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    Trying My Hand At Bacon - 4 Flavors - QView

    I have a small slicer at home, but when I'm doing bacon, I take it back to my butcher that I bought the bellies from, and he slices it for me. He charges me $1/lbs to slice, but it's totally worth it to me to get a nice consistent slice.
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    Dried Pellets 100% Reliable

    I nuke my pellets in the microwave too. I just put them in a large bowl and microwave them for a minute, pull them out and stir, then another minute. That normally does the trick. I also modified my A-Maz-N tray by adding bolts to it to give it legs so more air can get under it.
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    Carpenter Bee Traps (UPGRADED)

    I caught about 3 this year. I finally got around to making the traps, and suddenly all the carpenter bees just disappeared. It was really strange, they were all just gone. Now that I have them built, I'll be putting them up earlier next year in hopes of catching more.
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    Smoked scrapple

    We butcher hogs every year in janiary to stock the freezer, and we always make scrapple and puddin'. I gre up eating scrapple and love it, especially with a little kings syrup. The nice thing about making our own is that we can control what goes into the pot of meat. We always remove the...
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    BACON (Extra Smoky)

    I actually finished the cure in the bags, and everything turned out just fine. Very little liquid came out of the bag. Biggest adjustment I have made moving forward is using 2 1/2 gallon bags instead of 1 gallon bags. I've done several batches since, and they have all turned out very well. I...
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    Smoked Brook Trout & Tilapia (Hickory Smoke)

    So I brined the trout on Sunday for 4 hours, put them in the fridge over night to form pelical, and then smoked them per your instructions Monday starting at 6am. My dad loved them! I'm not a big trout person, but I have to admit, these did turn out really good. I've got to say Bear...
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    Smoked Brook Trout & Tilapia (Hickory Smoke)

    They went fishing at Limestone Springs in Richland, PA which is a private hatchery/Preserve, and you pay for what you catch by weight. No limit on fish, but it can get pricey if you get carried away. 4 generations are actually 16,40, 75, & 96. Trust me when I say that 96 year old hasn't...
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    Smoked Brook Trout & Tilapia (Hickory Smoke)

    Well, my son in only 16 and still lives at home. He was just lucky enough to get to spend the morning fishing with his grandfather and great grandfather today. I'll be sure to be careful on the brine, and thanks for the heads up.
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    Smoked Brook Trout & Tilapia (Hickory Smoke)

    Well, My dad and son brought me 12 nice rainbow trout fillets today, with instructions that I am to smoke some for my dad. I figured none of Bears recipes/instructions have left me down yet, so I guess tomorrow I'll brinning and smoking on sunday. The nice thing is they brought me the fish...
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    Stuffing sausage with a #32 meat grinder

    So, today I finally broke out the grinder that I bought when Gander Mountain was going out of business. It works like a champ and ground up the 4.5lbs of meat without any issue. Where I have a question is, when running the meat through the stuffing tube, I filled 2 full casings and a partial...
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    Grinder recommendations

    I have a 1 1/2hp #32 grinder that I picked up from Gander Mountain when they were going out of business. I also bought one of the ice packs from cabelas that are designed to go around the grinding head to keep it nice an cool during the grinding process. I used this grinder for the first time...
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    Carpenter Bee Traps (UPGRADED)

    I will definitely be making some of these over the next week or so. We have a ton of carpenter bees around our place, and they really like to chew on my shed out back. My one question I have, what size bit are you using to drill the 4x4 for the bottle cap? Also, can that be drilled with a...
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    Spicy Pepperoni Two Ways: Sticks And Sliced (w/ Pics & Recipe)

    I know NFDM is Non-Fat Dried Milk, But what is the ECA you mention in your recipe?
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    Dried Beef Step by Step (Great Stuff)

    So I finally got around to making some dried beef. I followed the process in this thread to the T. All I can say is, where has this been all my life?!!! My wife who is very picky about smoked meats and such even likes this. I can honestly say I will be making a lot more of this in the future...
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    Pops brine variations

    I've done bacon in both the Dry TQ method, and using Pop's liquid brine. Both are super easy and produce great bacon. I will say that the bacon I cured with TQ was way more salty than the bacon I did in pop's brine. That's not to say that it was a bad thing, it was just different. The most...
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    BACON (Extra Smoky)

    Not onto the floor of the fridge, or my wife would have killed me and I wouldn't be able to post this. I have the bags in a large glass dish, so the liquid has collected in that. Not sure which bag to put the liquid back into though.
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    BACON (Extra Smoky)

    So I'm in the process of curing 9lbs of pork bellies for bacon right now. I cut the slab into 3 smaller slabs so they would each fit into the larger zip bags I have. 2 days in I have noticed that 2 of the 3 bags have sprung leaks. I have the bags in a large pan in case this would happen, but...
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    MES 30 and Amazen pellet smoker

    I have the MES 30 and use the Pellet tray. I have produced some pretty good items over the past 2 months with that combo. I went a step further and did the mailbox mod so I can locate the pellet tray outside of the MES 30, that way when I cold smoke, all the heat is away from the meat or...
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    Spicy corn dip

    I did this for a Christmas party early this month, and it was a huge hit. I personally would have liked it a little spicier, but I went on the mild side to make it friendly for everyone at the party. I will definitely be making this again in the near future.
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    Smoke Salmon Newbie

    Ol smoky beat me to it, but Bearcarver has some of the best step by step directions.
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