Open Source Beef Jerky?

[mpgarate]

I am looking for a good beef jerky recipe. Are there any good open source ones?

[Tristam Green]

You must be joking.

Let me Instructables that for you :P (http://www.instructables.com/pages/search/search.jsp?cx=partner-pub-1783560022203827%3Anpr2q7v5m6t&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=jerky)

[koenn]

http://www.google.be/search?q=beef+jerky+recipe
?

[Excedio]

Something tells me that the OP know's how to Google...maybe not instructable...but probably Google.

Something else tells me that they have come here in hopes of finding another member's personal recipe. ;-)

[Tristam Green]

Something tells me that the OP know's how to Google...maybe not instructable...but probably Google.

Something else tells me that they have come here in hopes of finding another member's personal recipe. ;-)

then why not just ask "hey, does anyone have a really good family recipe for beef jerky they don't mind sharing?"

[RiceMonster]

then why not just ask "hey, does anyone have a really good family recipe for beef jerky they don't mind sharing?"

Because the OP will only eat GPLv3 beef jerky.

[Excedio]

Because the OP will only eat GPLv3 beef jerky.

^This^

And maybe they though it would be read that way. That's how I read it at least. However, only the OP knows the answer.

[Tristam Green]

It's GNU/JERKY, not BEEF.

[nothingspecial]

What is beef jerky anyway?

And while we`re about it, what is a twinkie?

I hear of these things on tv/films but have never seen them.

oh and is it true that in the USA you deep fry turkeys whole?

[donkyhotay]

Sorry, I only have a GPLv3 salsa recipe, none for jerky.

[RiceMonster]

I would provide the recipe that I have, but it is proprietary, has DRM in place to prohibit redistribution and requires an activation code.

[Excedio]

What is beef jerky anyway? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerky_(food)

And while we`re about it, what is a twinkie? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie

oh and is it true that in the USA you deep fry turkeys whole? Yes. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_fryer)

It's also a good source of house fires. They are in abundance aroung Thanksgiving time.

[nothingspecial]

What is beef jerky anyway? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerky_(food (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerky_%28food))

And while we`re about it, what is a twinkie? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie

oh and is it true that in the USA you deep fry turkeys whole? Yes. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_fryer)

It's also a good source of house fires. They are in abundance aroung Thanksgiving time.

Twinkies sound nice

Deep fried Turkeys sound lethal, if the fat don`t get you the exploding turkey fryer will.

I still don`t know what beef jerky is.

[Little Bones]

Or maybe they're looking for a company that provides beef jerky and the recipe for free?

Free beef jerky = good step towards world peace.

[Excedio]

Twinkies sound nice

Deep fried Turkeys sound lethal, if the fat don`t get you the exploding turkey fryer will.

I still don`t know what beef jerky is.

Jerky is meat that has been cut into strips, trimmed of fat, marinated in a spicy, salty, or sweet rub or liquid, and dried or smoked with low heat (usually under 70 °C/160 °F) or is occasionally just salted and sun-dried.

[nothingspecial]

Jerky is meat that has been cut into strips, trimmed of fat, marinated in a spicy, salty, or sweet rub or liquid, and dried or smoked with low heat (usually under 70 °C/160 °F) or is occasionally just salted and sun-dried.

Not sure, could be good.

But I definitely want a twinkie. Someone send me a twinkie, I`ll swap it for an eccles cake.

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

Make a marinade and soak the meat (already sliced) in it over night.

The marinades that people use vary but they usually follow this pattern:

Add equal amounts of Worcestershire Sauce, Soy Sauce, and some people also use Teriyaki Sauce until you have about 1 or 2 cups of liquid per pound of meat. The object is to make enough liquid to cover the meat when marinading.

Add anywhere from 1 to 2 teaspoons each of Garlic powder and Onion powder per pound of meat. Depending on the flavor you like you can add from 1 to 2 teaspoons each of other ingredients as well; such as, Brown sugar or Cayenne Pepper.

Drying time varies if you are using an oven or dehydrator.

Try it with a small 2 lb. pot roast. That actually doesn't make very much jerky. Then adjust the ingredients of the marinade until you get something you like.

Beef Jerky is like Linux. You can customize it the way you like it. :p

[Excedio]

Make a marinade and soak the meat (already sliced) in it over night.

The marinades that people use vary but they usually follow this pattern:

Add equal amounts of Worcestershire Sauce, Soy Sauce, and some people also use Teriyaki Sauce until you have about 1 or 2 cups of liquid per pound of meat. The object is to make enough liquid to cover the meat when marinading.

Add anywhere from 1 to 2 teaspoons each of Garlic powder and Onion powder per pound of meat. Depending on the flavor you like you can add from 1 to 2 teaspoons each of other ingredients as well; such as, Brown sugar or Cayenne Pepper.

Drying time varies if you are using an oven or dehydrator.

Try it with a small 2 lb. pot roast. That actually doesn't make very much jerky. Then adjust the ingredients of the marinade until you get something you like.

