Turkey bacon anyone?

[Northern_Smoke]

Just got to thinking after my friends dad mentioned he couldn't have bacon but enjoyed turkey bacon, could a person use the Canadian back bacon recipe with a turkey breast? I have been using the one Habs put up at http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showthread.php?311-Canadian-Bacon with really good results. I was planning on putting about 7 or 8 pounds in the fridge to sit for the 6 days and thought i might check into this for my friend. Anyone ever tried it?

[classicrockgriller]

I haven't, but sounds good.

BTW, Happy Birthday!

[Habanero Smoker]

You can cure the turkey and substitute it for Canadian bacon. I occasionally will experiment with curing turkey breast in my attempts to make turkey pastrami. I have tried curing it with just salt, and also with cure #1; with varying results. If you want the ham like flavor then use the same recipe that is used for the Canadian Bacon, or what I use for beef pastrami. For turkey breast you may want to bring the internal meat temperature to 150°F and not any higher.

[Northern_Smoke]

Thank you CRG and thank you Habs. I think with this info, i will try putting on a turkey or big chicken breast the next time i do the back bacon. Hopefully i have something yummy to report back haha ;)