SC - Jerkies

[Olwen the Odd]

>
>Is there any way to make jerky without the use of a dehydrator (i.e., in a
>conventional oven or microwave)?  If so, does anyone have any recepies for
>mild flavors of beef or poultry jerky?
>
>Thank you,
>Gwendolen

It is perfectly easy to make jerky without an electric dehydrator, if you 
have an oven or not.  If you do, simply lay the meat on a splatter screen or 
rack, not on a solid surface like a cookie sheet and place in oven with 
either a warm setting or low setting.  Turn it over once or twice till dry.  
For solar, you can suspend the pieces over a sheet of tinfoil on a rack.  
You must keep the flies and bugs off it though.  If you have a 10 gallon or 
larger fish tank with one of those screen tops it is very easy.  Just 
suspend the meat hanging from the screen.  Make sure you cover most of the 
screen to hold the heat in.

As for non-period flavors, you can soak your thinly sliced meat in just 
about anything you like.  Vinegars, BBQ sauce, soy, hotsauce, Zesty Italian 
or other flavor salad dressing, beer, the list is just about as endless as 
your imagination.  How long you marinate is equal to how much flavor is 
infused.
Have fun and good luck!
Olwen
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