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By Beefy Man - 13/05/2016 07:33 - United States - Lehi

Today, I spent eight hours cutting, curing, and aligning on the racks, six months worth of beef to be dried for some tasty jerky, only to find out my dehydrator is broken beyond repair, and would cost as much to fix as the soon-to-spoil meat that I bought. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/06/2012 05:22 - United States - Tucson

Today, I bought some beef jerky. As I put the first piece in my mouth, I thought to myself, "Wow, this is tough enough to break a tooth." It was. FML

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Today, I was working in a deli when I cut more meat than I intended; I basically removed my fingerprint via the deli slicer. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/11/2018 03:30 - United States - Anchorage

Today, my sister put a piece of leather in my homemade beef jerkey to prove a point. I ate it. FML

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By jules - 01/03/2023 12:00 - Germany

Today, I replaced the broken hot plates in my stove, only to realize that something else is broken, and it's still is not usable. I had to change it all back before I could even heat dinner. This was after I had carried the thing up and down the stairs by myself, and spent an entire afternoon cleaning it. FML

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28actress 22

Friday 13 May 2016 14:51

If it were me, I would try to get the dehydrator fixed before the meat spoils, even though it is expensive, because you will probably need it in the future

farmgirl98 14

Friday 13 May 2016 14:46

That's a major bummer, but with all of that careful preparation why didn't you check over your equipment ahead of time? FYL

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Donut_Wizard 23

Friday 13 May 2016 20:35

Use the oven, set on the lowest heat level.

AirBusDriver 23

Friday 13 May 2016 22:49

Time to go vegan.

Soloman212 28

Saturday 14 May 2016 7:35

That's like a condom breaking before a date so you go gay.

tipsy2013 24

Friday 13 May 2016 23:32

Couldn't you just freeze it until you got a new dehydrator?

caspertink 17

Saturday 14 May 2016 0:24

Alton brown had some kind of way he makes jerky with out those

tonya34gabrielle 7

Saturday 14 May 2016 5:45

Definitely just put it in the oven. I put them on the lowest setting and kabob pieces of jerky on skewers and layer them across the oven rack. 6-8 hours and they are wonderful.

MonCapitan 4

Saturday 14 May 2016 5:59

Double checking equipment and occasional preventative maintenance can save a lot more than money, namely time, effort and stress. Take it as a lesson to be learned.