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    BACON TOO SWEET AFTER SMOKING, WHAT CAN I DO ?

    SALT SAVES THE DAY Adding salt and letting the bacon sit for a couple of days inside a vac bag helped and brought out a nice taste.  I Think the oversoaking and sugar ratio with liquid maple syrup was my downfall.  next batch will not have as much maple syrup.
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    capicola question

    does not look right and I'd be wary of any smell, although I know as it ages it can smell, but I don't think it should smell right after coming out of the bag of cure.
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    BACON TOO SWEET AFTER SMOKING, WHAT CAN I DO ?

    I have made smoked salt in the past so maybe I will try to sprinkle some of that on, let sit over nite and see what it tastes like. otherwise I have a crapload of bacon that will be used for making turtle brownies...
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    BACON TOO SWEET AFTER SMOKING, WHAT CAN I DO ?

    I used 1/4 cup of pure Michigan maple syrup with every 5 lbs,  it was with a dry brine.  That's about how much brown sugar I'd use.  cured for 12 days. soaked for almost 2 hour with 1 water change.  Which is why I wonder if I sucked all the salt out.
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    BACON TOO SWEET AFTER SMOKING, WHAT CAN I DO ?

    I used pure maple syrup as the sugar for my cure, and now after smoking the bacon is way too sweet and not really maple tasting.  I think I over soaked  ( almost 2 hours with a water change ) and took all or most of the salt out, now I have 20 lbs of sweet bacon, and wonder if anyone has a...
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    What is your favorite wood for bacon?

    Will post some pictures tonight.  A buddy of mine did 2 apple then a pecan, 2 apple then a pecan, etc in his.  I use a lot of pecan and mix that with other woods, but I am using pellets, chunks and chips. did one bellie with apple, cherry, peach and pearwood, was very tasty, we called it...
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    What are people paying for pork bellies now ??

    I would love to find a farmer and have him/her raise a pig or two for me, preferably Mangalitsa hogs.   I'd go hunting for acorns and feed the hogs those as well as pumpkins and sweet potatoes before slaughter, I'm going back to Chicago, the land of inexpensive pork
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    What is your favorite wood for bacon?

    Have wondered about beech and birch.  Birch I would imagine would have an alder like flavor ??  What about beech ??
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    What is your favorite wood for bacon?

    I'm an experimentalist when it comes to bacon woods.  I have an AMNPS which I love for cold smoking.  I use Pit Boss competition blend which is 50% maple, 25% hickory and 25% cherry.    I also will used chips and chunks when smoking, and  have found that my taste test dummies really seem to like...
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    What are people paying for pork bellies now ??

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    What are people paying for pork bellies now ??

    Just about out of bacon, and did not have time to run to Chicago, so went to my local butcher in South Bend.  Good guy, has a nice butcher shop, and catering business in addition to smoking his own meats, he has even offered to let me use his commercial pellet smoker.  But I nearly fell over...
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