If necessity is the mother of invention, we certainly have her to thank for the savory snack that is beef jerky. The term "jerky" most likely comes from the Incan word "ch'arki," which simply means ...

Intensely savory and packed full of protein, beef jerky is the snack made for serious snackers. For some of us, the round, cylindrical sticks of beef are a reminder of childhood hikes, picnics, and ...

Although it's a matter of debate as to whether Native Americans or South American Incas invented jerky, it remains a popular method for preserving meat today. Store-bought beef jerky is expensive, and ...

Everyone loves jerky, even some vegetarians are closet jerky eaters! So that begs the question, why don’t more people make it? It does take some skill and a bit of time, but it does not take a PhD to ...

Making beef jerky might seem straightforward — just meat, seasoning, and drying — but achieving the perfect result can be ...

For as long as there have been hunters, there’s been jerky—at least as best we can tell. Ötzi the Iceman—a 5,300-year-old hunter found frozen solid in the Italian Alps—had a last meal of dried ibex ...

So I was in the grocery store this morning, buying a bunch of flank steak with which to make beef jerky. As I was checking out, I was talking to the cashier, a woman who's there every morning and with ...