So true, I love biltongDamn shame they dont have it in Norway

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Originally posted by Svinejakt:
So true, I love biltongDamn shame they dont have it in Norway

Get the basic recipe which you can adjust to your taste and make some yourself.

All you need is an empty room or barn, depending how much you want to make, drying lines on which to hang your strips and paper clips to be used as hanging hooks.

Humidity is a negative so conditions should be dry.

If it gains popularity you could turn it into a sideline business.

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Originally posted by fujotupu:

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Originally posted by Svinejakt:
So true, I love biltongDamn shame they dont have it in Norway

Get the basic recipe which you can adjust to your taste and make some yourself.

All you need is an empty room or barn, depending how much you want to make, drying lines on which to hang your strips and paper clips to be used as hanging hooks.

Humidity is a negative so conditions should be dry.

If it gains popularity you could turn it into a sideline business.

There is a company in Atlanta that makes Biltong SA style, not sure who they are.
www.biltongusa.com and they ship for $25

I did serious damage to Dave's biltong stores while I was there. :cheers:

Also bought some biltong spice to bring home and make my own. Can't wait for deer season...

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Humidity is a negative so conditions should be dry.

So trying to make biltong here in Texas might be an issue is what you're saying?

I would seriusly like to shoot an axis doe or something for biltong. I'd make drywors suasage too if I knew how - practically lived on that stuff during my layover in OR Tambo.

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Originally posted by Sevens:

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Humidity is a negative so conditions should be dry.

So trying to make biltong here in Texas might be an issue is what you're saying?

I would seriusly like to shoot an axis doe or something for biltong. I'd make drywors suasage too if I knew how - practically lived on that stuff during my layover in OR Tambo.

If the conditions are humid the meat will not dehydrate, in fact it might even rot.
I sometimes make limited quantities at home in an air-conditioned room which takes 5-7 days to dry 85% - I like mine slightly rare at the core.

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Originally posted by WannabeBwana:
I did serious damage to Dave's biltong stores while I was there. :cheers:

Also bought some biltong spice to bring home and make my own. Can't wait for deer season...

makin more buddy

I think if I made biltong in Louisiana it would be flavored with maggots.

I've been making biltong here in GA for a couple of years now. I built a dryer box with a light bulb in the bottom compartment with vent holes and a computer exhaust fan in the top. I dry it in my basement during the winter months due to the lower humity. I also have a dehumidifier down there. It typically takes about 5 days to dry.

Today it is 117 and 6% humidity. That would dry the Biltong.
All I need is a Wildebeest.

Mark

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Originally posted by Sevens:
So trying to make biltong here in Texas might be an issue is what you're saying?

I would seriusly like to shoot an axis doe or something for biltong. I'd make drywors suasage too if I knew how - practically lived on that stuff during my layover in OR Tambo.

Have done it - my BIL and I shot a BUNCH of axis one evening, we made all the backstrap into very thick jerky, just like biltong, in a large smoker, with very little heat and smoke, just enough to dry it over a 3 day period. Was still soft inside, and very very tasty.

Everyone that heard we sacrificed the backstraps for jerky thought we were crazy, until they tried it.

FWIW, he's German, and I'm a Cajun transplant, it was good match to make something tasty out of a meat product!