Biltong vs. Jerky
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The Basturma thread below got me thinking... I enjoy biltong as much as the next South African, but I've never tasted jerky. Now I'm getting curious. How does jerky's taste compare with biltong? If anyone around here's tasted both, please share your thoughts. Is jerky even available in SA? I've never seen it, but I've never went looking for it either. And now my mouth is watering. I think I should swing by the shop after work and get some biltong.
What is this talk of release? I do not release software. My software escapes leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
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The Basturma thread below got me thinking... I enjoy biltong as much as the next South African, but I've never tasted jerky. Now I'm getting curious. How does jerky's taste compare with biltong? If anyone around here's tasted both, please share your thoughts. Is jerky even available in SA? I've never seen it, but I've never went looking for it either. And now my mouth is watering. I think I should swing by the shop after work and get some biltong.
What is this talk of release? I do not release software. My software escapes leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
Well - if you equate the taste of biltong to the taste of a saddle after a 400 mile pony treck across the Namib then jerky tastes like the underside of that saddle.
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Well - if you equate the taste of biltong to the taste of a saddle after a 400 mile pony treck across the Namib then jerky tastes like the underside of that saddle.
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The Basturma thread below got me thinking... I enjoy biltong as much as the next South African, but I've never tasted jerky. Now I'm getting curious. How does jerky's taste compare with biltong? If anyone around here's tasted both, please share your thoughts. Is jerky even available in SA? I've never seen it, but I've never went looking for it either. And now my mouth is watering. I think I should swing by the shop after work and get some biltong.
What is this talk of release? I do not release software. My software escapes leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
I like Chorizo, and managed to smuggle in some Donkey Chorizo from Venezuela. Absolutely Deee-Lish!
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I like Chorizo, and managed to smuggle in some Donkey Chorizo from Venezuela. Absolutely Deee-Lish!
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
I read that Donkey as Monkey, at first. Neither one of them surprised me.
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The Basturma thread below got me thinking... I enjoy biltong as much as the next South African, but I've never tasted jerky. Now I'm getting curious. How does jerky's taste compare with biltong? If anyone around here's tasted both, please share your thoughts. Is jerky even available in SA? I've never seen it, but I've never went looking for it either. And now my mouth is watering. I think I should swing by the shop after work and get some biltong.
What is this talk of release? I do not release software. My software escapes leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
I've tasted both - yuk.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
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I've tasted both - yuk.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
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I like Chorizo, and managed to smuggle in some Donkey Chorizo from Venezuela. Absolutely Deee-Lish!
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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That's exactly what it tasted like.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
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The Basturma thread below got me thinking... I enjoy biltong as much as the next South African, but I've never tasted jerky. Now I'm getting curious. How does jerky's taste compare with biltong? If anyone around here's tasted both, please share your thoughts. Is jerky even available in SA? I've never seen it, but I've never went looking for it either. And now my mouth is watering. I think I should swing by the shop after work and get some biltong.
What is this talk of release? I do not release software. My software escapes leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
I grew up with biltong and now that I'm in the US, I really miss it. Jerky is just not the same. Jerky is sliced thinner and is more brittle (less chewy) than biltong. Jerky also tends to be sweeter. We've been trying to perfect making our own biltong. We've just done a batch of deer biltong and it came out really nice. :-D
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The Basturma thread below got me thinking... I enjoy biltong as much as the next South African, but I've never tasted jerky. Now I'm getting curious. How does jerky's taste compare with biltong? If anyone around here's tasted both, please share your thoughts. Is jerky even available in SA? I've never seen it, but I've never went looking for it either. And now my mouth is watering. I think I should swing by the shop after work and get some biltong.
What is this talk of release? I do not release software. My software escapes leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
ach, Biltong is baie lekker man. Speaking as a ex SA resident (1970-1975) who now lives in USA/Chicago, I would say biltong is better. I remember getting biltong to go hiking or camping, and it would last a good long time. Jerky is similar enough, a reasonable substitute but thinner cut generally and not as flavourful.
SGarratt
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I grew up with biltong and now that I'm in the US, I really miss it. Jerky is just not the same. Jerky is sliced thinner and is more brittle (less chewy) than biltong. Jerky also tends to be sweeter. We've been trying to perfect making our own biltong. We've just done a batch of deer biltong and it came out really nice. :-D
I usually prefer my biltong very dry and somewhat brittle, so I wouldn't mind that in jerky. The sweetness, on the other hand, might be a bit weird. I understand jerky is also often smoked. I assume that would be very prominent in the taste?
WendyS56 wrote:
making our own biltong
Well that's good. If the yanks don't know how to make biltong you've got to take matters into your own hands. :-)
What is this talk of release? I do not release software. My software escapes leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
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That's exactly what it tasted like.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
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That's exactly what it tasted like.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
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The Basturma thread below got me thinking... I enjoy biltong as much as the next South African, but I've never tasted jerky. Now I'm getting curious. How does jerky's taste compare with biltong? If anyone around here's tasted both, please share your thoughts. Is jerky even available in SA? I've never seen it, but I've never went looking for it either. And now my mouth is watering. I think I should swing by the shop after work and get some biltong.
What is this talk of release? I do not release software. My software escapes leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
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The Basturma thread below got me thinking... I enjoy biltong as much as the next South African, but I've never tasted jerky. Now I'm getting curious. How does jerky's taste compare with biltong? If anyone around here's tasted both, please share your thoughts. Is jerky even available in SA? I've never seen it, but I've never went looking for it either. And now my mouth is watering. I think I should swing by the shop after work and get some biltong.
What is this talk of release? I do not release software. My software escapes leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.
Jerky tends to be drier, thinner and more leathery than biltong... at least that's my experience here in Australia. I used to work with a South African bloke who would make me biltong... mmmmmm.... biiiiiiiiiiiltonnnnnnnnnnng...
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