How could i make deer jerky at home?
Nick, you have a great answer from Mountain Man; there is a big misconception about what jerky truly is. If its in a plastic bag, has an experation date of 90 days, is flavored with anything but salt, pepper, or dry paprika it AIN’T jerky. The easy way or as my neighbor calls it the lazy mans way to make jerky use your oven on low heat, he uses the warm cycle for 12 to 16 hours to do beef and venision. Of course he also makes the flavored “jerky” with molasses, honey, hot peppers ect. And then he wonders why it all spoils in 2 to 3 weeks in a ziplock bag. It takes me about three days to do jerky, I’m from the old school of using a smoke house and hand cutting my meats. Done right jerked meat can last from 6 months to a year, and yes it does resemble eating shoe leather at times. I “jerk” beef, venision, elk, pork, and fish, it takes time to cut the meat into strips and trim them. I lightly salt and use a course black or white pepper for taste, then the meat is placed on racks or hung o
