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Smoking Techniques => Curing => Topic started by: Friar_Tuck on December 12, 2011, 09:51:38 PM

Title: The Christmas Bacon is done!
Post by: Friar_Tuck on December 12, 2011, 09:51:38 PM
Well, our two kids, their spouses, and the 3 grand daughters will be here for the weekend, so I needed to get some bacon done to send home with them.  I try to send em each 10 Lbs of bacon, 10 Lbs smoked cheese, and 10 Lbs of sausage.  Need to get the sausage done yet.  This is a very simple bacon cure, it is a hybrid of a few great recipes I have found here.
For every pound of belly:
1 Tbspn MTQ
1 Tspn onion powder
1 Tspn dark brown sugar
1/2 Tspn Garlic powder
Dry rub the cure on the belly, then close it in a ziplock, then on day 3 pour in a good amount of apricot syrup.
Day 7 rinse, soak 1/2 hour, rinse again, allow to dry, and smoke it up!
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a263/Friar_Tuck_/PC130003.jpg)
Title: Re: The Christmas Bacon is done!
Post by: Quarlow on December 12, 2011, 09:59:18 PM
Man that is going to be great. Nice job F-T. Looks pro to me.
Title: Re: The Christmas Bacon is done!
Post by: Friar_Tuck on December 12, 2011, 10:01:09 PM
Thanks Quarlow,
Anything I know about bacon is thanks to this place!
Jim
Title: Re: The Christmas Bacon is done!
Post by: Quarlow on December 12, 2011, 10:06:46 PM
Yeah this place rocks the food world for sure. Have you try Habs CBB. Damn good stuff.
Title: Re: The Christmas Bacon is done!
Post by: Friar_Tuck on December 12, 2011, 10:24:07 PM
This cure started as Habs!
I just cut down the Garlic, and added the apricot syrup.
Tried it because apricot syrup is so much cheaper than maple syrup, and found I like it even better.
Title: Re: The Christmas Bacon is done!
Post by: Quarlow on December 12, 2011, 10:28:37 PM
It definitely sounds tasty. It looks great.
Title: Re: The Christmas Bacon is done!
Post by: squirtthecat on December 13, 2011, 04:40:04 AM

Sounds great!

Apricot syrup, eh...   
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Post by: SouthernSmoked on December 13, 2011, 04:54:37 AM
Looks good Jim!!!
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Post by: TestRocket on December 13, 2011, 07:34:00 AM
Can I come up for the weekend too?  ;) Looks great!  ;D
Title: Re: The Christmas Bacon is done!
Post by: Friar_Tuck on December 13, 2011, 09:19:10 AM
And the money shots!
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a263/Friar_Tuck_/PC130003-1.jpg)
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a263/Friar_Tuck_/PC130004.jpg)
Title: Re: The Christmas Bacon is done!
Post by: jiggerjams on December 13, 2011, 09:40:56 AM
Way to go!! Wish I could use more than my eyes to experience the Christmas bacon.
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Post by: MidKnightRider on December 13, 2011, 09:43:43 AM
Nice load of bacon!
Title: Re: The Christmas Bacon is done!
Post by: Quarlow on December 13, 2011, 10:12:12 AM
sweet haysuis, look at that bacon. man o man that is some goodlooking vittles.
Title: Re: The Christmas Bacon is done!
Post by: jiggerjams on December 16, 2011, 10:00:37 PM
Heavenly!!
Title: Re: The Christmas Bacon is done!
Post by: hal4uk on December 16, 2011, 11:04:04 PM
Quote from: Quarlow on December 13, 2011, 10:12:12 AM
sweet haysuis, look at that bacon. man o man that is some goodlooking vittles.
DANG!!!!  What Q said! 
Title: Re: The Christmas Bacon is done!
Post by: KyNola on December 17, 2011, 07:15:51 AM
Quote from: hal4uk on December 16, 2011, 11:04:04 PM
Quote from: Quarlow on December 13, 2011, 10:12:12 AM
sweet haysuis, look at that bacon. man o man that is some goodlooking vittles.
DANG!!!!  What Q said!
DITTO!!
Title: Re: The Christmas Bacon is done!
Post by: Tenpoint5 on December 18, 2011, 06:55:13 AM
That is my kind of Bacon! Thick cut Bacon
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Post by: SiFumar on December 18, 2011, 01:59:13 PM
Just beautiful bacon!  Gonna have a happy family!
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Post by: HSC5690 on December 18, 2011, 05:23:23 PM
Beautiful looking batch of bacon.
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