Sunday, September 6, 2009
more about jerky
Help! anyone have an idea what color i should paint little mans room? after almost 2 years its almost done i just need to decide on a paint color and a carpet color and type. The room also has to be resold so it has to be kind of generic. And i need to figure out how much to sell my elk jerky for I'm leaning towards 6$ per 4 oz. Anyone think that's to much? I sort of want to do 8$ per quarter pound. I do 2 types of jerky whole muscle and ground meat. and 5 flavors: three pepper and garlic pepper that have MSG and then chipoltle, cracked pepper with garlic and original that don't have any MSG. Each pkg of seasoning cost about 7$ each and season 15 pounds of raw meat that after dried about 3-4 pounds of raw equal 1 pound of dry. And it takes 6-8 hours to dry at 160 degrees F. Marinating time is about 8-12 hours more for whole muscle. and i live in a low income housing. So i want to do 8$ but because of the area 6 might be better. Well let me know what anyone thinks.
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For the room: if you are going for resale value, then you can't beat white. If you want a color that is not white, I recommend green or yellow, as they are gender neutral and not pastel baby-ish (I'm thinking the boy is headed into his "boy" years instead of his baby room).
For jerky, I think keep your cost low until you build a sales base. Get people to buy from you for low prices to test the waters and then increase the price. If anyone asks, tell them your cost of operation went up (this is technically true, whether you're suddenly having to pay more for spices, buying a more expensive machine, or giving yourself a much-deserved raise). Scope out the local prices on jerky and then go lower than those for sure.
I'll buy a pound from you whatever you charge. I LOVE elk jerky. Save some for me and let me know how much you charge. And as jerky goes, in general it is fairly expensive... so make sure you get enough money for the amount of time you are putting into it. People will pay whatever you ask if it's good quality. =)
my jerky is great quality! at least all my guys seem to love it! e-mail me your address and send you some to try.
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