Powdery crust forms on jerry while dehydrating

[belgianboy]

When I am dehydrating beef jerky sometimes a powdery crust forms just on some pieces and it gives it a different taste does anyone know what this is

 

[forluvofsmoke]

Is this with cured meat, or just marinated and precooked jerky?

Eric

 

[belgianboy]

Cured meat

 

[daveomak]

Possibly the salt after drying...

 

[mdboatbum]

Poor Jerry.

 

[forluvofsmoke]

Yeah, I'd say salt, as well. You could scrape it off and taste it, to be sure...shouldn't be any safety issue.

I don't recall ever running into that with cured jerky I've smoked and dried. I use Morton's Tender-Quick and mix my own spices...if you're a bit under a Tbsp of salt/lb of meat should be fine. Even that ratio seems pretty salty to the taste.

Eric