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     Title: BILTONG (BEEF JERKY)
Categories: African, Snacks
     Yield: 4 servings


  Salting mixture: 1 lb salt 2 oz sugar 1 oz saltpeter
       pepper and chili spices --
       to taste

 As you travel around East Africa you will see countless Africans
 selling food along the roadsides, in the markets, or through bus and
 train windows. They sell fruit, boiled eggs grilled maize, boiled
 maize, yogurt, milk, soda pop, fried dough balls, samosas, yellow
 buns, and real seasonal delicacies like roasted mice and termites.
 The following are a few East African snack foods you can try.

 "Beef Jerky" is more common in South Africa but still a part of the
 East African diet.  It is generally made from beef, but other game is
 used when available.  Cut strips of meat following the grain of
 muscle. Make strips 2 inches wide and 1 inch thick.  Best made during
 cool dry weather if possible.

 Salt the meat by rubbing the mixture in well and leave in the basin
 of salt mixture overnight.  Dip a cloth in vinegar, wring dry and
 whip the meat well.

 Hang the strips of meat in a cool, dry, well ventilated place until
 dry.

 You can also hang the meat on an oven rack placed in the top slot of
 the oven.  Dry the meat on low heat.

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