Homemade Cure for Buckboard Bacon

[cueball21]

I've got a pork butt that I want to cure for buckboard bacon. Every recipe I've found calls for a store-bought seasoning and curing agent. I want to make my own.


I have a tried and true mix that I use for pork belly bacon. Will it work for a butt as well? I'd hate to waste the butt experimenting.

 

[Jrogers84]

http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/2002/10/buckboard-bacon.html

I imagine him and our other cure experts will weigh in but here is one recipe

 

[thirdeye]

You're right, a nice butt is a terrible thing to waste. :thumb:

Is a curing brine out of the question?

Do you have access to Cure #1 or to Morton Tender Quick?

What product do you have for curing belly bacon?

 

[airedale]

Why would the cure be any different? It's just bacon.

 

[cueball21]

Thanks for the responses.


I finally found Third Eye's tenderquick recipe and used it. That's what I remembered reading many months ago and couldn't find it right away.