More Sunday Bacon

kingudaroad

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• Feb 9, 2009

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Very simple cure this time with just salt, cure, sugar and black pepper. Cold smoked for about 12 hours with hickory.
I finally found a local source for bellies at $2.49 per pound.

 

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• Feb 9, 2009

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Good looking bacon nice job!!

 

dysartsmoker

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• Feb 9, 2009

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Looks great good job

 

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They look really good.

Nice color.

 

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• Feb 9, 2009

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Nice lookin bacon....

 

kingudaroad

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• Feb 9, 2009

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Thanks

 

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• Feb 9, 2009

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That's some good looking bacon. I see you're all set up for it what with the bacon hooks and all.

 

darrin

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• Feb 9, 2009

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Very nice!!!!

 

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• Feb 9, 2009

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Some nice looking bacon. Points for making me drool!

 

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• Feb 9, 2009

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That does look good in deed. I do have one question. Why not remove the skin prior to curing and smoking?

Pete

 

rejii

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• Feb 10, 2009

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looks good ! hope to try my own soon

 

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• Feb 10, 2009

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Nice job! It's funny how things like making bacon are fairly simple but most people won't try making it. They'd rather get the crap from the store than wait a week for REAL bacon.

 

kingudaroad

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• Feb 10, 2009

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Good question. I've tried it both ways. This is the second time I've done it this way. It was fully cured and very smokey. It seems the cure and the smoke have no problem penetrating that skin.

I was going to make smokey cracklins until my wife saw some nips still attached and made me throw the skin away.