ORIGINAL JERKY

Instructions

1. 1

   Meat; cut into 1/2" thick by 1" wide Wire or Cord Brine solution; boiling 1 cup salt 1 gallon water Cut meat strips 1/2 inch thick by 1 inch wide.

2. 2

   String onto a piece of wire or cord.

3. 3

   Dip into boiling brine solution (1 cup salt to 1 gallon water) until meat loses its red color.

4. 4

   Remove meat from water and let drip dry.

5. 5

   Hang near a fire, but not so close as to cook the meat.

6. 6

   May be air dried or sun dried, but this takes much longer (days or weeks), and the meat must be protected from insects.