Cheat. Go to Walmart in the food dehydrator section and pick up a box
of Jamacan Jerky Sesoning Mix.

Merry Christmas

Craig


On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 01:04:08 GMT, "Liz" > wrote:

>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,
>Liz
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