bacon I eat is also double-salted, I can negate the fat's negative effects.

Freakin

*EDIT* This is why I am not a doctor.

AngryCola

02-04-2005, 06:52 PM

I think we were both confused, I wasn't responding to you in that post. /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Link (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=1665696&page=0&view=c ollapsed&sb=5&o=&vc=1)

KidPokerX

02-18-2005, 05:48 PM

i humbly agree.

plaster8

02-19-2005, 05:47 AM

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There's a Oberto factory store in North Seattle thats sells big 1 lb bags for like $10 tops... I hate the costco bags cause all they ever have is the natural style, and I'm all about the thin style... Thin style is the nuts, especially for $10/lb

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If you go to one of the Costco Business centers (I know there's one in Fife and I believe another one in the Lynnwood area), I'm pretty sure you can get vending packs of the thin style.

lighterjobs

02-19-2005, 06:55 AM

that's not a rip off, you get it for free.

eric5148

02-19-2005, 06:57 AM

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that's not a rip off, you get it for free.

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Huh?

Sorry, this thread is two weeks old and I don't feel like reading it again. Especially since it was very confusing.

realwtf

02-19-2005, 08:57 AM

astroglide

02-19-2005, 03:55 PM

i bought a pack of jack links peppered as well as tender original nuggets last night. this thread has once again inspired me so now i'm eating some.

Freakin

02-19-2005, 04:00 PM

I've had to resist the urge lately.... I consume WAAAAY too much sodium, and delicious beef jerkey always gets stuck in my teeth.

Freakin

lighterjobs

02-19-2005, 04:17 PM

oops, let me try to be witty again.

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I think the real rip off is in the heart attack you'll soon get from eating so much of it.

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that's not a rip off, you get it for free.

Fratony

02-19-2005, 07:03 PM

Actually too much sodium every once in a while isnt bad for you. The only "risk" in eating beef jerky is all the nitrates that are in it as preservatives. Apparently they cause cancer, but what doesnt these days? I say keep eating it, beef jerky rules.

-Syk-

02-19-2005, 08:44 PM

Beef Jerky is so good.

bholdr

02-19-2005, 09:01 PM

as far as meat goes, beef jerkey is usually pretty damn healthy- it's very low fat/high protien...

it's not like one's eating a dried steak. well...

now i gotta go get some jerkey.