The Jerky Bible: How to Dry, Cure, and Preserve Beef, Venison, Fish, and Fowl

I have long been an outdoorsman and love few things more than to put food on my table that I have grown and harvested myself. This book gave my guidance and direction on how to properly process the meat that I had previously had to rely on friends or commercial processors for. I get great pleasure from being able to share this with friends and family. The recipes and step by step direction in this book allow anyone with basic equipment to produce delicious results that are healthy for your body AND spirit! I have upgraded my smoker and am getting ready to purchase another dehydrator. I have been fortunate enough to pass this passion on to my grandson. So this book and my old dehydrator will soon be his!

Husband loves this book! Bought as a Christmas present. We have tried multiple recipes and loved them all!

Not your step-by-step how-to book, as I was expecting it to be, but it's clear enough and tells you how to dry meat. I ordered the paperback and it's a very nice full-color 5.5" x 8.5" book with lots of pictures and full of recipes. I was looking to get more how-to methods on drying meat, but the book does make that assumption. It tells you how, no doubt, but it doesn't go into much detail. If you're looking for a more text book-like explanation you should check out the manual from FAO on the subject, which by the way is available online free. The book is NOT 144 pages as the Amazon.com description reads. It's 133, not a significant difference but still it's 11 pages short of what was advertised. The recipes section for venison is twice as long than it is for meat, then it goes into poultry, fish, a couple of fruit and veggie recipes and a couple recipes for your dog. It makes sense venison is twice as long and perhaps the longest of all recipe sections, but just be warned if beef is your primary choice. It has a good number of brine recipies, which I love. Overall, very concise, well-written and I will be trying the recipes and brine very soon, of course.

I read the book; easy to read and easy to understand. I use one of the dog treats recipe with oatmeal and apple; the dog could not get enough treats. Lots of other good recipes to try.

bought for a gift. my son seems to like it though.

The hubby is a hunter, and has said for years how he wanted to make jerky. I figured if it was a “Bible” it had to be the best! He’s very happy with all the recipes and the directions.

Its not really at tell me all about Jerky. It is mostly recipes. Which I could get on liine.

They are delious

it would be helpful if weights in the recipes were provided in g/kg as well as pounds and ounces. Many of the ingredients are not readily available in Australia, so further research is needed to find suitable replacements.

Some great recipes great for a gift or just to make some jerky on a weekend good and easy to use step by step method 🙂

Good

ok

The book is ok. Wouldn't buy it if I had browsed in a bookstore though. Not much there that you cannot find online.