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    SUGAR CURED BACON

    Thanks Dave for your advice. This is a tasty hobby that I have enjoyed and hope to continue for some time.   Johnny
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    SUGAR CURED BACON

    Thank you for your response.  I don't have any recipes in mind, I was going to follow the recipe that I used with the F&S kit but substitute the black pepper ingredient with brown sugar.  This recipe is a rub vice a soaking brine.  I was watching a youtube video that recommended soaking the meat...
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    SUGAR CURED BACON

    I'm pretty new at this, I made my second batch of bacon a couple of weeks ago using pork loins, came out really good.  I used a bacon kit that I picked up at Field and Stream, easy to follow very tasty bacon.  My next batch I would like to do a sugar cure, is there any good recipes out there...
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    How did you come up with your screen name?

    ChiefUSN, I use HM12ENS for everything, didn't even realize i didn't use it here.   I have a good friend that just retired at PAX, Senior Chief George Hoy, I had the honor of being his retiring officer.  If it were not for a HMC I wouldn't have made it past my first four years, I have alot of...
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    How did you come up with your screen name?

    I have been in the Navy for 28 years.  the first 12 years were as an enlisted sailor, Hospital Corpsman First Class (HM1), in 1997 I received my commission as a Navy Nurse Corps Officer as and Ensign (ENS), therefor I went from HM1 2 ENS = HM12ENS.  A combination of my enlisted rank and my...
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    What's your occupation?

    U. S. Navy Nurse stationed at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA, I am the Clinic Manager of the Dental and Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic.
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