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Messed up my bacon?
That's interesting. I could see this being what happened. I did notice that it's hard to get the cure and kosher to mix evenly. It also bet it's more likely to happen on this spot of meat where the cure was trapped inside the folded piece of belly.- durangodoug
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- Forum: Bacon
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Messed up my bacon?
Here's a profile shot of the worst of it. Notably, this does not smell rotten at all. It could be freezer burn, but this patch of black was on the inside of a large slab folded in half. Pretty sure it wasn't burned. While applying cure, I did unfold to apply cure and then folded it back in...- durangodoug
- Post #7
- Forum: Bacon
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Messed up my bacon?
Just did my first batch of bacon. 60 lbs of it. (I like to make big mistakes) I think I may have messed up. Some of it is black, which I assume is not edible. (See pics) I'm all ears for recommendations at this point, as well as where I may have gone wrong. I'm currently inclined to just cut...- durangodoug
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- Forum: Bacon
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Messed up bacon?
Just did my first batch of bacon. 60 lbs of it. (I like to make big mistakes) I think I may have messed up. Some of it is black, which I assume is not edible. (See pics) I'm all ears for recommendations at this point, as well as where I may have gone wrong. I'm currently inclined to just...- durangodoug
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- Forum: Curing
