Posted on 06/12/2024 6:09:39 AM PDT by Red Badger
NATIONAL JERKY DAY
National Jerky Day on June 12 celebrates the rich history, immense popularity, and nutritional benefits of dried meat snacks known as jerky. On this food holiday, we are going to share some information for you to chew on.
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This nutrient-dense meat is made lightweight by drying. A pound of meat or poultry will weigh only about four ounces after transforming it into jerky. Properly prepared jerky can be stored for months without refrigeration because the drying process removes most of the moisture. Salt added to the meat before the drying process begins helps to prevent bacteria from developing.
The word “jerky” is derived from the Spanish word charqui, which came from the Quechua (a Native South American language) word ch’arki, which means to burn (meat).
Convenience stores, gas stations, supermarkets and variety shops all across the United States offer traditional jerky in individual servings and in larger packages, too. They also offer it in a variety of flavors and add spices for additional heat.
While on road trips, camping, or even long-distance flights, jerky staves off hunger until the next meal. It's easy to pack, too. So easy, in fact, that due to its lightweight and high level of nutrition, it's even been to space. Since 1996, astronauts have selected jerky as space food several times for space flights.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL JERKY DAY
Snack on your favorite jerky. If you make your own, give a shout-out. The process is satisfying and the results often bring friends and family clamoring for more. Jerky can serve as more than a snack food. Use it as an ingredient in your cooking, especially when your camping or exploring the great outdoors. Experiment with sauces, soups, and stews using jerky. We have one recipe for you to try, too.
Homemade Tomato Sauce With Jerky
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NATIONAL JERKY DAY HISTORY
Jack Link's Beef Jerky and the Wisconsin Beef Council founded National Jerky Day in 2012.
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June 12th Celebrated History 1939
The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, opens. The town's connection to baseball is based on a story about a Civil War general named Doubleday. According to lore, Abner Doubleday invented to sport there. While much of the story is now disputed, the nostalgia and history continue to grow there.
1963
Byron De La Beckwith murders the Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi.
1967
In Loving vs. Virginia, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all anti-miscegenation laws remaining in sixteen U.S. states.
1987
While visiting Berlin, President Ronald Reagan gave a speech in which he spoke the now-famous line, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." Two years later on November 9, 1989, East and West Berlin were reunited.
June 12th Celebrated Birthdays
George H.W. Bush - 1924
Serving first as vice president under Ronald Regan, George H. W. Bush took the oath of office as the 41st president and served one term. He and his son George W. Bush are the second father/son presidents in the history of the country. John Adams and John Quincy Adams were the first.
Anne Frank - 1929
Anne Frank moved generations with the words she recorded in her diary – the diary of a young Jewish girl. In 1942, just weeks after receiving a red checkered diary for her 13th birthday, Anne’s family and the families of her father’s employees were forced into hiding. While in hiding, Anne wrote every day in her diary. When she and her family were discovered, the Nazis' separated and sent them to concentration camps. Her father would be the one family member to survive.
Jim Nabors - 1930
The American actor, singer and comedian is best known for his role as Gomer Pyle on the program The Andy Griffith Show.
Chick Corea - 1941
The American jazz musician began performing in the 1960s and has earned 65 Grammy nods during his career. In 1975, he won his first Grammy for the performance of No Mystery with the band he founded, Return to Forever.
Happy Jerky Day!..................
Yummy. Me want many pieces of jerky. Jerky good with beer...or anything else.
Oh..."National JERKY Day"...never mind.
At the moment I have a dehydrator load of dove jerky just finished and ready to store. First time I’d tried making that, not as good as beef or venison jerky IMO, but not bad.
Marinade recipe: Equal parts ketchup, sriracha, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. Plenty of black pepper and garlic powder, some allspice and cayenne, a dash of liquid smoke. Marinate the meat for 8-12 hours, stirring from time to time, then into the old Excalibur until dry but not brittle.
Used to make my own- had a pretty good recipe for it. Nowadays though I buy jack links peppered beef jerky- strong pepper flavor and zing, and no garlic which is a must for me. Many brands have garlic- the JL brand with pepper does not.
So addictive- but too much salt- still can’t resist it though.
Have eaten mourning dove before, was delicious- but wouldn’t think it would be great for jerky- maybe if it had the right spices. Venison jerky is pretty good.
Yeah, dove doesn’t make the best jerky, but it’s edible. I wanted to get a bunch of doves out of the freezer, though.
Pan-fried or grilled dove is better, definitely.
Sunday, Monday, Jerky Day, Tuesday, Wednesday...
Yep- pan fried mourning dove was really good too- not sure what the difference between mourning doves and other species of doves is- but I’m guessing they are similar in taste- wish they were legal to hunt where we are now- we don’t see other types of doves much out on the east coast-
Jerky is one of the basic food groups.
There’s some staring at me as we type.
>>>Jerky is one of the basic food groups.<<<
So are Cheese and Pork Rinds!...................
There are several species of dove in Arizona; I’ve only hunted mourning doves, so I’m not really up on the differences.
Collared doves are an invasive species here, with no restrictions of season or limit, but unfortunately they seem to live in built-up areas from what I’ve seen. I’ve shot a few in the yard with my air rifle, and they are bigger than mourning doves but taste about the same.
You have plenty of rock doves on the east coast, though everyone calls them pigeons. Given the kind of crap they eat in cities, I don’t think I’d want to eat one.
Like minds!
(do not forget ribs)
That’s dessert!....................
Kosher?
Doubt it.
yeah, we have lots of pigeons, but aroudn us is a lot of farmland- so they eat pretty healthy i think- farmers will hire out folks to help cull them in some places- usually with pellet rifles- one year at a local beach, they became so bothersome that the town had a fella with trained peregrine falcons come and thin them out- haven’t seen hide nor hair of the pigeons in town for a few years now
If they get good food like seeds and wild stuff, they should be OK to eat. It’s just the garbage-eating city pigeons I’d stay clear of. Bag a few of those farm pigeons and give them a try. Plenty of dove recipes online, or just fry ‘em up.
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