Lauren Gilmore: Beef Jerky Junkie
It all started four months ago. I was obsessed with granola bars but I figured out they were all carbs and fat, so then some nutritionist was like “why don’t you try something that’s more a protein?” I was at a gas station and I saw like 80,000 carbs or no carbs and all protein, so that made me want to try the jerky. It was like sticking my toe in a way cold pool.
Jack’s Links Original – that’s my brand. I was craving it and I went to four gas stations that didn’t have it, so I bought different brands, but all the other one’s taste funny. I went to the fifth gas station and they finally had it, but my credit card wouldn’t work. I’d had my credit card shut off because I went to five different gas stations to get different kinds of jerky!
I had to call the guy at the bank and I’ve actually never heard a Wells Fargo Operator laugh. I was like “I have an affinity for beef jerky so that’s why I’ve been to seven different places”. He’s like “No way. Seriously?”, so they turned it back on.
But it was a problem or it was a problem or it is a problem.
Wanna make your own beefy jerky? Here’s how:


Alison Goodman is a Writer, Casting Director and pop culture junkie based in New York. She has worked for the CW, ABC Family and the WB. A self-proclaimed TV fanatic, there isn’t a Bravo marathon she hasn’t vegged out to, she still mourns the loss of “Friday Night Lights,” and can’t go to sleep on Thursday night if she hasn’t watched “The Vampire Diaries.”

