Online Biltong Retailer Launches Website

Online, June 5, 2011 (Newswire.com) - An exciting new specialist biltong supplier, Well Hung Biltong http://www.wellhungbiltong.co.za, have opened in Cape Town. Well Hung Biltong is a new online biltong shop which aims to provide the customer with a quality product at reasonable price. Well Hung Biltong was started to meet a growing need for quality biltong at a competitive price. By going the online route, much of the overhead costs of traditional biltong traders are saved, a saving that is passed down to the customer.
Their biltong is available in a variety of flavours, called Kalahari, Hunters and Jagveld. For bigger orders, customers can specify whether they like their biltong "wet" (moist), "medium" or "dry". Some people prefer biltong with a lot of fat within the muscle fibres, while others prefer it as lean as possible. To this need they are also able to cater. Well Hung Biltong are also able to deliver chilli snap sticks, BBQ snap sticks, chicken biltong and droewors. Packing options for biltong include plastic bags, sometimes shrink-wrapped or vacuum packed or in brown bags, and may be either finely sliced or whole pieces. Discounts are given for bulk orders.
Biltong is a kind of cured meat originally from South Africa. It is produced from various types of meat ranging from beef through game to ostrich and chicken. Biltong is created when strips of meat are prepared by soaking it in vinegar. Mixes of herbs, spices and salt are then applied and the meat is hung to dry. A variety of ingredients are used and includes vinegar, salt, coriander, black pepper and sugar or brown sugar It is typically dried out in the cold air (rural settings), cardboard or wooden boxes (urban) or climate-controlled dry rooms (commercial). Depending on the spices used, a variety of flavours may be produced.

Contact Well Hung Biltong at www.wellhungbiltong.co.za/wellhungbiltong/contact. They can also be found on Saturdays and Sundays at the Milnerton Flea Market in Cape Town. They bring a variety of their products and some are available as samples if you would first like to have a taste of their biltong before purchasing.