My First Attempt to make Bacon

[Marianne Kehr]

So I was kinda nervous about making some Bacon and Read up on it .
Some I made Maple Peppered Bacon and Peppered Bacon with Pepper Seeds ,
and yes there was some heat .

 

[tropics]

Bacon looks good all the bellies I find around here are skinny.
Richie

 

[mr_mike_m]

Looks great! I'll be smoking mine this weekend. Also did the maple pepper last time out and it was really good. Be careful - curing your own bacon gets _really_ addicting, and EVERYONE wants some!

 

[rexster314]

I put up 190 pounds of bellies in the cure yesterday

 

[SonnyE]

Looks Great, Marianne!
So many variations to Bacon! I want to get some Pepper Bacon going, and some Maple Bacon.

daveomak helped get me going with the process's

I'm curing more of what I call "Disco's Bacon" (Back Bacon, Canadian Bacon). He's a great Canadian chef/contributor here.
I'm restricted off red meats, so I do a lot of Salmon and Pork.

Anyway, I got the Bacon Bug and been Maken Bacon for a few months now. Pork is one of my most economical meats around my home.



Welcome to:

 

[disco]

Beautiful bacon. Looks perfect!

 

[TomKnollRFV]

Looks great!

It is an addict hobby...they aren't joking..!

 

[Bearcarver]

Looking Great, Marianne!!
If I may ask, where did you get your Belly?
Like.

Bear

 

[Marianne Kehr]

Looking Great, Marianne!!
If I may ask, where did you get your Belly?
Like.

Bear

Hi Bear, Got them at Costco in Pennsylvania

 

[Marianne Kehr]

Beautiful bacon. Looks perfect!

Thank you Mr. Disco !!

 

[Bearcarver]

Hi Bear, Got them at Costco in Pennsylvania

I figured that, but what part of PA?
Is there one in Bucks County? If so where in Bucks County?
Like I said on the other Thread, I was born & Raised in Quakertown, and I didn't know we had a Costco around there.

Bear

 

[Marianne Kehr]

There's a new Costco off of Rte 222
791 N KROCKS RD
ALLENTOWN, PA 18106-9046
(484) 273-7056

 

[SmokinAl]

Nice job on your first try with bacon!
I think you have a new hobby now!
Congrats on making the carousel!
Al

 

[klutzyspuds]

That looks great. And I bet it tastes even better. Nicely done.

I may just have to eventually break down and try my first shot at bacon soon. After all it is my name. Yes, really!

Mark

 

[tx smoker]

Oh my dear girl....you are in big trouble :-) You have entered into a realm from which there is no escape. You won't find self-help literature, support groups, or a 12-step program for your new addiction. Ask anybody here who had made their own bacon: once you start, there is no turning back to store bought products. My recommendation would be to get the next batch started immediately and do 2 bellies. The first batch will likely be gone before the second one is ready. My first time I did one belly....the smallest one I could find. After that it was two bellies at a time and the biggest I could find. Now it's always a 20# to 22# batch minimum. It takes just as long to cure and smoke two as it takes to do one.

Knowing the addiction all too well,
Robert

 

[Bearcarver]

There's a new Costco off of Rte 222
791 N KROCKS RD
ALLENTOWN, PA 18106-9046
(484) 273-7056

OK---Thank You Marianne!!
I knew about that one, but I thought maybe there was one down your way, in Bucks County.

Bear

 

[bill ace 350]

Looks great!
Keep experimenting, tr new recipes!
Check out Pop's Brine, you won't be disappointed.
His family was in the smoked/cured meat business for years.

 

[dward51]

Looks perfect to me. Great job!!!!

PS - welcome to the addiction.... and WE are your support group

 

[SonnyE]

Looks perfect to me. Great job!!!!

PS - welcome to the addiction.... and WE are your support group

Ha, Ha!
Like a Drug Pusher is a Pharmacist....
Caution Marianne! LOL!

 

[uncle eddie]

Wow! Looks awesome. Big Like!

Congrats on making the headlines too!