Green Light Beef Jerky (DiceFood.com)

December 31, 2008 | By glarr00 In Secret Recipes |

Green Light Beef Jerky
Green Light Jerky Company, based in Redwood City, CA, is a new entry into the world of beef jerky. If you’re a fan of thin-sliced jerky, you’ll want to take note.

For this review, I’m reviewing three of their flavors, “The Classic”, “Pepper Grinder”, and “PRD” (Prime Rib Dinner).

Overview

All three of the varieties reviewed here are flavored with soy sauce, onions, vinegar, salt, apple cider, and honey.

The pieces are thinly-sliced into strips of about half-inch to an inch wide, and about three to six inches in length. The texture is more drier than moist, but are still soft enough to bite off chunks easily.

The strips appear to be cuts of real meat.

Green Light says they use no MSG, no nitrates, no liquid smoke, no added sugar, and no thickening agents.

The Classic

The Classic flavor has a mild soy sauce flavor and smell, not very salty, with a very subtle spicy tingle in the back of your throat. That spiciness comes from the guajillo and pasilla chile spices that they sprinkle on.

The beef flavor is still very evident, and there’s a slight taste of beef fat.

Pepper Grinder

Pepper Grinder is the same as The Classic, but with ground pepper corns sprinkled on. There’s a pretty good amount of pepper there, but not overdone like on some other brands.

It has a very peppery flavor that balances out the soy sauce, and as to be expected, has a medium-degree of spiciness.

PRD (Prime Rib Dinner)

There was a clear scent of thyme when I opened the package of PRD and took a whiff. That’s because it’s flavored with thyme and horseradish, to emulate eating a cut of prime rib.

And you can definitely taste the thyme and see the pieces of thyme seasoning also.

As for the horseradish, I don’t really taste much of it, probably because the thyme seems to overpower it. You figure with horseradish, this variety of jerky will be spicy, but it’s not. It’s quite mild.

Product Value

Green Light’s jerky offerings are priced on the high side, at $10.00 for a 4oz bag, or $5.00 for a 2oz bag. That works out to $2.50 per ounce. Compare that to the $1.00 per ounce average for the garden-variety brands out there. But then again, you’re getting a higher quality product here.

My Thoughts

If you consider yourself a beef-jerky afficionado, you’ll appreciate the quality and taste of Green Light as I have. The high price-point takes this brand out of the realm of general purpose snacking, but for those times when I want to sit in my back patio and listen to the birds, a 2oz bag of Green Light makes a great companion.

While my personal preference is jerky more moist and sliced a little more thick than Green Light, I still enjoyed sampling these varieties for this review. The “Classic” variety is quite tastier than the regular flavors of other brands.

Visit Green Light Beef Jerky online…
http://www.greenlightjerky.com
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A base has been stolen: Free tacos for everyone!

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Living in Philadelphia, it is impossible to avoid the fact that the World Series is currently going on (and continuing to go painfully on, due to inclement weather in Philly last night). While my city continues to fret and suffer, waiting with bated breath for the second half of game five, the rest of the country can relax a little and enjoy a free Taco Bell Crunchy Seasoned Beef Taco today between the hours of 2 pm and 6 pm.

We have Tampa Bay Ray Jason Bartlett to thank for the free taco. Bartlett, a Ray shortstop, stole second base in the bottom of the fifth inning of game one.

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Culinary Kids

When I was in elementary school, I was always jealous of those kids who always had notes from their parents in their lunches. I had one friend in particular who’s dad packed her lunch each morning. Without fail, he would jot a quick little note on her paper napkin, telling her to enjoy her lunch or that he hoped she was having a good day.

For those parents who still include little notes in their kids’ lunches, there’s now a slightly more nifty way to go about it. Get a set of these FoodWriter food coloring pens and scrawl a note or a smiley face on your child’s turkey sandwich. I do believe that had my classmates had sandwiches doodled with designs, I would have been green with jealousy.

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