Biltong

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By Joanne Hay | Posted August 28, 2006 | http://www.nourished.com.au/articles/biltong
During his travels to visit primitive peoples from every continent on earth, Weston Price found that while human diets are very diverse, there are some definite similarities - raw animal food is one of those similarities. Price found that each group of people had some form of raw animal food in their diet, whether it be raw meat, insects or milk. Raw meat is a bounty of essential vitamins and enzymes, some that can not be found in any other source. B6 and B12 can only be found in animal foods, coenzyme Q10 and other unresearched anti fatigue factors as well as enzymes to help you digest the protein make raw meat a super food.
It may prove a little difficult to get anyone older than 3 to slug down a chunk of raw steak, so here’s a recipe for a South African delicacy, Biltong. When you dry meat at just below 65 Deg C, all the afor mentioned nutrients stay intact, the enzymes are still alive and it is preserved very well.
You’ll need:
1kg round steak or top side (If you can get it try game meat such as buffalo,
deer or ostrich) sliced into 1cm thick pieces. 1 cup soy sauce or tamari
2 cups Apple Cider Vinegar
A dehydrator (Excalibur is a good one)
Flavour of your choice, I’ve tried crushed coriander seed, garlic, honey and maple syrup. all received glowing praise from kids and husband alike.
Mix the marinade in a glass bowl and drop the meat in, strip by strip to allow full coverage of each piece. If the marinade doesn’t cover the meat, top it up with whey or more apple cider vinegar.
Marinade over night in the fridge and dry in a dehydrator until crisp. If you can still bend the meat strip and it doesn’t snap, it’s not dry enough and will harbour dangerous bacteria. Once dried properly, Biltong will keep for weeks, if you can keep the kids mits off your stash.
Biltong is great for kids lunches cut into bit sized pieces. It’s like having a tasty snack like flavoured potato chips, without vegetable oil and all the scary chemicals. I just need a couple of pieces and I feel satisfied and well nourished.

[kkat55]

Very interesting post. I'm printing it out for my DH.

Thanks for sharing!!

[LC_Dave]

Cool! I love Biltong!

They sell it in Delis here in Melbourne. Biltong Stokkies.

It's South African style, but made in Australia.

It comes with Peri Peri spice as well sometimes!