The food value of biltong (South African dried meat) and its use on expeditions

Abstract

Biltong is a traditional South African preparation of the meat of game, salted and dried in the sun. It can be eaten without further preparation, and pieces can conveniently be carried in the pocket. It occurred to one of us (H. E. L.), who is a South African, that biltong might be a useful addition to the sledging rations on the British North Greenland Expedition (Lewis & Masterton, 1955a,