Recent content by Jerky Meister

Havent posted owt for ages on here as we've been insanely busy getting ready to go on Dragons Den on BBC with our range of stuff, doing shows or festivals, and ive also been nominated for this http://uktv.co.uk/index.cfm/uktv/directory.outletdetail/oid/7792 its called Local Food Hero and i...

depends what you want it for really, i use 6 Excalibur 9 tray dehydrators, they have temp dial and you can get alot in one but they are quite expensive though, or there are some you can get for about £50 on ebay and they are fine but slower or if you really want it on the cheap, an electric fan...

Im working on an hour long 1 1/2hour talk on the use's of a dehydrator, so i can do demo's at shows and help cut the cost of pitch fee's lol , whats the sort of thing people would wanna know ? i know what interests me ,jerky n biltong, but others might be interested in veggie stuff, meals and...

great looking meal, its o.k trying to describe it with words only, but a pic like that really works best :)

"When you say 'zero moisture', is that something you measure or based on texture i.e. when brittle? " when the Droewurst is done it should snap like a twig, same as the jerky lol and if you like your jerky chewyer try cutting along the grain of the meat as opposed to across it, makes it...

Q..) How long do you generally marinate the beef before drying? I guess the longer the more flavour but guess it can also be overdone if too long? A.depends on the flavour im making, the red wine flavour i leave in red wine, soya sauce and cracked black pepper for upto 3 days but for...

If your doing mince the best way is to get lean steak n mince it yourself before drying, having just made 300 droewurst the comment about outer crust forming making it harder for it to dry through is true but you just leave em in longer, to test they are ready try breaking one in half, it should...

I do medieval re-enactment and if you want leather pouchs or have any leatherworking related questions go to http://livinghistory.co.uk/forums/ and ask for designs, there are people on there who can answer any question you have on pouch making, there are people on there who make leather water...

here are a few on offer at ebay http://search.ebay.co.uk/dehydrator_W0QQfkrZ1QQfltZ9QQfromZR8 we have6 of the excalibur 9 tray ones, if you can afford it i highly recommend it, dries jerky in about 6 to 8 hours :)

go on ebay.com NOT ebay.co.uk and you will find hundreds very cheap, you will have to pay alot of postage and get aUS to UK adapter but you can get a very good quality one relativley cheaply, i did that and it and i can be woth the hassle :)

no probs, let me know how much you want to chuck in and we'll get it sorted lol :)

iT WILL WORK OUT AT ABOUT £2 PER LB BUT THATS WITH JACKET ON,(bugger caps lock on lol) and the bones (which make excellent stock by the way ),the bigger the beast the better the sizes of meat we get, i have ordered a 100lb one for me but im happy to get one bigger if others want to chuch in to...

Im ordering myself some venison for next monday 23rd, does anyone want any ? i have till thursday to put the order in,we can all chuck in as much as we want and , see how much we get and divide it all at the end evenly , if there is enough time we can also make up sausages, there will also be...