Recent content by Benny

stubble's nothing, it's the nipples that get me. that's when i am reminded that this was in fact an animal.

Thanks for the reassurance everyone! Kevin, although I've eaten bacon that I have only hot smoked and really enjoyed it, my intention is to cook this stuff again. Yianni, I've heard that too, but the bacon I made without nitrite was still pretty tasty. Next time I'll do one slab with nitrite...

Awesome looking bacon! I have some pork bellies curing right now, day 3. One of them follows a very similar recipe to this. Can't wait to taste it. I noticed the recipe you followed leaves out pink salt. I left out sodium nitrite too, but am second guessing myself a little right now. I have...

Hey everybody, I'm looking for an opinion; I'm sure I'll get one. I am dry curing some pork belly right now; it's day 3 of the cure. After doing a bit of poking around and finding a recipe from someone I considered knowledgeable, I left sodium nitrite out of the recipe. I have made bacon once...