We still lick our chops thinking about some of the spicy jerky snacks we’ve tried in the past several weeks. From the Jersey Boyz to the House of Jerky, we’ve had some really good ones. In this same vein, we ran across this article from NewsOK.com out of Oklahoma:
Retailer savors double-digit increases in dried foods
Jerky movementBy Chris Brawley Morgan
Business WriterNobody called him a jerk, but Mark Garvey didn’t have a lot of supporters when he opened a store with just one product: dried meat.
“Everybody to a person said, ‘That is the dumbest idea I have ever heard of. You will lose every penny you have,” Garvey said.
Today, Garvey and partner Philip Robertson are called proprietors. As the owners of the Beef Jerky Emporium, they sell more than 250 varieties of jerky, including alligator, antelope, buffalo, duck, elk, kangaroo, shark and tuna. Beef jerky is still king, though, with Fesperman’s Beef Jerky from Okmulgee being the most popular.
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If you don’t feel like reading the article, then what we can tell you is that the proprietors mentioned are those for The Beef Jerky Emporium, and they hail from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They carry a pretty good selection of some exotic stuff, like the mahi, shark, and tuna jerky from Caribbean Specialty Foods, who we met at ZestFest.
Tuna jerky not your thing? Their list of beef jerkys are equally as impressive, and a few of them spicy. They do have the Jersey Boyz ones, plus one called Xtreme Hotshoppe Habanero Beef Jerky which looks like it might be good as well. You could also go for some traditional items like nuts & snack mixes, of which spicy ones are available there as well.
We’re not likely to go to Oklahoma anytime soon, but we may say hello to the folks at The Beef Jerky Emporium. There’s always room for good spicy jerky. Mmmmm, jerky.
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I live about 20 minutes from the Beef Jerkey Emporioum, and they sell a lot more than just beef jerkey: hot sauces, dry rubs, mustards, hot candy. Everything a chilihead could want!
And another good thing: if you want something they don’t have on hand, they will special order it for you. I got my first(!) bottle of Death Rain Nitro that way!
Comment fired by Steve — December 28, 2006- 1:51 pm
Hey Steve,
We adore places like that…ones that not only have a great selection, but will order stuff for you if they don’t have it in stock. Speaking of Death Rain Nitro, that stuff isn’t exactly easy to find. All the other spice mixes that Blair makes seem to be available, but we had to go to Jungle Jim’s to find a bottle of the Nitro. Haven’t tried it yet, but that’s on our agenda as well.
Comment fired by Joe & Linda — December 30, 2006- 9:49 am