I mixed up some bacon cure

[baboon]

The wife's niece & nephew are coming in November for a visit. My in laws are going to hold a service for my wife. Little do they know that the ashes the wife's cousin gave them are not really any of my wife's. I guess the bought a tombstone with the wife name & dates on it. Not sure if they are opening the ground or not.

The niece & nephew are foodies, so I figured I make some bacon to let them taste real bacon made real easy.

So the next 7 days the pork belly gets rubbed on & flipped over daily. Then it takes a bath to sit uncovered in the fridge for a day or two then smoked. The cure is black pepper & maple. I think I use oak for smoke unless I get some cured hickory from my friend Ralph.

 

[Axxe55]

The wife's niece & nephew are coming in November for a visit. My in laws are going to hold a service for my wife. Little do they know that the ashes the wife's cousin gave them are not really any of my wife's. I guess the bought a tombstone with the wife name & dates on it. Not sure if they are opening the ground or not.

The niece & nephew are foodies, so I figured I make some bacon to let them taste real bacon made real easy.

So the next 7 days the pork belly gets rubbed on & flipped over daily. Then it takes a bath to sit uncovered in the fridge for a day or two then smoked. The cure is black pepper & maple. I think I use oak for smoke unless I get some cured hickory from my friend Ralph.

i got plenty of oak if you need some!

 

[baboon]

i got plenty of oak if you need some!

I'm good on oak , but thanks. Now my truck is back running I'm going to see my buddy Ralph next Tuesday. He tends to have some Hickory from his place cured ^ ready for smoking. I might get some if that if I remember.

 

[Army 1911]

Don't have any wood but. I am willing to taste test it for you.

 

[baboon]

Yesterday I picked up some cured hickory wood. Today I pulled it out out of the cure & gave it a bath. Now it sitting in the fridge on a rack uncovered to develop the pellicle. I give it 2 days for that then smoke it low & slow with the hickory.

 

[BigRed]

I need to give making bacon a go. I finally got a slicer!

 

[baboon]

I need to give making bacon a go. I finally got a slicer!

While a slicer can come in handy its not really needed. A few knife cut slices of home cured bacon are what makes life worth living. A good supply of bacon grease might come in handy if Aloha Snackbars invade Texas

 

[baboon]

Nothing like spending a lazy Sunday morning watching the Kamado smoke & the dog hunting squirrelkong inside his perimeter.

Even better is when you pull off the slab of freshly cured & smoked bacon. Y’all know how good bacon cooking smells, this 6 pounds of bacon blows it away.

I tell you when I gift some bacon to a friend it as enjoyable as shooting or watching someone shoot the MP5k.

 

[cycleguy2300]

Looks tasty!

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[baboon]

Looks tasty!

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Once you eat a nice thick knife cut slice of this(especially as a garnish in a bloody marry)the best store bought bacon become really pretty shitty.

To make this bacon even better was I bought the pork belly when it was marked down. And it's so easy to make. Mix up the cure, coat the pork belly, flip it over daily for 7 days, wash off the cure &place n the fridge uncover on a rack so the under side gets air too.for a day or twit develop the pellicle. Slow smoke with your favorite wood until 155 degrees.

 

[1911'S 4 Me]

Baboon, if you will one more time tell your cure so I can write it down and try to make some of that delicious looking bacon like you have.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Baboon, if you will one more time tell your cure so I can write it down and try to make some of that delicious looking bacon like you have.

Post #11

My Christmas bacon in the making

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[1911'S 4 Me]

Post #11

My Christmas bacon in the making

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Thanks Cam, found and copied.