Got my two pork bellies yesterday, 12.7 lbs. This is skin off pork bellies @ 3.99 a lb. Found the price went up since March when I did this last, it was 2.30 a lb back then.
Two slabs of pork bellies
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Got my dry ingredient's adjusted for 12.7 lbs and using Tenpoint5's recipe for maple bacon. Cut the two slabs in half so they are easier to work with.
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Added the Canadian maple syrup to the dry and and mixed up real good.
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Got them all rubbed down with the cure, brown sugar, salt and maple syrup. Using the big meat mixing tray sure helps on clean up later. :)
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Going to transfer them into a extra large ZipLock bag. I get them from wally world. They can handle large loads.
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All sealed up and ready for the 7 day wait in the fridge. Flip and massage them once a day.
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Crappy Tire flyer to the rescue!! ;D ;D Looks like a great start devo.
Some good lookin bellies ya got there.
Lookin good. 8)