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Really looks good....my first attempt left me un-satisfied as the sausage was "dry"...did not have the business I was hoping for....any ideas what my problem may have been...I use pork butts with no additional fat added......thought that might be it.
Pete (torpedo)
Just a "nubie" comment.....Tried hanging the bacon when I got started and didn't like the "stretching" of the slab that occurs.....so I went to doing them just on the racks....keeps them more consistent in thickness......
Did my first "dry cure" using the Bearcarver method....cured in the frog for 5 days and froze for 3 hours before slicing.......(first attempt made salt pork that was so bad I threw out).....this is great tasting....used maple sugar to give it a maple flavor that my grandkids love.....thanks Bear...
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My mom only used it for making maple sugar when I was a kid (too poor for any store bought stuff) and I've used it for over 40 years.....use a...
I actually smoked some of mine....missed the smoked one I got in NC as a kid....these came out tasting a lot like the sausage you get from Cracker Barrel....
Dave and Mr. T:
have learnt a lot about bacon from ya.....everytime I read one of your posts I keep asking myself, "why don't you do that"?....Never had luck with the "dry" cure....first couple of time I made "salt" pork....so I went with Pop's Brine and have had good luck.....
Want to try the...
What's the issue? I do the same, but I use the papers I get from Sausage Maker in Buffalo, NY.....looks like you have it down. We peel mine off still frozen brown it, add a fried egg and cheese on toast/bagel/english muffin and chow down
do you add the bbq sauce (Sweet Baby Ray's, for example) to the brine or after it "drys" and before ya smoke it? Haven been thinking of making some myself...
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