"~patches~" > wrote in message
...
> Keith Warren wrote:
>
> > snipped....I'm long-winded enough :-)
> >
> >
> >>Oh!!!! I didn't know one could dehydrate meat in the oven!!!!!!
> >>It is a good thing to know. The important is how do it
> >>Cheers
> >>Pandora
> >>
> >
> >
> > Pandora,
> >
> > Below you will find a recipe I've used for years and was hounded
repeatedly
> > to put in print by those who wanted to try it at home :-)
> >
> > This is one of the ways I do it in the oven although I have also
purchased
> > drying racks like those in the link below at BassPro Shops which are a
lot
> > less work to use than the toothpick routine.
> >
> > http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catal...=TOP_SEARCH_GO
> >
> >
> > Keith's Lip Smackin' Deer Jerky
> <snip of very helpful recipe>
>
> Thanks so much for posting your deer jerky recipe! I've only made beef
> jerky but if the guys have a successful hunt, next a week from tomorrow
> I'll have lots of venison to play with. Deer jerky is definitely on my
> list of things I want to make.

Your welcome. Let me know how it goes. One thing to remember is that, in
general, venison is a leaner meat than beef and will get "crispy" faster, so
don't dry it as long as you normally do beef. Good luck to the guys and
*hopefully* happy jerky making to you. I have not made it to the woods at
all this season and my little fellas keep reminding me that there's no jerky
like deer jerky and they want to go too so this year it's going to be an
exercise in patience like no other :-) The deer came in herds and ate apples
off my 11 trees about 3 times a day right up until the season opened and I
haven't seen a thing in the last month. (we are having a banner year for
acorns so they don't have to travel far for food right now) Oh well,
there's still a few more months left before season closes.