I Ate ‘Squid Game’ Beef Jerky

When it debuted on Netflix in September of 2021, Squid Sport turned an immediate worldwide sensation. Individuals all around the world had been hungry for a present like this, one with not simply surprising violence and suspenseful drama, but in addition one thing significant to say about the brutal nature of contemporary life.

So does it stand to motive that they’re additionally hungry … for beef jerky?

The oldsters over at Jack Hyperlink’s definitely hope so. The jerky big has created a particular tie-in product related to the current launch of Squid Sport Season 2 on Netflix: A limited-time “Purple Mild: Inexperienced Mild” jerky which, in keeping with their official web site, “attracts its inspiration from the heart-pounding depth of Squid Sport.”

Frankly, a beef jerky that makes your coronary heart pound sounds a bit of harmful. (Eat sufficient beef jerky and your coronary heart will in all probability begin to pound finally, have you ever seen how a lot sodium is in a single bag of beef jerky?) In fact, I can’t simply keep away from a tie-in beef jerky simply because there’s a slim likelihood it’d make my coronary heart explode. Consuming bizarre film and TV-inspired meals is my beat. So once I noticed the Squid Sport jerky at my native comfort retailer, I didn’t hesitate.

So how does it style? Does this dried beef snack precisely seize the soul-crushing despair of everybody’s favourite streaming TV present about capitalism’s all-consuming brutality? Watch my Squid Sport beef jerky style check beneath.

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After I ended the video I took a take a look at the record of elements on the again of the bag. Beneath the usual jerky elements like beef, water, and sugar it claimed it “accommodates 2% or much less of” a complete bunch of issues, together with purple miso, fermented rice extract, and one thing known as “cultured celery extract.” The lower than 2% half might clarify the shortage of any notable Korean seasoning. Past a barely larger spice degree than regular, I wouldn’t have detected any distinction between Squid Sport jerky and a standard-issue varietal in a blind style check.

That doesn’t imply the Squid Sport jerky was unhealthy; I did end the remainder of the bag a couple of hours later. It simply means it didn’t actually ship on the label’s promise of ssamjang taste. On that entrance, that was a disappointment. However hey: Squid Sport is all about how capitalism grinds individuals down, little by little, day after day, slowly sapping us of all our hopes and goals. So … good job, Jack Hyperlink’s?