Another Great Beef Belly Bacon Experiment!

[edmonds]

Yea! Homemade beef bacon! You got a pic after frying up some slices?
I did my first batch a few months ago and sliced by hand, so maybe a little thicker than your's. I had to fry slowly to render the fat, otherwise a little chewy. Flavor was much different from pork.

 

[mneeley490]

I'll try to get a pic of the fried product soon. Extra thin sliced, it does tend to shrivel, and gets crunchy easier than pork.

 

[Nefarious]

Well my butcher gal came thru for me. She got me a 14.9 lb. belly for $4.98 lb. Not too bad, as pork belly is getting close to that around here, sad to say.
(If it's allowed, I'd like to plug this family-owned and operated butcher shop, Double DD Meats in Mountlake Terrace, WA. They carry over 3,000 hot sauces, plus another 2 or 3 aisles of BBQ, mustards, and any other kind of sauce you can think of. It's run mostly by women, and yeah, they're in on the joke. )

I love that market, and they also carry Lumberjack Pellets. Only place in greater Seattle area that does.