I made Jerky

[Spuddy]

Check my website for making Biltong - which is a South African style of Jerkey:

http://www.biltongbox.com/

Aris You'll be upsetting a lot of South Africans by putting Jerkey and Biltong in the same sentence.

[Spuddy]

Damn. I've realised I just did it too .

[phillmypintpot]

hiya peeps,

Check my website for making Biltong - which is a South African style of Jerkey:

cheers aris, i'd already seen your website and had biltong earmarked as a future project.

I originally designed this recipe to be a quick easy way to make minced meat jerky.

point taken oddley, i just fancied seeing if i could give it a try with what i'd got. if i have a go, i let u know how it turns out.

thanks for all your help

[kevo]

Hi everyone
Oddley them jerky�s look so mouth watering nice and I will give them a try soon, thanks for the info
Since buying my sausage maker I have spent many times browsing this forum for new ideas and I have recently tried this recipe posted by parson snows "http://www.psnw.com/~rich777/recipes/jerky.shtml" I found it ideal for a beginner like myself and the kids and their friends loved them. I started out with a 3lb piece of beef and had none left after the first day. Thanks parson snows for the link

My next project is to build aris�s biltong box and give them a try. The thought of beef strips with a Worchester flavour makes my mouth water.
I was wondering if it would it be possible to paint the box inside and out, with radiator paint or some other heat resistant paints to make it easier to clean and keep germ free

Thank you all for sharing

kev

[aris]

Kevo,

Your best bet is to get an old (or new) kitchen cabinet which are usually lined with a wipeable surface. Just drill holes in the right places, and add some dowels to hang the biltong from.

You can usually buy these new at places like Ikea.

[kevo]

Thanks aris for the reply but I have a good stock of materials to build one and with another batch of jerky�s in the oven I know the box will get plenty of use

kev

[shanew]

does this make 2 flavours of jerky or do i combine both mixes before rolling?

Also is chuck steak known by another name? i've justy had a look in the supermarket and cant see any. I've got a joint of silverside in the freezer if thats any good?

[Patricia Thornton]

Any butcher should be able to supply chuck steak, it's a very good stewing steak that comes (I believe) from the meaty part of the shoulder of the beast.

[shanew]

Is chuck the same as skirt or flank? butchers in the market told me it's the same cut but different names, I dont trust them though, in leeds market theirs about 8 butchers and they'll happily stick a lump of rotten meat in a bag to get shut, i once asked for some minced turkey and got home to find a bag full of skin, cartlidge and other odd's and sodd's

[Patricia Thornton]

Chuck steak is certainly not known as skirt or flank - at least if wasn't when I went to school. That's not to say they cannot be used for jerky, which I haven't tried yet, but they are not the same cut of meat and any 'butcher' who states they are, shouldn't call himself a butcher in my humble opinion.

[saucisson]

In the diagram I have in the "Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Cooking" (actually quite a good book!) skirt is abdominal muscle and chuck is from the shoulder, so it's hard to see how a butcher could mix them up, unless he was less than respectable as already been suggested

Dave

[shanew]

Would my silverside joint be no good then?

[jpj]

silverside's fine as long as it's big enough, to get required strip length, and you remove all the sinews, fat etc

[shanew]

i doesnt need to be a strip, Oddleys recipe has it minced. I've just got some braising steak which im assured is chuck

[jpj]

sorry had to read back again to pay full attention
this is a strange jerky being made. minced then baked at high temperature . . .