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It's expensive over here, and was wondering what the best way to make it is?

>not starting the year with Jerkyuary

literally the most kino alpha male snack known to man don't even try to argue

It's tough, it's dry, it's gross.

Have you ever made jerky (of any kind) before?

Do you know a good method to make it without a dehydrator or should I just suck it up and pay $40 for a dehydrator? I've seen a method on youtube where a guy made jerky in the oven and use kept his oven open by wedging an oven mitt between the door so that it wouldn't fully shut, allowing moisture to escape, but in general I think the oven seems like a bad idea since you can't consistently keep an oven at around 140degreesF, which is optimal for dehydrating beef into jerky. Another idea I have, that I haven't seen done before, would be to take it outside during a really hot summer day and put a shroud over it so flies can't get to your meat. I have to imagine that this is what the pioneers did.

What jerky is best? Pork or beef? Have you ever tried to make it yourself?

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