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    Even more easy bacon *pops*

    thanks everyone for the encouragement and feedback. I've eaten it all now :-) Next batch I'm going to reduce the sugar and cure time. The long cured piece was 14 days, I'm going to drop it back to 10. I might do a cold smoke next time too. I'm also going to skip the juniper berries and bay...
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    Even more easy bacon *pops*

    I've been outed! I'm an Australian, and have been trying to stick to fahrenheit, pounds but I got caught out there. Yes, it is 4C... I used Pops recipe, can't quite remember which thread I found it in... I also added bay leaves, pepper corns and juniper berries. I also hard boiled the brine for...
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    Even more easy bacon *pops*

    Smoked it in a bradley portable propane smoker with Hickory for around 4 hours. The bradley's are pretty vicious, really pumps through a whole lot of smoke. Here's the finished product, took it to 140F internally in the meat, smoker was around 210F. Pellicle after 24 hours After 4 hours...
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    Even more easy bacon *pops*

    2x 1.1 lbs of pork bellie using pops recipe. Only change to Pops recipe was the addition of some juniper berries, peppercorns and bay leaves. I also boiled the brine for 10 minutes then cooled it to under 4 degrees before putting the bellies in. After 6 days I removed one of the bellies, I'm...
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    Using a brine to cure meat ????

    thanks Pops and Daveomak. I have 2x1.1lbs pieces of pork bellies curing in 1/2 gallon of pops brine above. They are skin / rind on. The bellie pieces have been in 6 days so far, I'm still not confident on how long to leave them in. I read...
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    Using a brine to cure meat ????

    I was thinking how much meat would you use for this cure? I'm new to this, and I'm pretty interested in this brine. I wanted to figure out the percentage of nitrites in this cure. I came up with ~300ppm. Formula:  instacure*percentage nitrite*1M / (weight water + weight salt + weight sugar)...
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