What have you soaked it in?? Mate of mine is from Zim and he makes his own. He did a few different flavours. The one which involved red wine was horrid. Can’t remember the other flavour but that was really good. What cut of steak you using ? The one he did were either rib eye or sirloin. The rib eye ones were amazing.
Couple of hours in red wine vinegar. Saw someone on YouTube do this and I've a 5l bottle of it so why not. Silverside salmon cut. Rub - equal amounts of pink rock salt, ground black peppercorns and ground coriander seeds. Never had biltong before so don't know what to expect.
It’s lovely stuff. As said I didn’t like it in the red wine vinegar. It’s impossible not to like the stuff. I buy the steaks off my mate uncut and use a mandolin to slice it myself. If it works you’ll end up experimenting with different rubs and flavours. I wanted to make salt beef in the first lockdown, then realised it takes weeks and you have to order weird chemicals to do it so never bothered.
Fairly sure I used to have a bag of the stuff when we played South Herefordshire GC, no? Was when I worked in Hereford I bought from the place I recommended to @PINKIE. Used to buy it mid moist, it's no good dry as a bone. Peri peri was my go to. FWIW, the Cruga stuff sold in supermarkets is decent for anyone wanting to try.
I don’t remember you munching on biltong. Sure you’re obsession with came after that. Remember you eating so much you thought you’d give yourself bowel cancer.