Holy Sweet Bejesus, or what a piece of meat

[SeaCat]

Last week my wife did some shopping and picked up a Brisket. She tossed it in the freezer before I saw it.

This aternoon I decided to break it out so I can work with it.

Holy Shit what a chunk of meat she picked up. It weighs over ten pounds. Thank the gods I have plans for it.

Eight pounds will be thin cut as it defrosts. This will be salted and seasoned and set to the side. The other two pounds will be dropped in a bag of marinade overnight.

Tomorrow morning bright and early I will fire up the smoker. The thin slices will be placed on the racks and slowly dried into jerky. The Two Pound section will also be placed in the smoker. Tomorrow evening dinner will be Brisket.

Oh and the 8 pounds of thin sliced meat will end up being maybe five pounds of Jerky.

Cat

 

[cloudy]

I make homemade jerky on occasion, but the time involved in making it seems so wasted since husband usually takes most of it to work, and it's gone within a day.

 

[SeaCat]

I make homemade jerky on occasion, but the time involved in making it seems so wasted since husband usually takes most of it to work, and it's gone within a day.

LOLOL

My wife just got us a smoker last month.

In the past I had a smoke house where I could make a lot of jerky in one lot. Now it takes a bit more work but to me it is well worth it.

This batch will be at least five pounds when it's done, and I intend to make more before this lot is gone.

It's a bit of effort but not too bad. I load up the smoker and get it going. I check the heat every now and then to make sure it doesn't get too hot. I dump the wood box and refill it when needed. Most of the work for me is the thin cutting the meat.

Of course it was easier when we had the smoke house. We would buy half a cow every year and I would add a couple of legs to the order. This gave me plenty of long muscles to tear, season and hang.

Cat

 

[christabelll]

oh the visions you conjure!
We made jerky all the time as kids... There is NOTHING comparable to homemade...
What do I have to do to get you to send me some??? ehheheheh

 

[Just-Legal]

LOLOL

My wife just got us a smoker last month.

In the past I had a smoke house where I could make a lot of jerky in one lot. Now it takes a bit more work but to me it is well worth it.

This batch will be at least five pounds when it's done, and I intend to make more before this lot is gone.

It's a bit of effort but not too bad. I load up the smoker and get it going. I check the heat every now and then to make sure it doesn't get too hot. I dump the wood box and refill it when needed. Most of the work for me is the thin cutting the meat.

Of course it was easier when we had the smoke house. We would buy half a cow every year and I would add a couple of legs to the order. This gave me plenty of long muscles to tear, season and hang.

Cat

Cat:

I will do whatever it takes to get you to mail me some Jerky. I miss it something crazy.

Love

J-L (Drooling)

 

[Bizkit_Writer]

Ok your making me hungry!

 

[Chantilyvamp]

I'll join the ranks of theones wanting the jerky....what time will it be done and i'll check flight times. Its not nice to make a lady slobber: D

 

[SeaCat]

Well right now I am still cooking/smoking the Brisket. It should be done in about an hour.

Tomorrow I'll start in on the jerky.

It has been cut and trimmed. It has also been hit with a rub made with a mall bit of salt, pepper and garlic. (It is layered under plastic on three plates in the fridge.) My alarm has been set for 0500 tomorrow morning when I will start up the smoker once again.

The Jerky should be done by tomorrow night, barring rain or high humidity.

Now if I can convince the park to allow me to build a smoke house, then I'll be able to really do some Jerking.

(About 1/4 of what I'm making will be set aside to be dried even more. When I have about ten pounds of super dry then I'll make some Pemmican.)

Cat

 

[Guest]

Every time I see this thread title it makes me grin.

 

[christabelll]

Now you are just being cruel;
Jerky and Pemmican??? WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Like I said - What do I have to do to get me some...?

 

[SeaCat]

Now you are just being cruel;
Jerky and Pemmican??? WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Like I said - What do I have to do to get me some...?

Damned if I know.

Hey wait a minute here. You know about Pemmican? Good God that's unusual.

Cat

 

[SlickTony]

Somehow, even before I looked, I knew that post was from you, SeaCat.

Please give your recipe for pemmican; I've always been curious about it.

 

[christabelll]

I know a lot of things LOL

My family has a recipe from my grandmother a few greats ago...

jerky ground fine (thank god for food processors!!!)
rendered fat
crushed dried fruit (preferably blackberries)
Salt
roughly equal measures of meat and fruit mixed together, with enough fat added to bind, then formed into little cakes or bars...

use part or all of one (size counts) and break into boiling water to make a fine soup...eaten as trail food etc....

ANother is to include ground pine nuts or black walnuts...but they go bad more quickly with nuts... so small easily consumable amounts is suggested when adding nuts

I love jerky and pemmican - I grew up on it.

But have neither the time nor the leisure to make my own...

So ...pleading gracefully and graciously.... me please?

 

[SeaCat]

The recipe we used to use.

Pound or hand grind Jerky. (If it's good and dry it will break into fibers.)

For every pound of Jerk add two cups of dried berries. (Black Berries, Choke Cherries, Cranberries, Raisins etc. They have to be dry )

Mix well.

Melt down some white fat. Add just enough to mix to get everything damp. (Not wet, just damp.)

Now you can either press the mix into sausage casings or form into small loaves.

If into sausage casings you want them about the thickness of your thumb and about six inches long. If loaves then about the same size.

Allow to dry.

You can use the pemmican to make a soup, or as a base for other foods like a stew. You can also eat it as it is.

One hint, a little Pemmican goes a long ways if you're not burning off energy quickly. It has a ton of Protiene and if you not active or freezing your tail off your going to gain weight.

Cat