Out of Canadian Bacon and Ham

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woodcutter

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We ran out of CB and ham slices almost a month ago. On 5-4 I divided 5 1/2 loins in to Pop's brine. 1/2 ham and 1/2 CB. I pulled them tonight and rinsed them. They are now forming a pellicle on my smoker shelves and sitting on my sausage drying racks. I'm getting smarter about this but only a little at a time. I've been cutting the loins into quarters and using 4 shelves. This time I cut them into thirds and was able to get all the pieces on 2 shelves. 2 less shelves to clean.

Here they are CB on top.



 This going to be a full bore smoking weekend. I'm getting these on early tomorrow so these get done around noon and them some loin back ribs are going on for supper. A few hours after that 2 butts are going on for Sunday afternoon delight. It will be leftovers after that.

I'll post some pictures of the smoke tomorrow.
 
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Your making ham and cb out of loins. What's the difference? They way you slice them.

Either way its gonna be great.
 
Your making ham and cb out of loins. What's the difference? They way you slice them.

Either way its gonna be great.
Same Pop's brine in both buckets but the bucket for the CB has 1 Tbs garlic powder and 1 Tbs onion powder added. It already smells like good CB.
 
 
Same Pop's brine in both buckets but the bucket for the CB has 1 Tbs garlic powder and 1 Tbs onion powder added. It already smells like good CB.
Thanks.

I will be watching a master tomorrow.
 
Todd, I have to ask isn't that about 1/2 the amount you did last time or is it an optical illusion? I never saw as much at one time as you did your last smoke.

Looks great. Where's all the kinfolk? You should be teaching.......

Oh, and do you add any maple extract to the brine? Have you tried molasses? Now I am trying to learn.
 
 
Todd, I have to ask isn't that about 1/2 the amount you did last time or is it an optical illusion? I never saw as much at one time as you did your last smoke.

Looks great. Where's all the kinfolk? You should be teaching.......

Oh, and do you add any maple extract to the brine? Have you tried molasses? Now I am trying to learn.
This is a case of loins (-1/3 loin which I made into butterfly chops). I normally add 1-2 Tbs of molasses to the CB but I can't remember if I did or not. The pieces are up to 117 IT now. The kinfolk will be around after slicing I suppose. Looks like the ribs will be going on later than expected but that is nothing new.


My pellets went out for some reason so this had been Black Cherry smoke so far. Apple pellets are re lit.
 
I just pulled them out at 142 IT. They cruised up to 147 out of the smoker. They have a nice color but not quite the way they turn out when I use apple and cherry the whole time. I sliced a piece of ham and CB and they are nice and juicy.





Now I need to get these cooled off so I can slice them. I only guessed wrong for 4 hours how long this is going to take so now we are having chicken instead of ribs.

Thanks for looking!
 
Boy that pellicle formation makes all the difference! Beautiful color!

Excellent job Todd.
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A really good looking smoke, Todd. I am running low too and I thank you for shaking my tree.

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Man they look great. I am waiting til they go on sale again.. Hope I have enough.
 
Thanks everyone! Slicing commences tomorrow. I am getting one step closer to another attempt at bread................soon.
 
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