Phrasty, you never cease to amaze me. I'm definately gonna try that cold smoke stage before going for the heat. You've got some beautiful colour there and I'm really impressed with those spice mixes in the cure.
Cheers Mate!
Bill
Thanks Bill! The cold smoking REALLY helped out a lot! Give it a go for sure Brother!
wow..all i can say is...that's a bacon lovers dream! Oh, what's up with the concertina wire around your smoking area? LOL
It's to keep the pesky neighbors out of my Que... :heh::heh: I keed I keed.
Awesome bacon pron Phas!!! But.................
.....do you live next to a prison?
LOL Thanks Gary... Its one of the perks of living adjacent to a prominent criminal lawyer. :wink: :heh: But in all seriousness, it's actually EXTREMELY common In Jamaica to have your house fully grilled up (burglar bars) and to have fences or walls with some form of theft/invasion deterrent. It comes with territory unfortunately. Where there's smoke there's always fire & with crime comes defense! A necessity really. :tsk:
Great job on the bacon and the pictures, Phrasty! Can you please fry a few slices along with a couple of eggs for me? :-D
Done deal... It's in the mail brother Ron. :thumb:
Another farking fantastic post! :clap2:
I've got 10# of pork belly in the freezer I'm about to go to town on. I've only made a couple batches of bacon so far, but I think I'm hooked.
There's absolutely NO mass produced commercial bacon out there that can compare to even a half decent home-made batch as far as I'm concerned. It's just soo good!
Cheers!