For every road trip, I like to have certain items packed up in a small cooler, located close at hand. Water to drink, some fruit, nuts, pork rinds, and of course, jerky. To me, nothing says “ROADTRIP!” like a big old bag of jerky. Beef, pork, rabbit, alligator, venison…. just about any type of meat , I don’t care.
Sometimes it is store bought, sometimes I make it myself in my Excalibur dehydrator. I either make it from from ground meat, or when the wife isn’t involved, I use whole muscle meat for some of the “Real Deal” jerky. The wife prefers the ground meat version, made with a jerky gun, but I love tearing apart sheets of unground, sliced meat with my teeth, then chewing on it until my jaw aches.
Nothing makes me feel more like a caveman…
Since I’m now out (again!), it looks like I need to find something to make jerky out of….anyone seen any manatees around?
Manatees are huge! I’m gonna need a bigger dehydrator…..
Some Jerky related articles I’ve written:
Guest Post: Spicy Thai Jerky
Rabbit Jerky
Dehydrators – A Self Reliance Tool
Product Review: Hi Mountain Buckboard Bacon Cure
Product Review: Hi Mountain Hickory Blend Jerky Kit and Making Dehydrator Jerky
Quick Dehydrator Biltong
Making your own All Meat Dog treats
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Turtle jerky?
http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/managed/freshwater-turtles/
I’ve eaten quite a bit of turtle over the years….I’d eat turtle jerky without hesitation.
I’ve never had the opportunity. I feed some turtles the bread from my lunch everyday and dream about catching one. One of the leather-back’s shell has got to be 20 inches long…
Take a look at the FWC turtle regs, there is a season on leatherbacks, I believe….
I’m not sure how long a manatee would land you in the pen but I wouldn’t recommend that one my friend. 🙂 Wonder what their meat taste like? Bet it’s fatty meat. Maybe like whale, although I’ve never had whale either.
In the United States, sure….. 😛
In my mind, they entire animal tastes like a ribeye.
stop! I’m entirely too hungry to read about a 1 ton rib-eye. Haha
MMmmmmm….ribeye……