One of the few advantages of the lockdown has been that many outstanding projects have finally been completed. One of these was to build a permanent drying box to make biltong. Biltong is tasty dried and cured meat that originated as trail food in South Africa at a time when cold storage was not available to preserve it. Vinegar had already been used since the 16th century in the curing process, and the use of spices such as pepper and coriander to combat bacteria has also been long understood. Combined, they enabled the early Boervoortrekkersto produce stocks of dried food to take with them as they journeyed into the interior of southern Africa.
It can be made from just about any meat, but it does need to be better quality cuts…
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Sporting Gun (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2020