Al'right!
Thank you Holly, got home today and your jerky was waiting on me.
I'd completely forgot about it, a nice surprise.
Thank you very much.
Okay, my take on this after a taste test.
The flavor is pretty good, but there is just a hint of bitterness.
Two ways to go in my opinion, sweet or salty, perhaps both.
The heat, yep it's definitely not what I expected for what your recipe listed.
I rank it as mild, maybe 4:10.
That's damned surprising, where is all that capsaicin going?
I can see how you'd be a bit disappointed.
Now my youngest son, he's 13 and loves jerky and snack sticks.
He knew that it might be spicy hot and tried it anyways.
He rates the taste as 8:10, real nice flavor he says, but with the same hint of bitter.
The heat he rated 6:10 which is about his limit.
Yeah, to him it was pretty hot.