What is "expensive" biltong wise?

Thanks Dave, don't think my brother is going to travel four hours for biltong :) though at least he has that option.
 
Dave123 said:
Firstly I think international sending of meat is frowned upon, and have you seen the costs for a decent internationally courier these days?
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Post office pappie or amasomething at Picknpay
 
pinball wizard said:
At the price per kilo of the raw meat and then add the spices and the biltong box, doesn't it make more sense to just shop around till you find a butcher that makes biltong like you like it and buy it there?

Is there some esoteric thing in making your own that I'm missing?
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If you add up the costs it makes more sense to make your own.
 
pinball wizard said:
At the price per kilo of the raw meat and then add the spices and the biltong box, doesn't it make more sense to just shop around till you find a butcher that makes biltong like you like it and buy it there?

Is there some esoteric thing in making your own that I'm missing?
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It depends on what you are used to I guess. We have always made our own, I hunt for the meat and make plenty of biltong during the hunting season (getting expensive, so becoming very selective about what I hunt). Spices are not that expensive. Process all my own meat and make my own wors. And it is plain and simply "lekker".
We watch meat prices very carefully, buy in bulk when the price is right and then make biltong (beef and mutton).

No fancy biltong box, just a rack in the garage and when the weather goes wrong might need a fan to circulate air over the biltong.
 
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daniellgr said:
No fancy biltong box, just a rack in the garage and when the weather goes wrong might need a fan to circulate air over the biltong.
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No fancy garage needed, just a [plastic] box with a light, small fan, and something to hang the meat from…
 
daniellgr said:
Can you hang 200Kg of biltong after a hunting trip in your plestik box? I don't think so .....
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You probably shouldn't be assuming that's a regular occurrence for everyone here who has expressed an interest in making biltong. ;)
 
daniellgr said:
Can you hang 200Kg of biltong after a hunting trip in your plestik box? I don't think so .....
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I fall in this gategory. I don't make biltong I just stock the 4 freezers with a k@k amount of hunting surplus.

But that's like once every now and never, struggling to find the time actually just need to make time with old buddies again geez we use to hunt a lot ey. Wenzel in the Karoo he has a marvelous hunting farm use to go there a lot when I was younger.
 
daniellgr said:
It depends on what you are used to I guess. We have always made our own, I hunt for the meat and make plenty of biltong during the hunting season (getting expensive, so becoming very selective about what I hunt).
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So exactly my question. Why the make your own at the same cost as buying it?
 
pinball wizard said:
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So exactly my question. Why the make your own at the same cost as buying it?
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It's far cheaper to make your own.

2kg Silverside R120
Large Bag of spice once off R70
Bottle of Balsamic R30
Bottle of Worcester R30
Machine R300

The last three are not eveytime you make. Probably averages out to price of meat + R30 so say about R100-R110 a kg end product.
 
^dafuq is that?

also, lesson learnt today...

1) just because the butchery sells great meat, does not mean their drywors and cabanossi is edible :sick:
2) once you find the right supplier, whether it be raw meat, biltong or drywors, stick with him! the grass is really greaner on the other side!
 
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