Posts Tagged ‘South African history’ My husband makes our own
Biltong right here at home in the USA. It is the favorite cured
meat snack of almost all South Africans and we cannot live
without it! It is really quick and easy to make with fresh beef
that we find at Shoprite or Sam’s Club. Since he makes it in
small batches, the quality is really exceptional and it is ready
to be eaten (the way l like it – fairly rare) within a couple of
days after he has hanged it to cure. The perfect high protein
snack! Here is a bit of history about it and the method for
making it Biltong is a kind of cured meat that originated in
South Africa. Many different types of meat are used to produce
it, ranging from beef through game meats to fillets of ostrich
from commercial farms. It is typically made from raw fillets of
meat cut into strips following the grain of the muscle, or flat
pieces sliced across the grain. It is similar to beef jerky in
that they are both spiced, dried meats, but differ in their
typical ingredients, tas