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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
> No I buy fresh beef sirloin sliced thinly then marinate it and dehydrate
> it.

And what have I said?

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.

OK! Ok! I understand! It is a very strange thing for me!
Perhaps one could also use it grated over pasta, like the sardinian
"bottarga".
Cheers
Pandora