The Latest from Lawless

This week, we spoke to Sean Donnelly, professional hammer thrower and jerky fan. Sean was a finalist at the latest US Olympic Trials and he is an excellent ambassador for his sport on social media. Check him out on YouTube and Twitter. Lawless Jerky: How did you first get into throwing the hammer? Sean Donnelly: I used to play a lot of Xbox. I was a huge gamer. What got me, first, big into lifting was that my Xbox broke sophomore year of high school. If my Xbox hadn’t broken, I wouldn’t be the athlete I am today. I didn’t...

There is a lively debate going on in the media and around the web about the environmental impact of raising cattle, relative to a purely vegetal approach to agriculture. Critics say that the methane expelled by livestock contributes to global warming, that what cattle eat and drink should be sustaining humans directly, or that the land cattle graze upon is better used raising produce.  These arguments are not completely off base but they are exaggerated, generalized and offset by important aspects of raising cattle that contribute to the betterment of our ecosystem. In particular, cattle raised on grass throughout their...

This week on The Latest from Lawless blog we spoke to Lawless Jerky fan, stand up comedian and podcaster Chris Alan about his craft, and snacking during long days and nights on the road driving to the Funny Bone, the Improv, or the Chuckle Bucket.

Yeah, I’m in the car all the time. Instead of eating fast food, I stop into Sheetz and grab some jerky. The jerky is great, by the way. The Sweet Sriracha was great, the Habanero is good. All of them are great. I like the BBQ Spare Rib. It is great stuff. Just overall a great product.

Matt Tolnick, Lawless Jerky Founder and Head Jerky Chef, here. This week on the blog I wanted to pass along some of my learnings from a decade of jerky-making to hobbyists who do, or would like to try making their own. 1. Choice of Meat: One of the great things about home dehydrating is that you can use any meat that you want. So if you're looking to try an exotic meat (e.g. duck, goat, elk, venison, etc.) or just a different cut of a more common protein (e.g. beef brisket, chicken thighs), the world is your oyster! 2. Slicing...