Healthy Jerky and the Vegetarian Diet When most people hear the word jerky, the words that immediately come to mind are beef or meat. But the world of jerky is not an exclusionary one. Those who enjoy the vegetarian lifestyle are afforded a wide variety of choices with all of the same great taste, texture [...]

With the low carb fashion that has hit the nation beef jerky is again very popular. One of the main reasons that beef jerky is healthy is the fact that to make the jerky last for so long the fat needs to be neat or the beef will go bad unless a lot of salt [...]

Beef Jerky: A Worldwide Favorite Millions of people across the globe enjoy beef jerky and for good reason. Beef jerky and other low carbohydrate meat snacks taste great and make for a healthy, highly nutritious snack. It is not hard to understand, then, why beef jerky is a favorite the world over, from the biltong [...]

When speaking about food, the term �curing� generally refers to a series of preservation and flavoring processes. In the case of homemade beef jerky, the ultimate high protein food and snack, there are a variety of curing methods available. The two main methods of making cured jerky are referred to as �wet curing� and �salt curing.�

Wet curing is sometimes referred to as pickling or brining and, not surprisingly, involves preserving the food in a water or brine solution. Nitrates or nitrites are often added to the mixture because they inhibit the growth of microorganisms. Additional ingredients may be added to the solution in order to provide additional flavor.

Dried Meat or Healthy Snack? It’s Both! What exactly is beef jerky? Defined loosely, all natural beef jerky is meat that has been cut into strips, trimmed of fat, coated in a specially formulated marinade and dried or cooked at low heat for an extended period of time. Beef jerky is a high protein food [...]