ORIGINAL JERKY

Meat; cut into 1/2" thick by 1" wide
Wire or Cord
Brine solution; boiling
1 cup salt
1 gallon water

Cut meat strips 1/2 inch thick by 1 inch wide. String onto a piece of wire
or cord. Dip into boiling brine solution (1 cup salt to 1 gallon water)
until meat loses its red color. Remove meat from water and let drip dry.
Hang near a fire, but not so close as to cook the meat. May be air dried or
sun dried, but this takes much longer (days or weeks), and the meat must be
protected from insects.