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Make Jerky At Home For Those Long Trips

By Barry J Smallhorn

Make jerky is easy these days. Ensure you have fresh meat, a quality spice packet, salt, a good oven or a dehydrator and you can make jerky.

To make jerky in larger quantities, use an oven. Use the dehydrator for smaller quantities.

There are many cost saving things that you can do to enjoy food. We like to go camping, so we like to take many snacks with us when we go on various camping trips throughout the year.

I have found that if I make the snacks for us they are of higher quality and less expensive. We uses these snacks during travel as well as in the field.

We do not like candy bars, however they are a good source of energy while camping. I started making high energy candy bars for us to take along.

Jerky as a source of protein

We also like having jerky in our travels as a source of protein. The jerky can be very expensive. If you buy the cheaper brands there is usually a high fat content.

I found that I can make jerky that tastes good and is very lean. These homemade items take more time to produce, but the quality and reduced cost are worth the effort.

Standard crispy rice bar recipe

For the candy bars I use the standard crispy rice bar recipe, but instead of using rice cereal I use granola and add in M&M’s and peanut butter.

I put them in a pan to cool then individually wrap the cut bars with plastic wrap. When I make jerky I use the lean trimmings from the meat bought from the local butcher.

I grind the meat and add spice packets that are available as most meat counters. Sometimes I will make my own combination of spices.

Cure the meat

It is important to put in enough salt to cure the meat. Curing is salting and drying so that the meat does not spoil. When I make jerky I like to do smaller batches at a time so that I can use different flavors.

After I grind the meat I mix in the spices. I then use my cookie press with the largest design to form logs to make jerky. The logs can be placed in a dehydrator or in a very low temperature oven.

We have a dehydrator, but I often use the oven method if I make jerky in a larger quantity. I often watch for sales on beef roasts to purchase my meats.

Most meat counters are willing to grind the roasts free of charge. The ground roasts work better to make jerky than hamburger because the meat is leaner.

Once the jerky is dried I place it in small Ziploc bags and pack it in the car among all the rest of the food needed for camping in the wilds of yonder.

I cook my own food so that we can eat relatively freshly cooked food rather than canned food full of preservatives and fat.

About the Author:
Barry J Smallhorn has written a number of articles on cocktails and food recipes. See also Cocktail Recipes, Food Recipes, Fresh Seafood, Healthy Dinner, Caviar, Inexpensive Wines, Potato Recipes, Organic Gift Baskets, Personalised Wine Bottles, Seafood Recipes.
Keep a lookout for more of his articles on this website.

Did You Know?

What are the kitchen basics I need?
Kitchen basics that every kitchen should have are pots and pans (in a variety of sizes), measuring cups, measuring spoons, mixing bowls and an assortment of kitchen gadgets that make life easier.

One of these gadgets is a can opener. Being forced to saw off the bottom of a can could take a little of the fervor away from cooking. Also consider keeping whisks, spatulas and tongs as part of your cooking basics.

Another item basic that is used often is a drainer/strainer. These can come in the form of bowls or be part of a boiling pan set. It is used to drain spaghetti water from the pasta or can be used for anything similar.

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