Answer:
Meat that has been cured by being cut into long, thin strips and dried
One am I, among six others: Largest, smallest, cold, dark and two brothers
The more you take away, the bigger it gets.
If you need a night out, call one of these over to take the little ones off your hands for a while.
A sphere has three, a circle has two, and a point has zero. What is it?
My days are numbered. What am I?