Thread: Jerky

I'm building my bilton box this week. Horray.

For those in Brissie who can't be bothered making their own, this place makes (and sells) great Biltong, Jerky, Driewors and Borewors.

Baie Lekker Products (Aust) - Delicatessens in Tingalpa, QLD - yellow.com.au

In the old American west, trappers, explorers, pioneers and others would eat the old American Indian food called "pemmican."

It consisted of 1/3 ground up dried meat/jerky; 1/3 ground up dried berries and 1/3 suet, lard or such.

As snacking on lard doesn't hold much appeal with most folks these days, myself included, there's a modern alternative that works quite well and is very tasty: peanut butter!

I made up a batch last week, in fact. Mix up the dried ingredients in a blender, then mix it up in the peanut butter in a bowl. I add a bunch of honey as well.

Then form balls perhaps golf-ball size, set it on a small piece of wax paper and flatten the ball out. Then wrap the "patty" in the wax paper and go one to the next one. When you have a bunch of them stacked up, put them in the freezer until you are ready to go camping or hiking or whatnot.

They will keep for weeks or months without refrigeration and contain every bit of nourishment the human body needs to sustain life. Pemmican and some water and you're set! And it doesn't taste half bad either!

Bon Appetit!