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#biltong

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We needed to mix it up today, so I did a quickie on the South African who lost two full suitcases worth of #biltong at an American border.

You probably have to be South African to fully appreciate the pain of that.

But here's a clue: our readers immediately started to debate the exact price of biltong in the comments – because it is very much a Known Value Item in SA.

news24.com/news24/southafrica/

News24A South African admitted carrying 40kg of biltong at a US border. After that, begging did no good.By Compiled by Phillip de Wet

I've been so disappointed by the biltong offered in UK shops, because it never tastes right (flavours are off, like it's made by someone who heard the concept but had never tasted the real thing.)

Bought some from Up North (South African guys in Scotland) and the biltong tastes like biltong! Also got droewors and snapstix so that was a good choice.

I made biltong (cured, dried meat, like jerky, but never cooked. Always spiced with iruander, pepper and salt, sometimes other spices are added).

The difference is that this time I used yak! I have a local supplier of Yak, which is really great meat, as they are extremely efficient converters of pasture to meat, and are well adapted to out northern prairie climate. They also happen to have a very carbon footprint, less than half that of domestic cattle.

The flavour is absolutely lovely.