BACON!

Started by ronbeaux, December 21, 2009, 03:29:43 PM

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ronbeaux

Well I finally found a belly and today it got smoked. It was cured with honey and molasses plus the normal curing stuff after a 5 day lay in state. About 3.5 hours of a mix of cherry and hickory to 128 It and the color is just fantastic. Can't hardly wait till it chills over night to get sliced.

It was itty bitty to start with so no shrinkage jokes!


The turkey is on 24 hours of cure and need about 30 more before the smoke for Christmas.
The fight isn't over until the winner says it is.

hal4uk

I never smoked one.. So, it looks plenty FAT to me!
Slice 'er up!
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squirtthecat

Quote from: hal4uk on December 21, 2009, 03:59:28 PM
I never smoked one.. So, it looks plenty FAT to me!
Slice 'er up!

Hal, we need to try this sometime..   I'll split it with you. (gawd knows we won't eat much of it here)

hal4uk

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ronbeaux

It's just bacon...... Only you get to flavor it like you want. This one was 2.65lbs of pork belly and the Mrs likes the sweet bacon with lots of smoke. Soooooo, that's what she got. Going to fry some up tomorrow and I got some fresh jalapenos to wrap with it also.
The fight isn't over until the winner says it is.

classicrockgriller

Quote from: squirtthecat on December 21, 2009, 04:40:28 PM
Quote from: hal4uk on December 21, 2009, 03:59:28 PM
I never smoked one.. So, it looks plenty FAT to me!
Slice 'er up!

Hal, we need to try this sometime..   I'll split it with you. (gawd knows we won't eat much of it here)


Quote from: hal4uk on December 21, 2009, 05:16:04 PM

Yuuuuhhh huh!

Uhhhh Ohhh another episole of the "Hal & Squirt Show" .... "Here hold my beer while I...."


Ron that bacon color is beautiful.

ronbeaux

Is that show on re-runs? I'm too new to have seen the original.
The fight isn't over until the winner says it is.

classicrockgriller

We need to find you that post, what a gazzer.

I'm surprised they are allowed to live in the same city, much less the same state.

hal4uk

That's a lot of scortched earth!  What the heck happened here??

Dunno for sure, but I heard some computer geeks were smoking a pound of bacon...
and the one holding the beer was innocent...?
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squirtthecat


And for the record, we reside a good 25 miles, 5 zip-codes and 2 counties apart!

Tenpoint5

Some good looking Bacon there Ron
Bacon is the Crack Cocaine of the Food World.

Be careful about calling yourself and EXPERT! An ex is a has-been, and a spurt is a drip under pressure!

KyNola

Watch this guys,

Hey Hal, when you come down to Paducah for Xmas, do you want me to call Hughes Meats to see if they got any fresh pork belly for you to take back to your other brother Darrell?  They normally weigh about 6 pounds and already skinned.

If you want me to, let me know soon as I I'll have to run out there and hold it in my frig for you.  Or I can freeze it for you too.

Response in 1...2...3...NOW!

KyNola

hal4uk

That sounds great, if you can get by and grab it!
I'll pay ya back when I get there.

And I'll give it to MrC for Christmas!
He can give me some smoked bacon back ;-)

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Quote from: KyNola
your other brother Darrell

:D  Well, we do have a Larry!

Quote from: hal4uk on December 21, 2009, 10:09:35 PM
That sounds great, if you can get by and grab it!
I'll pay ya back when I get there.

And I'll give it to MrC for Christmas!
He can give me some smoked bacon back ;-)

Deal.  But we'll need to use your garage fridge during the curing process...  I don't have room for that much stuff in my kitchen fridge!



Ron, that looks great.   Did you happen to jot down what all you put in the cure?

KyNola

Sorry STC and Hal.  I checked with the boys at Hughes's and they are out of pork bellies and won't have any in until sometime next week.

I tried!
KyNola