The Spoon has long been a fan of the jerky. Beef. Venison. Turkey. Good stuff. Don’t spare the salt. Natural-style. Stick. Strip. Pepper. Barbecue. Teriyaki.
You can’t go wrong with a good hunk of jerky.
Now, thanks to the wonders of mass dehydration, we can experience the wonders of fruit leather. I’m not talking about any wimpy, thin fruit rolls here. I’m talking all-natural and organic, thick strips of sweet, pressed fruit in all sorts of flavors. They’re one of the best snack foods since string cheese.
The eating experience of these foods is intensified by the genius behind their creation. People have been drying meat over fire and fruit under sun for centuries.
We have since learned that you don’t have to use the prettiest, most savory cuts and pieces for these convenient snack and meal replacement applications. But, oh! The wonders of culinary creativity when function and flavor collide!
Three great foods:
- Barbecue riblets
- Beef jerky
- Fruit leather
Besides being tasty and convenient, they share one other common characteristic: Industry found a way to use them to get more value out of an input that might otherwise have been wasted.
Bravo!
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