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Beef Jerky

T’S EASY ENOUGH to pick up a little bag of beef jerky at the gas station or supermarket to snack on, but there’s something special about making it yourself. After all, meats have been dried for preservation for thousands (if not tens of thousands) of years. It’s a central part of the human experience. Lucky for us, all we have to do is go shopping for the meat and budget

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