I picked up some beef (ground & steaks) yesterday from a friend of Son 1. When first asking about it, I inquired about a heart and some dog bones. They had a fresh heart and two boxes of bones from that morning’s kill, so it was given to us - free (as were the bones).
This morning, Mrs. B. and I trimmed and sliced the heart; it’s now marinating in a bag of olive oil, tomato sauce (home-made), canning salt, black pepper, garlic powder, soy sauce, Worchestershire (sp?) sauce and crushed red pepper. Tomorrow, it goes onto the dehydrator. I may give it some smoke on the Weber after it’s dry - the jury’s out on that.
We’ve used heart before; it makes fine jerky, as there’s no fat marbling in the muscle. The marinade was a random mix, so can’t be replicated. I hope it works…
JB