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Arkansas Granny

(31,534 posts)
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 01:52 PM Jan 2023

Beef Candy??? I saw this on Twitter and wondered if anyone ever heard of this?


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2 C granulated sugar
1 C brown sugar
1/2 C light Karo
1/2 C milk
1/2 C ground cooked beef
1 t. vanilla
1/2 C chopped nuts

Cook first 6 ingredients together to 238 degrees (soft ball). Cool to 120 degrees. Beat until thick; add vanilla and nuts. Prepare as you do fudge.


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Beef Candy??? I saw this on Twitter and wondered if anyone ever heard of this? (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Jan 2023 OP
Ugh! sinkingfeeling Jan 2023 #1
No, thank goodness. hippywife Jan 2023 #2
I've heard of bacon glazed with maple syrup or brown sugar Retrograde Jan 2023 #3
was going to say candied bacon was all the rage years ago... Phentex Jan 2023 #4
Praline Bacon is supposed to be the rage in Louisiana. no_hypocrisy Jan 2023 #6
probably functions like gelatin Kali Jan 2023 #5

hippywife

(22,767 posts)
2. No, thank goodness.
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 03:35 PM
Jan 2023

I could almost, almost see someone doing this with strips of beef. Not that I would eat that, either.

Retrograde

(10,162 posts)
3. I've heard of bacon glazed with maple syrup or brown sugar
Wed Jan 4, 2023, 11:39 PM
Jan 2023

but not beef. Although yesterday I had some "General's Chicken" with a sauce so sweet it may as well have been candied.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)
4. was going to say candied bacon was all the rage years ago...
Thu Jan 5, 2023, 01:21 PM
Jan 2023

and not half bad. That said, there are many flavors of beef jerky including sweet versions. I don't know why.

Kali

(55,025 posts)
5. probably functions like gelatin
Fri Jan 6, 2023, 01:16 AM
Jan 2023

a half cup well mixed isn't going to taste like meat among the sugar and other ingredients. novelty joke recipe to gross out guests.

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