The Grub Guide
Real answers about biltong — from picking your first sampler to how it's actually made.
Newest · History & Culture
Salt, Kashrut, and Cured Meat: Why Koshering and Preservation Have Always Been Linked
How halachic meat salting (melichah) works, and why the chemistry behind koshering meat overlaps with traditional meat curing and preserv...
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South Africa's Jewish Community and the Kosher Biltong Tradition
The real history of South Africa's Litvak Jewish community, and biltong's documented pl...
Read more →The Science and History of Meat Curing Across Cultures
Why salt, acid, smoke, and drying preserve meat, and how cultures worldwide, from bilto...
Read more →The History of Beef Jerky: From Ch'arki to the Snack Aisle
The real history of jerky: its Quechua origins, Native American drying traditions, mili...
Read more →The History of Biltong: From Trekking Provision to South African Staple
Biltong's real history: indigenous drying methods, Dutch curing traditions, the Great T...
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