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>>>Excuse me for my ignorance. What is Jerky? Is it dry pork meat?
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>>>cheers
>>>Pandora
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>>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.
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> 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
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No I buy fresh beef sirloin sliced thinly then marinate it and dehydrate
it. Jerky is a nice healthy protein snack. It has a unique flavour and
texture quite different from cooked meat. It keeps well much like cured
meats. As Bob mentioned it can be used to make other dishes such as
pemmican, another snacking treat. Our main use is for snacking.