Cooking:
Harvesting and preserving meat was a big part of a pioneer family’s life. Bringing home meat and curing it in several ways to eat over a long period of time was important for their survival.
Grayson is a hunter and has been providing meat for our family for three years. He hunts deer, turkey, and duck. In this video, he shows you how to make your own venison jerky.
Jerky is a process of curing raw meat in salt and other spices and then drying it over a period of time at a controlled temperature. Do you like jerky? You can find beef jerky at most grocery stores. Venison or deer, generally cannot be purchased because it is considered wild game.
The deer meat Grayson uses in this video is from one he harvested last year in Pennsylvania.