"~patches~" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
> Pandora wrote:
>
>> Excuse me for my ignorance. What is Jerky? Is it dry pork meat?
>>
>> cheers
>> Pandora
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Pandora, jerky is dried meat. It can be beef, pork, wild game, poultry,
> or fish according to my dehydrator manual. However, most jerky is dried
> beef and that is the only kind I have made but with if the guys have any
> luck this coming week I hope to make venison jerky. I have my butcher cut
> sirloin into thin slices then I cut them in half otherwise the resulting
> jerky would be about 4" wide. Then the meat is marinated anywhere from
> overnight to 24 hours in marinate of choice. Marinates can be as simple
> as using prepared bbq sauce to a variety of homemade marinates. The meat
> is then put on the dehydrator and allowed to dry until dry & flexible not
> brittle. I store the finished jerky in a zip loc bag in the meat keeper
> of the fridge. My kids love jerky so it never lasts long here.

So, if I understand well, you say that you buy a *fresh* sirloin of
venison(for example) and then you dehydrate it. Is it true?
And why do you love dehydrate meat? Has it a particular taste that fresh and
cooked meat hasn't?
Cheers
Pandora