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Time For Beef Jerky!!!

Wandering around the kitchen looking for something to marinade with. Teryaki, Soy Sauce, Liquid Hickory Smoke, Serrachi, Brown Sugar, Pepper, Olive Oil, Lemon Juice, Brown Malt Vinegar, Nutmeg. It's got to be good! I'll Let you know later. Just put it on the racks...
Flank Steak Fajitas Southwest Egg Benedict Wraps Braised Chicken Thighs-Jacob Burton's Death Row Meal Tryout Homemade Pesto Steamed/Roasted Chicken and Leaks

Why is Emergency Food Worth Mentioning?

In 1991, I lived in a truck in the deserts of Saudi Arabi, Iraq and Kuwait.  All we had to eat was MRE's and a few other things that came in cans and packages.  It was possible to combine the individual components and come up with something edible.  Once the wiring is there, you sort of keep thinking of that after that phase is done.  Today there are so many above average things you can do to make things taste great on the fly.  I would not consider them as a way of life, but it's good to know how to do it. When I was a commercial truck driver, I hated the food that was available on the road.  Any place you could park a 70 foot long tractor/trailer meant fast, greasy and tasteless food worthy of having your brain removed and strapping on a feed bag to bear it.  I decided to pick up a Burton Stove to Go down in North Carolina one Friday night.  There are cook books that drivers have written for this, but I found that common sense questions such as...