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Did you ever wonder what type of food the pioneers took with them when they traveled in covered wagons? My great grandmother traveled across Texas in a covered wagon and two of the food items she took with her was jerky and dried fruit. The dried fruit was probably died outside in the sun on drying racks. Jerky is meat with all the moisture removed. It is normally cured and made in a food dehydrator, smoker, or even an oven. We don't have my great grandmother's recipe for jerky, but below is a jerky recipe that I've used several time. Be creative when concocting your marinade sauce.

Did you ever wonder what type of food the pioneers took with them when they traveled in covered wagons? My great grandmother traveled across Texas in a covered wagon and two of the food items she took with her were jerky and dried fruit. The dried fruit was probably died outside in the sun on drying racks. Jerky is meat with all the moisture removed. It is normally cured and made in a food dehydrator, smoker, or even an oven. We don't have my great grandmother's recipe for jerky, but below is a jerky recipe that I've used several times. Be creative when concocting your marinade sauce.

Meat

3 pounds of beef (brisket, flank steak, or London Broil), cut into thin strips with the grain.

Marinade

2/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
2/3/cup Soy sauce
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion power
1 teaspoon liquid smoke
2 teaspoons seasoning salt
2 or 3 teaspoons sesame seeds


Optional

3-4 Tablespoons brown sugar and 2 - 3 oz. Molasses
or
2 or 4 ounces of honey.

Instructions

Meat

3 pounds of beef (brisket, flank steak, or London Broil), cut into thin strips with the grain.

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