"Liz" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all,
> We've just got ourselves a dehydrator, and we're interested in making
jerky.
> The instructions in the booklet that came with the dehydrator say you
should
> include 2 teaspoons of salt per kilo of meat in any marinade.
> If I'm using a marinade that includes soy sauce, what's the best way to
> calculate how much salt it includes? Web searches say that soy sauce
> contains 20% - 25% salt, but is that by weight or volume? And anyway, are
> the 2 teaspoons of salt you need to include flat teaspoons or rounded
> teaspoons?
> Any advice greatly appreciated!
> Thanks,

Well I don't put salt in my jerky marinade. I do however use a lot of soy
sauce. I put other things in to my own taste ie brown sugar, garlic etc

Ophelia