Ever Wish Beef Jerky Had Caffeine? Wish No More
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.
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Comments:
WOW!!! Shipping for 1 bag is $4. So 1 bag of this stuff is $8.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Can someone please start making bacon flavored jerky? Turkey-based would be preferable. Also, a maple-bacon version would be nice.
THXKBYE
@CyGuy: I think you can get Jack Links nuggets in maple. They aren't "jery" really in that they are less chewy/tough.
This is great. I was sitting there the other day drinking my Red Bull and thinking...you know what would make this better? Beef!
@The Porkchop Express: Thanks for the idea. I may have to take Alton Brown's drying method apply that to cooked thick cut bacon slathered in maple and see how many geeks I can attract with it.
seems odd to most people, but am I the only one who thinks this would be an awesome pre-workout food?
Who was sitting there sitting their morning coffe and said, you know what this needs?
MEAT!
Thats my hero.
@CyGuy: Mmmm, a friend of mine made a maple bacon turkey a few years ago for thanksgiving... delicious.
@The Porkchop Express: Then you haven't booking reading the ingredients list on pre-workout drinks, pills, and powders.
my brother the med student would love this!
@tawni:
I can't wait for the youtube video.
I imagine it will star a trio of male underage dorm dwellers- and one will lose said meal all across the rec hall sofa.
"the skiers ate some beef jerky from an open bag that had been drenched in energy drink, but had been made more tender by the accident,"
Meat vulcanization?
@Skankingmike: There used to be rumor going around that Tim Hortons put nicotine in their coffee to make it doubly addictive.
At the time I would have loved to get both of morning fixes in the same place.
Next you'll tell me it puts hair on one's chest.
And I would believe you.
Caffeine, no caffeine, first question is, how does it taste? How is the texture. Is it even good jerky?
I love the vegan jerky ("Primal Strips" - I know, I know, shut up...). If only that had caffeine. Can we get veg versions with caffeine please?
my old roommate used to use a [now defunct?] caffeinated water, "water joe," to reconstitute frozen oj, add vodka and voila! caffeinated screwdriver.
@iambeaker: We are not trying to jerk you around, we agree that shipping on one bag is too expensive! The good news is 12 bags is only $8. Stay tuned as we look for options on a single bag and trust me when we say you'll love the jerky.
@PerkyJerky: How is 12 bags only $8? I'd buy it for that! But, I can't find a way to make the shopping cart do that...
I wonder if this'll work out any better than beer with caffeine in it.