I did it. Canadian Bacon


 
Chris Lynch

Chris Lynch

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Albeit small, I used "Bobs bacon made easy" and made some ham. Since this was my first crack at it I wanted to start small to get a feel for what was going on. I used a 2lb loin and cool smoked it at 175 for about 2 hours. All in all it was a sucess. A very clean taste and I didn't think it was too salty at all. I soaked it for about 2 hours and air dried it in a 39* cooler for 10 hours. I was really hoping to post pictures of some eggs Benny but the schedule did not allow. Stay tuned. The next time the pictures of this ham will be posted it will be under the guise of hollindais sauce.
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And while all that was going and not wanting to waste a lit smoker, I decided to take a crack at "breaking down a pork butt".
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As you can see by this picture, I am haunting the instructions as I must have missed the "butcher" badge in Boy Scouts and proceeded to fray the shoulder.
I made it this far and it all seemed to go downhill from here. So I froze the under blade meat for a future Thai dish and I am looking forward to sharing that post with you folks.
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I was also able to save some good scrap for sausage (delicious, but a touch more fat needed for next time) again future photos to follow.
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And I did get a good piece of the money muscle. so I dry rubbed for 12 hours and just let it go with no foil for the stall and it took about 7 hours after the bacon came off.
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Nice work Chris...all looks spectacular..I have been drinking that Lagunitas as well!! Just had some limited edition pale ale which was very tasty!

Again nice work!
 
Nice work Chris, I'm glad someone it getting some use out of that post.

watch how you slice your under blade, you squared it up with the grain running diagonally. It's tricky like that as it comes out an odd shape relative to its grain pattern. You should be all right though.

I was just slicing up a single butt for sausage and needed it all. It was a real shame as I pulled out a huge under blade with incredible marbling. I was a bit heart broken shoving it down the throat of my grinder
 
You've been very productive! I need to try breaking down a butt sometime, that money muscle looks fantastic.
 
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