Heidi Jo's Black Pepper BUFFALO Jerky

Hmmm.. I'm too delighted to even start writing about my tryst with the first piece of exotic jerky in my mouth.
So. Just look at it - it's just one thin clean lean strip of meat. Must be the best of the beast!
It smells just like BJ!
(Beef Jerky)
First bite notes - the meat is much softer than beef jerky. The taste of black pepper of quite strong.
It's a very lean meat jerky.. can tell from the looks anyway.
I notice it has a sweet sour taste..
The flavour seems very well infused with the meat. The spice is barely traceable after a few bites, can feel it only in the throat, which is typical of black pepper.
Gets salty with the 5th - 6th bite..
This is surprising - it dissolves quite easily in the mouth!
No gristle whatsoever - I'm guessing this is because it's just one strip of the best meat.
Hmm.. I didn't want to keep this piece for laters, since I had already touched the whole piece to take photos and admire in general..
So I ate more than I usually do in one sitting. The flavour comes across quite strong after a few bites, and it lasts in your throat and below for a while.
I also kept tasting teriyaki flavour, then Lydia looked at the ingredients. It was there - am I getting better at this or what.

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Jack Link's Peppered Beef Jerky

Very hard. Very dry, but not flaky dry. The meat is still well bonded. Smells great. Tastes awesome. The spice is almost zilch on the tongue, but hits the throat mildly. Well peppered pieces! The most interesting part is, they taste of a particular variety of raw mango. And I remember experiencing this taste with another brand of peppered Jerky as well. Maybe it's the particular black pepper they use that renders this added smell.
Great pack of Jerky, they could do a little better on the texture.

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Great Value Peppered Beef Jerky

Through the packet, I could see a lot of pepper on the meat. I opened the packet, and in a mad rush shoved a piece straight into my mouth. I've been saving this special 'Peppered' packet to have last. But I couldn't wait, so Im having it 3rd last. There's indeed a lot of crushed black pepper on the pieces.
Take a bite, and its soft and eeeasily tearable. Surprising! Does flavour make any difference to the texture of the dehydrated meat?? I doubt it. However, I've had a few packets of this brand.. well I must say the texture is not consistent. In the same pack, some pieces are soft, and some are damn hard.
The pepper hits the throat hard. Im Indian, so the spice is easy and lovable to me. But unexpectedly, it turned out to be sweet. How? Just the usual brown sugar? If every beef jerky is going to be sweet by default, Im going to love this thing even more!
The best part - from somewhere, somehow it tastes like my favourite mango from Kerala. How???

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