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Well, I wanted to give dry curing bacon a try since I typically wet cure using Pops brine. I ran across Todd Johnson’s recipe for dry cured bacon so I thought I’d give it a try after reading the reviews.
Since I was using this recipe for the first time, I thought I’d document it in some...
I usually take the sides off the smoker, wrap in plastic wrap and then toss in the fridge over night. The next day I toss them in the freezer for an hour or more before slicing....are you going to slice by hand or with a slicer?
-Salt
I was smoking some bacon yesterday and since I was hanging the sides in the smoker didn't really have a place to run my digital probe. I usually just hang it over one of the sausage sticks holding the porks sides when I'm using smoking sticks.
Well not sure why but I was walking past my...
If you're going to cold smoke sausage, you have to use a cure to prevent botulism....
If you're going to use Cure #1 (not Morton's Tender Quick... the two are different things) then 1 LEVEL teaspoon is required per 5# of sausage. I don't use Tender Quick so I can't comment on how much to use...
Thanks Joe!
And Terry, Pops definitely points out some great info! Another suggest might be have someone help you the first time or two, especially when stuffing. One person can handle pushing the ground meat and controlling the KA and the other can handle the casings and stuffing end of the...
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