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    This Week's Project:::: Now Bacon!

    Sliced Bacon pics ... I let the wrapped slabs sit in the refrigerator for 2 days and then sliced.  I chopped the end pieces into small chunks for bacon & beans. I fried up a couple slices.  You have to be careful not to burn the sugar.  They tasted real smokey; almost not salty enough, but...
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    This Week's Project:::: Now Bacon!

    And here they are just about an hour before they were puled out of the smoker: . . . Resting and ready to wrap: . . . Wrapped and ready for their nap in the 'fridge: . . . This was a fun part of the Porkula Project! How long do they stay in the refer before slicing...
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    This Week's Project:::: Now Bacon!

    Here is the bacon at the halfway mark. . .
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    This Week's Project:::: Now Bacon!

    The air and smoke in the Apex Apparatus Smoker is in constant circulation.  I reset the exhaust fan cycle timer to exhaust for 30 seconds every hour.  But it sounds like I'll need to open the door every hour to replenish the hickory chips.  I just checked the temp, its up to 132F, so I turned...
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    This Week's Project:::: Now Bacon!

    OK- Onward to BACON!  Last night I took the cured side and jowls out of the bags, rinsed them off real good, and soaked them in ice water for a half hour. Then  I cut a few slices of the thickest jowl and fried them up to test.  I thought they were real good, but not quite salty enough.  But...
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    This Week's Project:::: Now Bacon!

    I didn't get the skin, the butcher I used doesn't de-hair. I reduced the liquid that the head was boiled in.  I got it down to about 1/5th of the original amount. then filtered it though a strainer. The leftover after saturating the headcheese loaves was put in the fridge and it turned into a...
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    This Week's Project:::: Now Bacon!

    The food processor was beyond repair. My Oster blender was maxed out, getting hot and and smelling of ozone by the time I finished the pate.  It may be awhile before I make it again.  I still have about 10 jars left. I've been wanting to make bacon for at least 6 months, so I'm really looking...
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    This Week's Project:::: Now Bacon!

    Yesterday, I used Bearcarver's curing recipe to start making Porkula's side and the 4 jowls into bacon.  There was 11.5 pounds, so I used 11.5 tablespoons of TenderQuick and 11.5 tablespoons of dark brown sugar.  I decided that black pepper should join the party, so I mixed in 1.5 tablespoons of...
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