Cold smoked dry cure back bacon.

[MallardWacker]

The bacon came out absolutely great. very lean with great flavor.  .....

Cha CHING! Now dats whut i'D b TALK'N

[manxman]

Just an update on cold smoked dry cure back (loin) bacon, it had it's first tasting last night and boy was I happy with the results.  ;D

The other tasters were also impressed, the commonest comment was that is tasted like bacon used to taste. No injected water, no wafer thin rashers, no rashers shrinking away to nothing with lots of gunge in the grill pan..... just plain good old fashioned bacon texture and taste!

Two thirds of the original joint was cured and smoked, one third just cured and I am so made up with both.

Each of the original 3 joints has now been cut into two giving me 4 smoked pieces and 2 non smoked of 3-4lb each, one of each have been kept in the fridge just wrapped in aluminium foil for current use whilst the others have been vacuum packed and stored in the fridge for use at a later date.

Dry curing the meat probably led to a 10-20% loss in original weight.

I trimmed all the joints and plan to use the offcut bacon bits to add to some Boston Beans I am currently making.

Life is good!................  ;D

[Habanero Smoker]

Man that sounds good. Glad it's close to my lunch time, because my mouth is now watering.

[manxman]

Now had about a dozen people taste this bacon, 80% prefer the smoked to unsmoked and a couple of those are people that don't normally like smoked bacon.

However both smoked and unsmoked have both gone down well, don't think it will be too long before I have to order another 25 lb side of bacon! :o

Think I will smoke the whole thing next time and not bother with any unsmoked.

[MallardWacker]

Life is good!................

Bacon can kind'a be that way...home made bacon is not quite an aphrodisiac but close...at least around the Mallard household.  There is something to getting a piece of meat, curing it and have it come out like you paid someone $20.00 a pound to do it.

[Habanero Smoker]

MW;
Is your avatar the guy who does the voice for the duck on the Aflac commercials? If so, that is a great choice of an avatar for you. ;D

[manxman]

home made bacon is not quite an aphrodisiac but close...

How true! ;D

[MallardWacker]

MW;
Is your avatar the guy who does the voice for the duck on the Aflac commercials? If so, that is a great choice of an avatar for you. ;D

Thanks for the laugh Hab, I kiind of needed it tonight.  Way funny!

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home made bacon is not quite an aphrodisiac but close...

How true!

Spoken like a real man.

[zhongyi]

MW;
Is your avatar the guy who does the voice for the duck on the Aflac commercials? If so, that is a great choice of an avatar for you. ;D

You're thinking of Gilbert Gottfried.