Beef jerky had always been fine, but it always lacked a certain something, that certain something was caffeine.
“Hey there, blog boy,” you might say after reading that first sentence. “Noticed you used the past tense in that first sentence there. That, the photo and the headline have me thinking it may be that the era of caffeine-free jerky may have passed. Any truth to that?”
The answer is a resounding yes. Somehow two culinary miracles have occurred within a week’s time. (The first, of course, being the KFC Double Down). Perky Jerky boasts 150mg of caffeine in every bag — nearly double the measly 80mg in a can of Red Bull.
Reader Normlgirl spotted the ad site and sent it our way. The site boasts (emphasis ours):
Perky Jerky is the world’s first all-natural performance enhancing meat snack. Put simply, we’ve combined the most tender and flavorful beef jerky, with an extra dose of energy (caffeine, from the Guarana we add) to provide a jerky experience you won’t find anywhere else.
BizJournals dug a little deeper and discovered the inside story of the making of Perky Jerky:
According to PEMS’ website, the idea for the product originated “after a long, hard night of energy-drink-cocktail-fueled libation” at a ski lodge. The next day, or so the story goes, the skiers ate some beef jerky from an open bag that had been drenched in energy drink the night before.
“Much to [the skiers'] delight, the jerky had retained its original flavor, but had been made more tender by the accident,” the website relates. “What’s more, … they realized they’d been given an extra boost — the jerky had taken on some of the pep of the energy drink. On the next lift ride up, the greatest innovation in jerky since cracked pepper was born.”
The enthusiasm is understandably contagious. Now that mankind has achieved this plateau, we shouldn’t stop here. Commenters, I challenge you to come up with the next great culinary combo that might top the Double Down and Perky Jerky.
Grab a Jerk and Go [Perky Jerky]
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I wonder if this’ll work out any better than beer with caffeine in it.
WOW!!! Shipping for 1 bag is $4. So 1 bag of this stuff is $8.
@iambeaker: Which is about right for beef jerky. That shit’s expensive!
@iambeaker: Eh by that logic a single sewing pin is like $7 from jo-anns website.
Because coffee house poets and cowboys everywhere can now agree on one thing.
They hate this product.
That is awesome!!
Finally a place where I can get ENERGY LEGS and MANERGY!
…If I ever wanted it. Which, I don’t.
This could be either the best or worst pre-gym snack ever.
@Laura Northrup: Gym huh? As in Pilates, with certain humorous sweatpants?
@Laura Northrup: I don’t think that caffiene is good pre-workout. or beef jerky. maybe after?
I… I’m so happy… I kind of wish I were being cool and ironic like everyone else, but I’m not. This is incredible.
@punkrawka:
My interest is piqued as well, and I’m not ashamed to admit it!
@punkrawka: I am also happy. Forget the haters.
since the article challenges that we come up with our own.
I want Caffeine injected cereal or maybe oatmeal. I mean why go through all this trouble to make coffee in the morning and breakfast when it could be one.
I want bacon flavored hot caffeine injected oatmeal.
@Skankingmike: Bacon makes everything better.
Everything should have caffeine in it.
Long haul truckers will LOVE THIS!
I am just waiting for the reports of a bag of this jerky being chased with a red bull and vodka followed by a 5 hour energy drink. The results should be hillarious.