Lean beef biltong for occasional protein source?

Hey guys,

What is your opinion on using lean beef biltong occasinally for protein during the day?

Obviously you would need to watch the salt intake and possible blood pressure issues associated with this.

Obviously also not an everyday option.

Any thoughts?

Excellent source of protein, and you can have it everyday if you can afford it.

nothing wrong with it, as you said, its just the sodium that aint that good.

Good ol beef of ostrich biltong gets a thumbs up.

Game biltong has a very high protein content. Pretty low carb snack to. Expensive option though.

its not that expensive if you make your own

I actually forgot you mentioned it Beesting ( I actually typed Geestring first by mistake!!)

Gunna try make some this weekend.

acidkidsa wrote:

I actually forgot you mentioned it Beesting ( I actually typed Geestring first by mistake!!)

Gunna try make some this weekend.

Lol, you guys never give me a break. Anyways I posted a recipe in the recipe thread for those that have never made biltong before

Beesting wrote:

acidkidsa wrote:

I actually forgot you mentioned it Beesting ( I actually typed Geestring first by mistake!!)

Gunna try make some this weekend.

Lol, you guys never give me a break. Anyways I posted a recipe in the recipe thread for those that have never made biltong before

Ag come on !! You like all the attention!!!

I would not mind if girls kept passing me comments!

I work next to a butchery and they have the best game biltong and I get good discount too.

Fakey_AK wrote:

I work next to a butchery and they have the best game biltong and I get good discount too.

And?

I only make my own biltong. Built my own dryer and it takes about 2-4 days then its ready.

my bad. Guess that was not constructive. I apologise!

Id become best buddies with the butcher... :laugh:

hi Guys, I had another batch of my own biltong come out yesterday and I was wondering if anybody know the macros on lean biltong that was made with AAA grade silverside? It will also probably depend heavily on how dry en biltong is because off the original weight vs dried weight.

My second question is, does the dried biltong maintain its original protein content and is now just "concentrated"?

vega5 wrote:

hi Guys, I had another batch of my own biltong come out yesterday and I was wondering if anybody know the macros on lean biltong that was made with AAA grade silverside? It will also probably depend heavily on how dry en biltong is because off the original weight vs dried weight.

My second question is, does the dried biltong maintain its original protein content and is now just "concentrated"?

Yes.

I bought one of those Verimark food dehydrators and it works well. Leave it on overnight and you have biltong in the morning. Can hold about 2.5kg of meat, end up with just over a kilo of biltong. Still makes it about R100/kilo with rump, but it's super concentrated as you're taking 2.5 and drying it out to a kilo but keeping the total protein the same.

I think they discontinued the model. Is a bit flimsy and not going to last for years, but certainly works well.

vega5 wrote:

My second question is, does the dried biltong maintain its original protein content and is now just "concentrated"?

Yes the net protein will be the same. Yes you could say its concentrated now because say 100g of raw meat had 25 g protein and you dried the meat to make it down to 50g then you still have the same amount of protein in a piece of meat that is half the mass. All that is lost during the drying process should be water mass