11 Sep The Jerky Lady Products – Original Jerky
Review by Katie Squire
Product: The Jerky Lady Products – Original Jerky
Location of Manufacture: Tieri, QLD
Ingredients: Beef, BBQ sauce, Vegetable gum, Soy sauce, Malt vinegar, Worchestshire Sauce, Chilli sauce, Food Acid, Sugar, Balsamic vinegar, Lemon juice .
Review: I want to say up front that I am not a “jerky lady”. I call beef jerky “bark” because it looks like tree bark. My three kids love it. And every now and then I will have a taste of theirs, and that’s enough for a few months, then I will try it again, you know, just in case it gets better.
So I was surprised when I opened up this packet and saw decent bits of jerky! They are plump, solid and covered in flavour!! I just had to have a piece!
My biting strength isn’t going to win any prizes, but even my teeth could rip these apart. And I always thought jerky was dry (like chewing tree bark), but the Jerk Lady Original Jerky was not! Okay, it might have been my own saliva, because I was definitely drooling WHILE I was chewing, but this jerky wasn’t “been out in the desert sun for 5 years” dry!! Yippee!!
Now the flavour. Packs a punch. There is so much flavour I didn’t know what to think!! Surreal. Honestly, I was thinking “plain” jerky. But this was anything BUT plain. Right off the bat I could taste the bbq sauce and balsamic vinegar (what a great combo), then soy and worchestershire (nom nom nom). And as silly as this sounds – I wasn’t expecting that chilli hit!! I know, right? I’m an idiot. But that chilli hit was the icing on the cake (or chilli on the jerky if you want to get technical). The flavours all came together and had a party in my mouth – and it was AWESOME.
If you like beef jerky, I am telling you to TRY THIS. And as a suggestion – try it with a few mates and a few beers. Beer and some of this jerky would be nice.
For flavour give this sauce an 8/10 and for heat I give it a 5/10.
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