Long story short: I'm in recovery from having half of my intestines surgically removed and have a very limited diet right now. I can get down a few tablespoons of solid food at a time, my sense of taste is reduced right now, and I need biltong (for a variety of reasons, mostly psychological).

The thing is, everywhere my family has tried to buy is either a franchise or a large store that, either way, sells dry, fatless or candlewax-fat, underspiced, beef-jerky nonsense. What I need is something soft, moist, fresh, with geelvet (and I mean like 30-60% fat). Glazes (honey, fruit chutney) and shakers (chutney spice again) on some would be ideal.

The only thing I can think of is finding a small, corner-of-the-mall type shop where I can phone the person actually running it, ask if they slice their biltong fresh themselves, ask about the options, and maybe ask for a special cut. I'll pay the premium for it if I have to. I've been craving this from hospital for three months now and it's finally an option now that surgery is fine and I'm in recovery, so I am officially bordering on "desperate" at this point. Any ideas or suggestions?