Thread: Jerky-The Best Meat on Earth

I have in the past year been visiting a Bushcraft Site...

But it seems that some of the (most) of the members think that bacon is the best meat on earth...

Don't get me wrong, bacon is good, as a matter of fact great if eaten the correct way... Crunchy, as a BLT, with eggs and so on...

However, I personally believe that Jerky is by far the best prepared meat on earth...

Jerky can be made from Beef, Pork, Turkey, Bacon, Deer, Antelope... Basically any meat... As a mater of fact, I have had Goose Jerky that tasted just like Beef... I was surprised that is was Goose...

My point is, if you do it right, you can disguise any cut of meat, good or bad and make it eatable...


So here is my submission...


"Biltong: is a variety of cured meat that originated in South Africa. Various types of meat are used to produce it, ranging from beef and game meats to fillets of ostrich from commercial farms. It is typically made from raw fillets of meat cut into strips following the grain of the muscle, or flat pieces sliced across the grain. It is similar to beef jerky in that they are both spiced, dried meats. The typical ingredients, taste and production processes differ, the main difference being that biltong is usually thicker (from cuts up to 1" (25 mm) thick), while jerky is rarely more than 1/8" (3 mm) thick. Also, biltong does not have a sweet taste.The word biltong is from the Dutch bil ("rump") and tong ("strip" or "tongue").<sup>[1]"

I had this when I was working overseas from my good brothers from South Africa... I must say... I didn't care for it much... I'm thinking that it was because it was moist, rather than dry and I was not into trying new things... So, I have a big bag of Bilton, and enjoying every bite!

Throw out your best Jerky and possible recipes...</sup>