Biltong
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From: FORESTBOWS
01-Mar-23
My wife made biltong out of a black buck i shot last week. It turned out great. Had this in Africa and love making it.
From: JohnMC
01-Mar-23
Forest any recipe? That looks fun to try
From: FORESTBOWS
01-Mar-23
Salt, pepper, coriander, vinegar. Air dry low heat 100° for 2-3days They dry it in a wooden box in Africa. We use a dehydrator. Meat on every other shelf for better circulation
From: Don T. Lewis
01-Mar-23
Is this similar to venison jerky?
From: FORESTBOWS
01-Mar-23
Similar. Like med rare venison jerky.
From: HDE
01-Mar-23
Biltong is not venison or any other kind of jerky. With jerky, the intent is to have it dry. With Biltong you want to retain approx 55% moisture (45% loss). If you just hang it in your refrigerator it will take 2 to 3 weeks.
What makes it Biltong is the dry seasoning and wet cure (vinegar, Worcestershire, etc).
Biltong is a dry cure. Coating all the surfaces with coarse salt for a few hours is the first step.
I made some out of elk roasts a year or so ago, but just did a dry cure only as an experiment. Adding the spices and wet cure to the process would've made it better.
From: Medicinemann
01-Mar-23
Man, that looks really good.....
From: Zbone
02-Mar-23
There are a few recipes on youtube I watched a while back and thought about trying but never did, the ones I seen looked time consuming....
From: Grey Ghost
02-Mar-23
Interesting. I'd never heard of it. Is it actually purple inside, like it's showing up on my computer?
Matt
From: HDE
02-Mar-23
^^^ yes, it has a deep purple/red color almost like beets from a can.
From: WhattheFOC
02-Mar-23
Mmmmm biltong. Like jerky only without all the flavour.
From: HDE
02-Mar-23
^^^^ you've never had Biltong then...
From: WhattheFOC
02-Mar-23
Every biltong I‘ve had was in Africa. Tasted like ass.
I’m sure yours is better.
From: butcherboy
02-Mar-23
I’m glad I don’t know what ass tastes like then! LOL
From: WhattheFOC
02-Mar-23
Correction: ass tastes better.
From: JohnMC
02-Mar-23
JohnMC's Link
How does this recipe sound?
From: walking buffalo
02-Mar-23
Correction: ass tastes better.
If I may...
Sometimes ass tastes better.
From: WhattheFOC
02-Mar-23
^^ LOL Yes - there can be a fair amount of variability in spice packages and hygiene.
From: Ben
02-Mar-23
Walking, Your taking too big of bites. LOL
From: PECO2
02-Mar-23
My Grandfather came over from southern Italy when he was 19 years old. He made what he called dried beef. It was cow tongue (moo cow, not elk). He dried his in the attic. It looked exactly like what you have there. Always sliced thin, peppery, tasty! I've not had it since the mid 70's. Thanks for the memories.
From: FORESTBOWS
02-Mar-23
I've never heard of brown sugar in it.
From: greg simon
03-Mar-23
Interesting! I’ve heard of Biltong but never had it. I’m going to give it a try!
From: StickFlicker
03-Mar-23
I agree. The times I've had biltong in Africa it tasted like ass. Jersey tastes great, like dried flavorful meat. Biltong has always still just tasted like dry raw meat to me. Not great.
From: gobble50
03-Mar-23
Watched locals make biltong in RSA. After watching I think biltong translates to: Guts on a Wire.
From: HDE
03-Mar-23
"Every biltong I‘ve had was in Africa. Tasted like ass."
I'm sorry.
From: WhattheFOC
03-Mar-23
From Wikipedia … The word "biltong" is from the Dutch bil ("buttock") and tong ("strip" or "tongue").
Turns out it actually IS ass. Maybe I’ve been getting the piece with the hole in it.
From: wooddamon1
03-Mar-23
LMAO! I'd eat it.
From: FORESTBOWS
03-Mar-23
I have never had bad biltong. It has always tasted like moist good jerky. Its best made from a hind quarter. But I've never meet a normal person from Saskatchewan either. Lol
From: butcherboy
04-Mar-23
If you consider “buttocks” ass then you do realize that an elk or deer round is ass.
From: FORESTBOWS
04-Mar-23
If thats how your biltong tastes you should roll it over.....
From: HDE
04-Mar-23
So a rump-roast is really an ass-roast?
From: Highlife
04-Mar-23
I could take it or leave it. Have had good and bad same with jerky.
From: butcherboy
04-Mar-23
Rump = buttocks
Buttocks = ass
Makes sense to me. Lol
From: Grey Ghost
04-Mar-23
The pic in the OP doesn't even look like meat to me. Are you sure it's not a pair of Michael Jordan's old sneakers that got burned up in a fire? ;-)
Matt
From: StickFlicker
04-Mar-23
And don't even get me started on why South Africans love rusks either. Old dry bread. Yum. Pass the donuts!
From: wkochevar
05-Mar-23
Interesting how many know what Ass tastes like....LMAO!!! Biltong needs to be sliced thinly and have fat on it. Not everyone's taste, but I'd take 5 lbs right now in a heartbeat!!
From: SteveBNY
06-Mar-23
When it comes to the taste of ass, I will defer to the obvious experts on the subject.
From: Zbone
08-Mar-23
Was curious so checked Amazon and there are gobs of biltong there...
From: neuse
09-Mar-23
Johnmc, I am going to try the recipe in your link.
From: JohnMC
09-Mar-23
Let us know how it turns out
