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JERKY


5 lbs. ground meat

1 sm. handful of tenderquick, sugar

cure & brown sugar

1/2 bottle liquid smoke

2 tbsp. black pepper

1 pt. garlic water (2 tbsp. minced

garlic in a qt. bottle of water;

refrigerate 24 hours; use 1 pint)

Mix thoroughly and leave set in refrigerator in closed containers 3 days. Mix 1 to 2 times a day; day 1 and 2, not day 3. Take it out and pack it down on a cookie sheet; 1 to 1 1/2 inches high. Slice it 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Put on oven racks in center of oven at 140 degrees for 4 hour each side. (It sometimes takes longer.) Store in airtight container.