I really don't enjoy eating the flaps of skin/tissue from around the abdomen (that get tough). It turns out with just a few snips of the scisors they make the perfect thin, flat jerky
I'm still in search of the perfect marinade, but the texture of the jerky after 12 hours in the dehydrator was perfect. The bonus? My kids liked it... a lot. The down side? You only get 2 pieces of jerky per rabbit.
I'm really enjoying this dehydrator

I was wondering what use that would be aside from cat treats. Does make good treats though.

Jerky for the side flaps was my plan too. I figure for every 10 rabbits you butcher, you get 20 pieces. drop them all in a bag together and after a few batches, we should have plenty of jerky.

Mmmm... good stuff. The kids grabbed most of it as snacks for school (where upon they got wierd looks for eating bunny).

COOL!

It was good! Iggysbabysitter brought me a piece to try. Great snack for low-carb diets! I must make some, but my dehydrator isn't the best (an old Ronco) so I'm not sure I'd trust it for meat. Might use the oven instead.

I don't mind sharing my new dehydrator, MaggieJ... I don't need to use it often.
Interested in fruit leather? The apples from your property were great! Next is apple and pumpkin (tastes like pumpkin pie)... and apple & plum.

Lots more still here if you want them.

We'll never use them all and they don't keep well. And now I'm back on low-carb, no more apples for me.

I'm thinking that a homemade smoker should work just fine for jerky... and add a nice smokey flavour as well. Good project once the garden is finished.

Hmm. moving boxes, metal hangers, pie plate full of wet wood chips... and a hot plate (I can't find many plans that don't use a hot plate...

You can also use a soldering iron shoved into the wet wood chips. Definitely an outdoor project!