Well this is a no brainer!!! I miss a LOT of South African food, but I must say that the item I crave the MOST is biltong!!! It’s our version of beef jerky and OMG it’s delicious!!! Just speaking of it makes my mouth water.
Here is an extremely reliable description from Wikipedia (which is always accurat……right? haha!)
Biltong is a kind of cured meat that originated in South Africa. Many different types of meat are used to produce it, ranging from beef through game meats to fillets of ostrich from commercial farms. It is typically made from raw fillets of meat cut into strips following the grain of the muscle, or flat pieces sliced across the grain. It is similar to beef jerky in that they are both spiced, dried meats, but differ in their typical ingredients, taste and production process; in particular the main difference from jerky is that Biltong does not have a sweet taste.
The word biltong is from the Dutch bil (“rump”) and tong (“strip” or “tongue”).
And here are some pictures, just to make me crave it more, just what I need right now!! How many days is it until we depart on our journey again???
Hey there! I am the co host from the weekend blog! You blog caught my attention with the title of you blog! My hubby is South African also! He SOOO misses the food there! He says food here is tasteless compared to there! Nice to see there are others out there on the quest to find good tasting south african food lol! Just stopping by to say hI!
I must agree with your husband!! How long has he been living here for?
Mmmm must say it looks good hahaha. Even though I can just walk into a shop and buy some. Ek sal sien wat ek kan doen om vir jou te stuur maar las tyd het dit nie daar aangekom nie. Love you so much. Hugs and kisses.
Hi, I’m a new follower from the Tuesday blog hop
Thanks so much for stopping by!! I will stop by your blog shortly!!
Very interesting – I can’t say I’ve ever tried this, but now I’m curious.
It’s Delicious 🙂
Hey, just stopping by to say thanks for linking up on my follow friday. I’m just now getting around to visit everyone. I’m a new follower here! I hope you will come back and link up on our facebook hop this week!
Thanks for stopping by and following 🙂 Check out the current Tuesday blog hop too! i’ll be back on Friday!
I hope that you will bring some home to share? I would love a try… looks awesome!
LOL I’ll try to sneak it through customs!! hehe!!
great blog! i’m you newest follower! Wow the cured meat looks great. . . . . .but then again. . .i really don’t meet any meat that I don’t like:)
Great pictures on you masthead. You look like a fierce hockey player!
I’d love it if you’d enter my giveaway for The New Sonoma Cookbook! Only 15 entries! Ends tonight (10/18) It may not have Biltong in it. . .but I bet you could find something in it to remind you of home 🙂
http://www.nickiwoo.com/2011/10/barley-risotto-giveaway-new-sonoma.html#disqus_thread
Great!!! Thanks for following!! On my way to your blog to enter the drawing, thanks for the heads up!!!