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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
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