Beef Jerky is like Linux. You can customize it the way you like it. :p

Dang man...I can taste it...

<-----------Hungry now

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

One thing I forgot to mention is that you need to get the beef to a temperature of 71°C or 160°F in order to kill the bacteria. My dehydrator can get to that temperature; however, some can not. If you are using one of those that can not, then you will need to put the beef in the oven to heat it to that temperature before you finish drying it. If you are drying the jerky in an oven, you can heat the oven to that temperature initially then lower the temperature later in the drying process.

I can't give you the number of hours it takes to dry meat. Every piece of meat has a different moisture content; therefore, a different drying time.

[KiwiNZ]

Is GNU JERKY toe flavoured ? :p

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

Is GNU JERKY toe flavoured ? :p

You can make jerky out of several slices of meat; including, toes, kidneys, livers, thighs, etc.

Jerky is fully customizable. It will let you customize it the way you want it. :p

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

Someone is going to Google "Beef Jerky" tomorrow, and find this thread. After reading it, they are going to think WTF.

:lolflag:

[mpgarate]

Thanks everyone. There is some beautiful stuff in this thread.

thanks Excedio for the heat tip- I'll make sure to get it that hot. I don't think I would have thought to do that otherwise.

also, Old_Gray_Wolf. thanks for the ideas. I ended up working with a 4-pounder. That should last me a few days.

I'm glad this thread was taken in the right way. I was kinda thinking along the lines of OpenCola, but didn't expect such a project to actually exist for jerky.

[JDShu]

Wait.. you were being serious?

[mpgarate]

as serious as a kde user

[JDShu]

Ah ok, worried me there :D

[sudoer541]

I am looking for a good beef jerky recipe. Are there any good open source ones?


Look here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1429746&highlight=gnu+pizza&page=2)!!!! you will love it!!!

[earthpigg]

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Beef Jerky, is in fact, GNU/Jerky, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Jerky. Beef is not a food unto itself, but rather another tasty component of a fully tasty GNU recipe made useful by the GNU spices, minerals and vital vitamins comprising a full food type as defined by consumers.

Many jerky lovers users cook a modified version of the GNU recipe every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the GNU recipe which is widely used today is often called "Beef Jerky", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU recipe, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is Beef, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the jerky they eat. Beef is the basic meat: the primary ingredient in the food, jerky. The beef is one essential part of jerky, but useless by itself; it can only be tasty in the context of a complete jerky recipe. Beef is normally used in combination with the GNU recipe set: the whole system is basically GNU with Beef added, or GNU/Jerky. All the so-called "Beef Jerky" recipes are really distributions of GNU/Jerky.

[earthpigg]

^ time well spent, if i do say so myself.

(and a joke. please don't take it seriously :D )

[flukeairwalker]

If there was a like button, I'd click it on earthpigg's post.

[sudoer541]

I loved the other post with free pizza ---> GNU Pizza... it was just LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:p

I wrote all kinds of disclaimers and tons of warnings and legal stuff!!! check it out ... search for gnu pizza!!!!:D:D

[mpgarate]

I created a Google Code project and will be filling in the recipe. Feel free to contribute.

http://code.google.com/p/openjerky/

[mips]

You really should try South African Biltong instead of Beef Jerkey. Any American that eats jerky and has tired biltong will tell you the same.

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/59317-Making-My-Own-Biltong?p=763565&viewfull=1#post763565
http://www.juriepieterse.com/usa_rsa/biltongrecipesandmaker.htm
http://www.biltongmakers.com/biltong06_recipes.html
http://www.africhef.com/Biltong-Recipe.html
http://www.lynnparkbutchery.co.za/RecipeOfTheMonth/MakeBiltongYourself.html
http://www.biltongbox.com/
http://www.voilacapetown.com/biltong-recipe.html
http://www.ssrsi.org/Onsite/BBStext/biltong.htm
http://www.markblumberg.com/biltong.html

Also try making some "Droe Wors", it's basically the same as Biltong but a dried out sausage wich is very nice.

[ov3rcl0ck]

Cooking seems to be a fairly open subject. Seeing as there nothing in a recipe that you can hide with a fancy license.

Even if there was a proprietary license on a recipe, I'm sure people would modify it. Who's to catch them?

[earthpigg]

Cooking seems to be a fairly open subject. Seeing as there nothing in a recipe that you can hide with a fancy license.

Even if there was a proprietary license on a recipe, I'm sure people would modify it. Who's to catch them?

in b4 thread closed for advocating culinary piracy

[ov3rcl0ck]

in b4 thread closed for advocating culinary piracy

Cooking is a big hobby of mine, I typically change every recipe I come across to my own taste, and I love to share recipes.

[tgalati4]

The Gnome project has Gno-Jam. It rhymes with toe jam.

[mpgarate]

I made another batch today with an open-source-colleague of mine. We are updating the google code project.

note: This is an alpha release and is not intended for commercial distribution. (yet)
http://code.google.com/p/openjerky/wiki/BMSpicyBJ

[mojo risin]

you can order great bilton from a place in belgium , by south african insructions .