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    Hello from Alabama!

    Thanks everyone, for the welcome! I plan to try my hand at curing bacon and will be using Pop’s recipe. Thanks, JC for the book recommendation, hoping I can grab it off Amazon!
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    Butcher sliced the pork belly. Help?

    Also, I would like to apologize to everyone for asking this question. I was navigating the forum on my phone when I first posted and really couldn't find much help when I searched that way. Now that I have logged onto my computer I can see that this subject has been asked A LOT..haha Sorry about...
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    Butcher sliced the pork belly. Help?

    I would normally do exactly that but I didn't take the hogs to the butcher, my sister did and since I wasn't there and didn't hear what was said, I can't really fuss much. The butcher is a really good guy, well known and liked in the community...my mother actually works for him part time. So...
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    Butcher sliced the pork belly. Help?

    Thank you for your responses...very appreciated. Thanks for replying. Do you suggest putting the individual slices in the brine, or bundling them like Steve and Jim said? I agree on the smoking...I am in charge of the curing part only, I'll leave the smoking to my hubby. I am sure there is a...
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    Butcher sliced the pork belly. Help?

    Hey y’all! Newbie here :) So...we took our hog to the processor a couple weeks ago and just got the meat back. We are super excited to have fresh, farm raised pork in the freezer. I’m not sure why, but they sliced the pork belly instead of leaving it whole. So we have a bunch of 1lb packages of...
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    Prayers for Pops. UPDATED 1/22/20

    Sending prayers and well wishes.
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    Hello from Alabama!

    Hi everyone! I’m Angel...live in the Birmingham area with my husband, kids and dogs. In an effort to save money and get good healthy meat, we have recently started raising hogs and chickens to slaughter. Of course when you end up with bulk amounts of meat, you get curious about all the things...
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