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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Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, despite being utterly depressed, I thawed 7 kilos of raw meat, in order to put it through the meat grinder. Not only did my mom forget to clean certain parts of the meat grinder after last using it, she also seems to have lost another part, without which the machine doesn't work. FML
Today, my daughter, who is going through a vegan phase, pulled the plug for our garage chest freezer, where we store our meat. That's $1200 of meat, rotten. My husband is so mad that he's been at the gym for six hours straight. FML
Today, I spent my entire day off making a brisket. It had been cooking for 8 hours when, just before dinner, I went for a quick jog. In that time my girlfriend came home and ruined it by trying to make it the way she wanted. I'm a chef and she's an office worker. We couldn't eat it. FML
Today, I bought $250 worth of groceries and was feeling rather good about myself because it's the first time I've been able to do so in months. When I returned home I found my fridge/freezer broken. Most of the food I bought was dairy or frozen. FML
Today, to save money, I bought some meat in bulk. When I got home, I was told that power to the neighborhood was out, and probably would be for days. Rather than let the meat rot, I barbecued it all and gave it away to my neighbors. The power came on while everyone was eating. FML
Today, my dryer was finally repaired after not working for over a month. I did one load of laundry and my washer stopped working. Another day, another $400+ repair bill. FML
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
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
Today, my sister put a piece of leather in my homemade beef jerkey to prove a point. I ate it. FML
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
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
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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Comments (44)
ssnow_fml 20
Sucks bro.
factjack 2
You can make jerky in your oven. A video at Facebook.com/orlandojerky shows you how.
demix_fml 32
Get the BBQ out and your friends round or start cooking it in the oven . I hope you work something out op.
trucker2 33
Time to buy a new one.....
samwilliams800 28
Do what I do, get a few cellophane furnace filters, not the fuzzy ones, and a box fan, layer the meat between the filters, stack on the fan, secure with bungee cord, turn it on high and by the end of the day you'll have some tasty jerky. I learned this trick from Good Eats with Alton Brown.
SquiddlySpooch 11
And that's why Alton is the god of food.
miina_xo 7
guess your dehydrator is being a jerky
mds9986 24
Looks like it's family steak night. Or month.
Gromann 9
Set oven to 170, leave door slightly open, boom, instant dehydrator.
H4H 15
I had a similar problem with my uncles dehydrator. Take it apart and sell the parts to save and get another one, if that's not possible, there are some stores who can dehydrate and salt your meat in Utah. Good luck OP
frontmanmike 14
So do it the old fashioned way, dude n