"jerky" news and stories

No, it's not the latest genetic modification by KFC (thank God, right?). It's a display by British conceptual artist Banksy at his project The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill in New York City's Greenwich Village.

As Joe DiStefano reported a few weeks ago, the display, which just closed on Halloween, featured chicken nuggets like the above, as well as "living" fish sticks, and sausages wriggling toward water. The idea was to challenge our perception of the foods we eat. According to io9.com, children thought the creations in the cages were real and tapped on the glass.

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In Alaska those famous flying reindeer are being served up for dinner. You can get Caribou steaks, roasts, and reindeer jerky and sausage- in mild and hot versions. Reindeer hot dogs are a summer time treat, as well as being served during the start of the Iditarod dog sled race every year in March. Caribou, also called reindeer, have a very flavorful and lean, healthy meat. To make sausage with it, you actually have to add fat from other sources such as beef and pork. It is sometimes hard to find but Ikea sells it all across Europe. So how about a nice spit roasted reindeer for the Holidays?

You can buy caribou and other game and exotic meats at some of the following places:

• Fossil Farms
• www.ExoticMeats.com
• Jamison Farms Elk Meat
• Elk USA
• Fisherman's Express
• Indian Valley Meats
• Alaska Sausage and Seafood
• Safari Snacks

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For the first time, Harley-Davidson will be lending its name, image and support to a food product. In the past, they have stayed away from such promotions, but they couldn't resist this one because the image of the food fits perfectly with the rough and tough, on-the-go image that the company loves: beef jerky. The jerky is being made in conjunction with food company ConAgra, which already produces several kinds of jerky, including Slim Jims, and is slated to hit the market in early January, when it will be sold at convenience stores, grocery stores, Harley-Davidson dealerships and truck stops. It will come in original, teriyaki and pepper flavors and will be sold in thick slices.

General Manager of general merchandise for Harley, Tom Parsons, said that "riders are always looking for food on the go, so the jerky will be billed as 'Road Food'... 'You put it in your pocket, keep on eating and keep on riding.'"

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I don't normally get my food news from men's mags, but it's not that often that they include chefs amidst the models, either.

Cat Cora is one of the Food Network's Iron Chefs, a latecomer to that show after its first season started to add a bit of gender equality. A talented chef from the South, the 39-year-old specializes in Greek and Mediterranean foods, though she's not above throwing some old fashioned soul food into the mix. She's also not above doing a little grocery shopping at the convenience store, where she picked up some ingredients for FHM's Mini Mart Iron Chef article

With only a few ingredients, she whipped up Jerky Tartar, Ham and Cheese Roulade and Napoleon Krispy Kremes. As much fun as it would be to see Krispy Kremes as the secret ingredient on Iron Chef, none of these recipes would have gotten her a win, so don't expect to be too inspired by the food in the piece and just check it out if you want to check out Cat.

[via The Food Section]

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Continuing with the industrious, DIY-style posts of a few days ago, here's a Make post with instructions for a meat dehydrator made from a milk crate. Of course, there are a few other components, like a PC fan, t-shirts, some bicycle inner tubes, and some sleeping pad foam. Amazingly enough, I think I have all of that stuff around my house. Not all of it is technically mine, but who would care about their useless bike and an overheated computer when they've got fresh jerky? Coincidentally enough, the Make page links back to the culinary commandos at Instructables. Thankfully, they're still using their skills for the forces of good, or at least jerky.