Beef Jerky
- Thread starter Gimpymoo
- Start date
Ouch, that's expensive.
Get original beef biltong - £13 for 500g. It's worth every penny.
£15???
Yep, a lot of South African stores/other shops (if they sell it) like to rip people off with their biltong. An SA store near where I live charges £7 per 100g. £70 per kilogram :/
Hi there,
Can you recommend a good supplier?
Susmans
http://www.biltong.co.uk/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=9
They also sell boerewors which completely owns any UK sausage available
Last edited:
Ah true, didn't see you said it was 2x 250g bags. I'd recommend original to anyone wanting to try biltong for a first time though - just make sure it's from a decent supplier
Ah true, didn't see you said it was 2x 250g bags. I'd recommend original to anyone wanting to try biltong for a first time though - just make sure it's from a decent supplier
I understand entirely.
The one i have bought this time is not the best, seems a bit to fatty for my taste.
I like cheewy, but not fatty. I have tried a lot so maybe i am fussy because i notice the difference.
At least the wine is up to standard, only half a bottle left tho, damn.
Last edited:
Soldato
- Joined
- 5 Sep 2005
- Posts
- 11,742
- Location
- Northern Ireland
I had some Springbok biltong the other day, lovely strong taste to it.
Biltong is spiced/salted chunks of meat that have been air-dried and then cut into shavings/chunks/sticks.
Jerky is marinated meat that is cut into smaller pieces/strips first before being dried.
Biltong > Jerky
Droewors is dried, spiced beef sausage, and is the yummiest thing on the planet!
Garlic or peri-peri droewors pwns!
Only tried jerky once and I hated it
That's because it's horrible.
I love Biltong (one of my five top favourite foods). Biltong is also better the Beef jerky. Although if you like jerky, there is also a Chinese version (sweet marinated beef) not sure what its called. My mate used to always bring back some for me from Taiwan.
Droëwors is also awesome!! This thread has made me sooooo hungry now.
Droëwors is also awesome!! This thread has made me sooooo hungry now.
It's South African not American
"droewors" is awesome, google it
Droewors is brilliant - dried boerewors
Boerewors is a must-have for your next 'Braai'.
Soldato
- Joined
- 28 Jun 2006
- Posts
- 5,248
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
We had boerewors on the braai on Sunday - mmmmmmmmmmm
In fact, I think I may go order some more.
The problem is, once I check out the boerewors, I then drift off into the droewors section, then biltong, then snacks (and I end up getting cheese niknaks, fritos and peppermint crisps) and the chutney and.....before I know it, I've spent £120 and I feel really guilty (unil it turns up!).
But just to sum up, beef jerky is a very poor substitute for biltong. My last mass order for South African goods was from Biltong Direct - they called straight after I made my order to confirm and then shipped it almost immediately - really good service. I've used just about all of the big names but BD had better prices (for my checkout) and the quality was comparable - and I seem to recall that I paid by PayPal, which was just so much easier.
In fact, I think I may go order some more.
The problem is, once I check out the boerewors, I then drift off into the droewors section, then biltong, then snacks (and I end up getting cheese niknaks, fritos and peppermint crisps) and the chutney and.....before I know it, I've spent £120 and I feel really guilty (unil it turns up!).
But just to sum up, beef jerky is a very poor substitute for biltong. My last mass order for South African goods was from Biltong Direct - they called straight after I made my order to confirm and then shipped it almost immediately - really good service. I've used just about all of the big names but BD had better prices (for my checkout) and the quality was comparable - and I seem to recall that I paid by PayPal, which was just so much easier.