Beef Jerky – Commercial vs Homemade
One of the most popular snack foods in the world, beef jerky, dates back centuries, if not millennia. The survival of early man depended on their being able to safely store food products without the means of very modern conveniences like refrigeration or food...
Why is Beef Jerky So Expensive?
What was once a gas station staple snack product in the bulk bin has somehow grown into a C-store monster that sits at the top of the “premium snack” category. In the process, beef jerky has alienated a lot of consumers due to its seemingly ever increasing cost… Let’s...
Try a Tri-Tip!
Quite possibly the most underrated cut of beef is the Tri-Tip. Lots of folks in the Midwest have never even heard of a Tri-Tip due to the demand for this cut on the west coast - and there are only two Tri-Tips per critter…so there’s not a lot of it to go around....
Hometown, Homegrown Beef
Not Big Box or Grocery Store mystery meat Times are changing faster every day. If someone would have told us 10 years ago that we would be selling premium beef on the Internet, we’d have laughed them off the home place. Its not ten years ago and we’ve been getting a...
The Best Brisket
The Best Brisket The brisket will take a few days to thaw in the refrigerator, so it’s best to plan accordingly – or simply submerge the brisket in a sink full of cool water and it will thaw in a few hours.Cooking a brisket...
Orange Cream Popsicle Dessert
Orange Cream Popsicle Dessert 1 3 oz Box Orange Jello1 3.4 oz Box Vanilla Instant Pudding1 cup Boiling Water1/2 cup Cold Water1 8 oz Whipped Topping1 14 oz can Mandarin Oranges (drained)1 cup Mini-Marshmallows Combine boiling water and orange jello in a large bowl and...
Snickers® Apple Salad
Snickers® Apple Salad 1 3.4 oz Box Vanilla Instant Pudding1 1/2 cups 2% Milk1 8 oz Whipped Topping5 Large "Granny Smith" Apples (chopped into 1/2" pieces)4 2.07 oz Snickers® Candy Bars (chopped into 1/2" pieces) Whisk milk into pudding mix in a...
Great Balls of Meat
Everybody knows meatballs are Italian and were invented for the sole purpose of making spaghetti awesome, right?? Nope… Meatballs actually date back to sometime around 210 BC and are credited to a cat named Marcus Gavius Apicius who is responsible for a fairly famous...
Single Serve Shepherd’s Pie
Shepherd’s Pie seems to be a polarizing dish, this side of the pond anyway, which surprised me. A lot. In discussing this blog topic with friends, an equal number turned up their noses at the idea of the dish in comparison to the number that asked when they could come...
Premium Hamburger – The Best Burger
Premium hamburger isn't just hamburger! Hamburger doesn’t get the attention that it deserves. Some people think of hamburger as ground up meat that didn’t make the cut during steak production. While this is a partial truth, it does not mean that this meat is without...