He was trying to produce a dry but savory meat that would last months without going bad.
They were hard to eat and yielded just a few bites of dry meat.
Furthermore, dry aged meat will shrink, as much of the water has been evaporated.
From time to time he handed me a piece of dry meat; finally it was too dark to write.
I noticed that he was also chewing dry meat.
He whispered in my ear, "Drink some water and chew your dry meat.
The man bit down angrily on the dry meat.
Keep them on the fire any longer and you end up with dry, stringy meat.
The reality was a bit different: grilled but dry white meat, lacking any evidence of a marinade.
Waylander offered him some dry meat and he took it without a word.