Posted By: Guy
Ringer Jerky, good idea! - 06/14/10 01:46 AM
Ok, so I finally did it. And I will tell you, the only way to eat ringer is jerky style!! I used:
Hi Mountain Jerky Cure - Original Blend
And I followed the direction exactly, I even weighted my meat to ensure I did not over or under season. The only thing I did different is time, the directions said like 1.5 hrs 200 degrees, I used my big berral smoker for about 4 hours due to long periods of real low heat.
I did about 4 lbs of ringer and about 4 lbs of puddle duck (gadwall, widgeon, and pintail) and kept them separate. I tooks pics of the whole cooking process, but not sure how I did it, but I deleted all the pics . Too many beers I guess. Just got these pics when I was done, got me a bag of puddle ducks (left bag A) and ringer (right bag B):
Did me a lot of tests with folks to see which they like more, most did say they liked the puddle duck better, but namely they said because it we less salty (spicy), this is probably because the ringer strips were a bit smaller than the puddle duck, pic below show some puddle duck (top) ringer (bottom):
Nice batch of Jerky tho...
I will also say I took more care cooking the puddle jerky and kept it in the prime spot in the smoker. I just did not expect the ringer jerky to come out so well. Next season all my ringer will go to jerky, we are gonna put the hurt on some ringer next season!!
Hi Mountain Jerky Cure - Original Blend
And I followed the direction exactly, I even weighted my meat to ensure I did not over or under season. The only thing I did different is time, the directions said like 1.5 hrs 200 degrees, I used my big berral smoker for about 4 hours due to long periods of real low heat.
I did about 4 lbs of ringer and about 4 lbs of puddle duck (gadwall, widgeon, and pintail) and kept them separate. I tooks pics of the whole cooking process, but not sure how I did it, but I deleted all the pics . Too many beers I guess. Just got these pics when I was done, got me a bag of puddle ducks (left bag A) and ringer (right bag B):
Did me a lot of tests with folks to see which they like more, most did say they liked the puddle duck better, but namely they said because it we less salty (spicy), this is probably because the ringer strips were a bit smaller than the puddle duck, pic below show some puddle duck (top) ringer (bottom):
Nice batch of Jerky tho...
I will also say I took more care cooking the puddle jerky and kept it in the prime spot in the smoker. I just did not expect the ringer jerky to come out so well. Next season all my ringer will go to jerky, we are gonna put the hurt on some ringer next season!!