Favorite road tripping snack
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if drinks count as a snack (I don't usually eat while I drive)
It says favorite-you have to pick one. You are thinking about this like your kids but it isn’t. You don’t have to love them equally. If these were the only 2 snacks left on the planet and you and @nolen were starving on an island which would you give away.
PS-you can’t say both because you plan on eating Nolen -that’s cannibalism
Fine. You started the thread so I’ll follow your rules this time.
So since I can only pick one I’ll go with something that is sweet and salty.
Biltong. I have become a convert since visiting South Africa. There are some decent versions in the USA.
Do tell. What is this. I have a coworker from Kenya-would she know of this? So it looks like beef jerky-so something similar?
Stryve is my go to biltong. Its just incredibly hard to find. I can only order it online and when i do that it takes a few weeks. All my wawas haven't stocked it in a year or so now.
Biltong is air cured meat. It's not cooked or smoked. It's usually soaked in salt, coriander seed, vinegar and pepper.
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I like my Hickory Biltong. Somethimes if im feeling fancy ill get righteous felon
From a trip to South Africa. Jerky dehydrated usually with heat and sometimes smoke. Biltong is air dried (so it takes a bit of a different climate to pull off than where I live-we have way too much humidity year long). When I went to the meat market, they had large wheels (like clothes drying wheels) suspended from the ceiling that turned (constantly moving the thick strips though the air), plus fans to move the air around the room. Major difference is using crushed coriander seeds as a seasoning.
Other difference is I never saw any dried as thin slices (which speeds drying of jerky). It was always cut into a thick square profile strip (long, but about 1" wide and 1" thick). Way too hard generally to chew, so that would either be shaved with a knife (if you purchased the strip), or with a shaver (like an ice shaver) at the store after you purchased the strip).
But yes, it is very similar to jerky. Of course in South Africa, never had any made out of beef either. Mostly had Eland, but seem to recall a few other game meats (of course my favorite jerky is venison, but that was not commercial)
Will try to search the company you suggested. Sucks that you can not bring any back due to USDA regs.
Other difference is I never saw any dried as thin slices (which speeds drying of jerky). It was always cut into a thick square profile strip (long, but about 1" wide and 1" thick). Way too hard generally to chew, so that would either be shaved with a knife (if you purchased the strip), or with a shaver (like an ice shaver) at the store after you purchased the strip).
But yes, it is very similar to jerky. Of course in South Africa, never had any made out of beef either. Mostly had Eland, but seem to recall a few other game meats (of course my favorite jerky is venison, but that was not commercial)
Will try to search the company you suggested. Sucks that you can not bring any back due to USDA regs.
And for the record- I will always believe this is true!
