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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?
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> 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!

Really, a lot of sausage, similar to salami, are very much like jerky only
less dry! Polish Kabanos come either soft, or very dry like jerky (I love
the dry pones but they're harder to find for me now).


Shaun aRe