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cowgirl
12-13-2011, 04:00 PM
When making bacon the other day. http://bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=122086 I also made a bit of peameal bacon..

Brined cured the back loin for 8 days....

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rolled in corn meal...

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg74/cowgirls-photos_album/farm%20pics/d8f62e1a-1.jpg

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fried a slice for a taste test on a bisuit...

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and served some as breadfast during deer camp...

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg74/cowgirls-photos_album/farm%20pics/90a40796-1.jpg


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you have the option to hot smoke the bacon but I like it best fried.

Thanks for looking!

bluetang
12-13-2011, 04:04 PM
That really looks good! I do believe that I'll try that:-D

boatnut
12-13-2011, 04:10 PM
That looks good Jeanie! I've always brined and smoked my pork loins for what I call Canadian Bacon, but I think your's is more authentic. Well....except you rolled yours in CORN meal instead of PEA meal, LOL

hamiltont
12-13-2011, 04:14 PM
Oh ya Jeanie that look really good. Next time I make bacon I'm going to save out a couple hunks just for this. Thanks for the reminder! Cheers!!!

nmayeux
12-13-2011, 04:56 PM
That looks very similar to the british bacon that I make for a bunch of expats living here in Atlanta. It looks really good, and I might have to give the cornmeal a try. Would you mind sharing your brine fecipe?

Phrasty
12-13-2011, 05:01 PM
As always... Stellar! :clap:

Hoss
12-13-2011, 06:47 PM
MY---O--MY! That looks KILLER! :thumb:

tish
12-13-2011, 06:47 PM
Jeanie... what makes it "peameal" bacon? How is it different from Canadian bacon? Looks really good, whatever it is! :thumb:

BBQ Bacon
12-13-2011, 07:46 PM
That looks great.

chambersuac
12-13-2011, 08:36 PM
Another amazing looking meal. Thanks for sharing, but now I am craving some of that.

Mo-Dave
12-13-2011, 08:51 PM
Peameal bacon, bringing back some memories their young lady.
Dave

FattyMac
12-13-2011, 08:56 PM
Looks spot on to me!

It's called Peameal bacon as that's what it was originally rolled in. Corn meal is the standard these days and has been for as long as I've been around.

What you yanks call Canadian bacon is a cured and smoked pork loin. We don't see that much up here and certainly don't call it that.
Peameal bacon is very common, in fact I have a small roast of it thawing for a dinner sometime this week. You will quite often see a local service group offering up peameal bacon sandwiches as a fund raiser.

cowgirl
12-13-2011, 09:20 PM
Thanks everybody!

That looks good Jeanie! I've always brined and smoked my pork loins for what I call Canadian Bacon, but I think your's is more authentic. Well....except you rolled yours in CORN meal instead of PEA meal, LOL
lol Mike,... you are right, I didn't want to grind yellow peas. I was being lazy! :-D Thanks....

That looks very similar to the british bacon that I make for a bunch of expats living here in Atlanta. It looks really good, and I might have to give the cornmeal a try. Would you mind sharing your brine fecipe?

Thank you Noah! I bet your British bacon is tasty! I got the recipe from a Canadian friend http://cowgirlscountry.blogspot.com/2011/11/backloin-canadian-slab-and-peameal.html I really love the stuff. :)

Jeanie... what makes it "peameal" bacon? How is it different from Canadian bacon? Looks really good, whatever it is! :thumb:
Thank you Tish! The American version of Canadian bacon is usually smoked. Canadian version of peameal bacon is pickle brine cured and is rolled in yellow peameal but cornmeal is a lot easier to use. Then it's usually sliced and fried instead of smoking. I've smoked them before but really like sliced and fried better.
I DO make the American version of Canadian bacon too... it's good stuff.:-D

Looks spot on to me!

It's called Peameal bacon as that's what it was originally rolled in. Corn meal is the standard these days and has been for as long as I've been around.

What you yanks call Canadian bacon is a cured and smoked pork loin. We don't see that much up here and certainly don't call it that.
Peameal bacon is very common, in fact I have a small roast of it thawing for a dinner sometime this week. You will quite often see a local service group offering up peameal bacon sandwiches as a fund raiser.

Thank you Mac!! Thanks for the info too. I really love peameal bacon sliced and fried. I can see how the sandwiches would be great for a fund raiser!
Thanks again... :-D

Hoss
12-13-2011, 11:15 PM
Jeanie,I wonder what would be wrong with rolling it in grits???Grits are ground corn too. We could call it whatever we wanted to!!! Your thoughts?I got it! Nitty Gritty Bacon!

rondini
12-13-2011, 11:46 PM
Looks good as always Jeanie.

Rookie'48
12-14-2011, 12:42 AM
Jeanie, this time I put my bib on before I opened your thread - and it's a good thing that I did :thumb: (drool mod). I might just have to give this a try pretty soon.

Phubar
12-14-2011, 04:52 AM
Awesomeness!:cool:

expatpig
12-14-2011, 07:16 AM
Looks great Jeannie, now you can follow it up with a smoked "cottage roll".

cowgirl
12-14-2011, 11:40 AM
Thank you Hoss, Ron, Dave. Phu and Expat!

Jeanie,I wonder what would be wrong with rolling it in grits???Grits are ground corn too. We could call it whatever we wanted to!!! Your thoughts?I got it! Nitty Gritty Bacon!

I like the way you think! :becky: I'm not sure about the frying part though.. would the grits fry up and leave a crisp coating on the bacon? I might give it a go and see.. Love the name Nitty Gritty Bacon.. lol Thanks!

Looks great Jeannie, now you can follow it up with a smoked "cottage roll".
A smoked cottage roll sounds tasty!! Thank you expatpig! :-D

cholloway
12-14-2011, 12:25 PM
Bacon looks great but I gotta ask... is that "canned" biscuits??? :shocked:

cowgirl
12-14-2011, 12:35 PM
Bacon looks great but I gotta ask... is that "canned" biscuits??? :shocked:

lol Yes it was a canned biscuit!! After 10 days of deer hunters at my house... I was too pooped to whip up a real batch! :becky: