Food and Drink Homemade bacon - Page 3

**Fire Me Boy!** · 08:24 AM

Anyone ever made it?

My brother got me America's Test Kitchen's DIY cookbook (they're the peeps that do Cook's Illustrated), and it includes a good lookin' recipe for homemade bacon that they swear beats the pants off most anything you can buy... plus, since you have it in slab form (which seems to be pretty hard to find unless you order it), you can do nice things like lardons.

Anyhoo, after wandering all over the butcher shops and grocery stores in Montgomery (only one could get it, and it was $8/pound), I asked the meat manager at Publix if he could get any, and he said yes. And it was only going to be $3.19/pound. I went to pick it up this morning and the guy had made a mistake - my 5-pound order was 11.44 pounds, but it was marked at $2.69/pound. The manager said he knew that was more than I wanted, but if I'd take the whole thing, he'd take another 40 cents off per pound.

So I have 11 pounds of pork belly in my fridge, some pink salt on the way for the cure, and a box full of apple wood in my shed. And bacon will be made.

They also have a recipe for pancetta, which I'll attempt at some point, too.

JASONSAUTO · 01-05-2013, 06:18 PM

I have a customer that makes his own bacon and brings me a slab every couple weeks, needless to say he usually gets free oil changes.

On another note I also have a guy who makes the absolute best deer and beef jerky. Doesn't dry it all the way out oh my ****ing god. He hooks us up too. I love those guys

Crush · 01-05-2013, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

Bacon is high in cholesterol. It will choke your arteries down and KILL you. I'd advise eating a Turkey breast instead.

You can't jack off a turkey though.

JASONSAUTO · 01-05-2013, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Crush

You can't jack off a turkey though.

Why. It's on the other end from the beak

listopencil · 01-05-2013, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NewChief

Holy shit. Bacon nuggets.

**** me, seriously? Bacon nuggets? It's on now.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 01-05-2013, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NewChief

One of my friends makes his own and it's amazing. Also delicious is thick cut (like little nuggets) smoked then grilled. Holy shit. Bacon nuggets.

Yep, you can't do bacon nuggets (lardons) unless you get it as a slab. That pre-sliced shit just don't work.

listopencil · 01-05-2013, 06:35 PM

I just told my son about the bacon nuggets thing.

First he was all:

And then he went:

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

PackerinMo · 01-05-2013, 06:36 PM

Bacon rules. FTW!

listopencil · 01-05-2013, 06:38 PM

I was in the DC forum arguing about God and guns then bacon.

Planetman · 01-05-2013, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

brother in-law smokes his own bacon

not sure if that is 'making it' or just smoking it.

How big is his pipe?

Planetman · 01-05-2013, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

Bacon is high in cholesterol. It will choke your arteries down and KILL you. I'd advise eating a Turkey breast instead.

You're going to die anyway. May I suggest you die with bacon on your breath?

**Fire Me Boy!** · 01-05-2013, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Planetman

How big is his pipe?

That's kinda personal.......

Planetman · 01-05-2013, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

That's kinda personal.......

I withdraw the question.

**TrebMaxx** · 01-05-2013, 07:03 PM

Interesting, I may have to try this myself. Just looked up the price for pork belly here and found it for $2.29 lb at the university's butcher shop.

EagleRob · 01-05-2013, 07:07 PM

If I have 10 pieces of bacon and my friend wants two pieces of bacon, how many pieces do I have left? Correct, I still have 10 because you're not getting any.

La literatura · 01-05-2013, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Buck

When you cook it, put it in the oven cold on a foiled tray, turn the oven on to 300 degrees and let it cook for 20-24 min until perfectly golden brown.

It literally melts in your mouth.

Never heard of that. Thanks. I'll have to try that next weekend.

12-30-2012, 08:18 AM
Fire Me Boy! Cast Iron Jedi Join Date: Nov 2004 Casino cash: $35219	Homemade bacon Anyone ever made it? My brother got me America's Test Kitchen's DIY cookbook (they're the peeps that do Cook's Illustrated), and it includes a good lookin' recipe for homemade bacon that they swear beats the pants off most anything you can buy... plus, since you have it in slab form (which seems to be pretty hard to find unless you order it), you can do nice things like lardons. Anyhoo, after wandering all over the butcher shops and grocery stores in Montgomery (only one could get it, and it was $8/pound), I asked the meat manager at Publix if he could get any, and he said yes. And it was only going to be $3.19/pound. I went to pick it up this morning and the guy had made a mistake - my 5-pound order was 11.44 pounds, but it was marked at $2.69/pound. The manager said he knew that was more than I wanted, but if I'd take the whole thing, he'd take another 40 cents off per pound. So I have 11 pounds of pork belly in my fridge, some pink salt on the way for the cure, and a box full of apple wood in my shed. And bacon will be made. They also have a recipe for pancetta, which I'll attempt at some point, too. Last edited by Fire Me Boy!; 12-30-2012 at 08:24 AM.. Reason: Fixing a typo
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01-05-2013, 06:18 PM	#31
JASONSAUTO Thigpen for HOF Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: mid missouri Casino cash: $1340172	I have a customer that makes his own bacon and brings me a slab every couple weeks, needless to say he usually gets free oil changes. On another note I also have a guy who makes the absolute best deer and beef jerky. Doesn't dry it all the way out oh my ****ing god. He hooks us up too. I love those guys
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01-05-2013, 06:35 PM	#36
listopencil sic semper tyrannis Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: :: In Partibus Infidelium Casino cash: $1081427	I just told my son about the bacon nuggets thing. First he was all: And then he went: SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY! __________________ I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
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01-05-2013, 06:36 PM	#37
PackerinMo The World is Yours! Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: St.Louis, Mo Casino cash: $6718	Bacon rules. FTW!
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01-05-2013, 06:38 PM	#38
listopencil sic semper tyrannis Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: :: In Partibus Infidelium Casino cash: $1081427	I was in the DC forum arguing about God and guns then bacon. __________________ I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
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01-05-2013, 07:03 PM	#43
TrebMaxx Postaphobic Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Peoples Republic of CoMo Casino cash: $263670	Interesting, I may have to try this myself. Just looked up the price for pork belly here and found it for $2.29 lb at the university's butcher shop. __________________
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01-05-2013, 07:07 PM	#44
EagleRob Living Vicariously Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Leesburg, VA Casino cash: $2502563	If I have 10 pieces of bacon and my friend wants two pieces of bacon, how many pieces do I have left? Correct, I still have 10 because you're not getting any.
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