John Westfield

I'm a lifelong cooking enthusiast with a special love for strange and underused ingredients. I hope this blog helps open your mind to more of the wonderful edible treasures around us.

Will beef jerky spoil?

Yes, like all things that are meat, beef jerky does go bad. But the point is to know their expiration date and what types of manufacturing process spoil quicker than the other. The USDA in its guidelines states that a commercially packed beef jerky can be stored for about 1 to 2 years. But remember, …

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Are beef prices going up?

“All meat prices are up, but beef prices are up disproportionately higher than the rest of the protein prices,” says Arun Sundaram, an analyst at Wall Street research firm CFRA. Here’s how the increase in beef prices compares to the price increase of other proteins over the past year, according to BLS data. Beef and …

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