Australian Beef Jerky

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Beef Jerky, YUM!

Delicious and nutritious... high in protein, big on taste. It's a flavoursome snack that still remains popular after hundreds of years.

History 

The word "jerky" itself comes from the Ecuador Quechua term Charqui, which means "dried meat".

Today's beef jerky was invented in Ecuador. Throughout human history and culture, drying meat has been a common method employed to preserve it. By drying thinly sliced meat in the sun and wind next to a smoky fire, the meat is protected from insects which would lay eggs in the raw meat. These prehistoric methods to preserve meat for storage have been used by the Inca and many other ancient peoples, who prepared jerky from the animals they hunted or husbanded as an essential matter of need

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Where can I find the best beef jerky in Newcastle, Australia? 

Jerky is a quick and delicious snack food. High in protein. And tasty.

We will be describing here the best way to obtain beef jerky that is made in Australia to traditional jerky methods.

In fact the very same company makes the authentic South African biltong.

Also in both chilli and mild pepper natural flavours.

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