Looks like a Slim Jim with a hole drilled in the middle. Also looks like I could get my little brother to buy and try them since they're being sold in Des Moines, IA, where he lives. I could try to get a field report if desired.
@6 -- Well, although rumor has it that the practice originated in Portland I'm pretty sure it must have originally made an appearance in some Valhalla-bound viking drinking ballad or other. Srsly.
{insert "insert beef straw joke here" joke here}
http://gothamist.com/2012/01/16/bone_lug…
I don't know, but I damn well intend to find out.