Kudu Biltong = Antelope Jerky

Yes, this deserves its own post. New food obsession, people. Biltong. I think some South Africans would cringe if they heard this, but it's kinda like South African beef jerky. Except theirs isn't just about the beef. In fact, I've been snacking on a bag of kudu biltong for the past couple of days. That's antelope. And there is ostrich, springbok, shark biltong, and chutney and garlic-flavored varieties where that came from! There are whole shops dedicated to biltong here.

The first kind I had was at Gwen's aunt's home this past weekend (I know, I still owe you all a post about that). Here's a photo. This was fairly fresh, smoked (pretty sure that's an oxymoron) beef biltong. The outside was jerky-ish while the middle was like the texture of prosciutto, but thicker. You pick your own piece off a rack and then the shopgirl/boy shaves it up for you a la fancy deli meat and drops it into a brown paper bag like this. Not very photogenic, but oh-so-good!