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Don Wiss wrote:
> I once tried using a food processor to powder jerky for pemmican. It
> did not work well. Since then I've used a Kitchenaid 5-speed blender.
> You have to first break the jerky into 1" square pieces, and even then
> some large chunks remain.
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> Keith Thomas recommended putting it through a meat grinder. This will
> also require breaking into small pieces. I will try this next time. I
> presume a plate with large holes.
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> Another alternative is using a Vitamix. They come with a blade for wet
> foods, and one can buy another for dry foods. I have found both that I
> can borrow and try.
>
> What are others doing and how successful is it?
>
> Don.
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I dried it as strips, this made it easy to feed into the meat grinder.
If it is dry enough it will grind OK into a powder.
Alternately, you could pound it between rocks to powder. One member of
zeroinginonhealth.com did this, she wrote that it was surprisingly easy,
but needed to be done over a bed sheet, as pieces fly.
William
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