Making Biltong (Beef Jerky)

Magandang Umaga everyone!

Welcome back to my blog. Today I'm going to talk about making biltong (Beef Jerky).

During Hurumanu 3, we have been watching this movie called "The Martian", It's all about a man who survived living in Mars. 

We did some experimenter about biltong. First thing we did is we made a copy of a google docs, and then we have to research what will happen to the salt if we add salt in the biltong. We have to research about how to make biltong and the materials/ingredients that we can use to make it. We have to researched about how to make biltong, and to make our own instruction about how to make biltong. 

Here are the things that we need to make it:

Materials:

• Sharp knife
• Non metallic container
• Plastic covered 

Ingredients:

• 2.5 tbsp coarse salt
• Beef 
• 1.5 tbsp brown sugar (optional)
• string

Here are the instruction that I found and I putted it in my own words:

Instructions:

1.  First step you do is to make sure you wash your hands. Then put on an apron. If you want to put transparent gloves for cooking you can.

2. Get all your equipment.

3. Grab a knife, get the grain of the meat, cut into 1 inch (2.5 cm) thick length and place it in a non-metallic container.

4. Do one pinch of the sugar and salt into the meat. Sprinkle it on both sides of the meat. 

5. And then hook at the meat and place it somewhere cold and dry.

6. Leave it into 3-4 days. Check the meat if it's dry everyday. Once it’s dry cut it into small pieces. And you’re done!

When we finish writing our instructions. We have to try and do it. Today, in hurumanu 3, we started our experiments. We are in groups of 3. First thing we did is we that we grab a meat. Then we sprinkle one pinch of salts and sugars, in both sides of meats. Then we tied it with a string and hang it. We have to leave it there for 3-4 days. 

Here are the photos: 

After 3 days:

Today, we've left the meat for 3 days already. And now we are observing what it looks like, what it smells, hears and taste.

When I first saw the result, it honestly looked like dog food. All I could smell was burn food. And it’s so hard to bite, just like when you eat a gummy, you have to pull it away. When you eat it, it’s crunchy. When you put it in your mouth for 5 sec it doesn’t taste anything, but when it stays in your mouth for like 10 sec, it will kinda taste horrible.

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