Ref; And here we go..Back Bacon and Insomnia

[TomKnollRFV]

I will preface this with I didn't let the bacon sit two days per Disco's instructions...or like, even a day at this point. But I wanted to do a lil fry test and my dog had taken over my bed when I got up to deal with the effects of one to many adult beverages. <I have also been asked by several people what I'd charge to do injected pork butt for them. I brought some samples down and I told them as a friend I can do it, but I can't do it for business purposes.>

So what to do when your dog takes over half the bed, your insomnia kicks in? Why slice two pieces off that back bacon and fry it up!

I do believe Al might have been right and I should have let it go longer. It's not as bacon like as I hoped. Faintly bacon..faintly ham. Maybe it's just that you don't get the bacon flavour with pork loin. I don't really know, but it tastes good. I have the pics of the process here but when I get around to a proper breakfast later when I take my meds I plan to do a back bacon scramble after seeing Bear's Spammy Scramble :)

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ih6XmkdwHRarnFoR7 - This is my google album of it, I like using it because I can put notes right on the pictures. The one with a tooth pick in is the maple injected back bacon :)

 

[Braz]

It's not as bacon like as I hoped. Faintly bacon..faintly ham. Maybe it's just that you don't get the bacon flavour with pork loin.

That sounds to me like you got the back bacon (or Canadian bacon) flavor just about right. To my mind it doesn't really taste as "bacony" as a cured belly or side bacon. Good but just a little different.

 

[TomKnollRFV]

That sounds to me like you got the back bacon (or Canadian bacon) flavor just about right. To my mind it doesn't really taste as "bacony" as a cured belly or side bacon. Good but just a little different.

I figured as much, but I was being hopeful! Still cheaper then buying Canadian bacon, which is all part of my goal. I just wish I lived in an area where pork belly was sold. I did pretty much determine I need to go to a butcher to get the UK stuff, as it is an untrimmed pork loin with some of the belly still attached. <Course that is cold smoked stuff too when it comes to rashers>.