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4HMom
True Blue Farmgirl
720 Posts
Kelly
Montana
720 Posts |
 Posted - Sep 10 2010 : 9:36:30 PM
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I had the opportunity to help butcher a pig a couple of weeks ago and I got the belly. I decided to try my hand at bacon, so I tried 4 different cures (regular, maple, brown sugar, and garlic/herb) and cured the bellies, then smoked them, and I sliced them up last night. I am SOOO excited! It slices like bacon, it cooks like bacon, and it TASTES like bacon! No more mystery here! 
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi |
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - Sep 10 2010 : 9:59:14 PM
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Wow! I am impressed. It even sounds good!
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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simplyflowers
True Blue Farmgirl
489 Posts
Jamie
Locust Grove
Virginia
USA
489 Posts |
Posted - Sep 11 2010 : 02:13:01 AM
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mmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmm!!! Who doesnt LOVE bacon!? I mean really!!!! If given the opportunity... I would eat it daily!
Sounds delicious!
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas Edison
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
1360 Posts |
Posted - Sep 11 2010 : 11:01:42 AM
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Congrats. though I admit, I don't like bacon. Don't like ham either so maybe that explains it. ha. What a great chance for you though.
Best Growing |
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
613 Posts |
Posted - Sep 11 2010 : 1:03:18 PM
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Kelly, that sounds so interesting! I'd LOVE to try that someday! I'd also love to try making sausage... Today will be absolutely homegrown BLT day (minus the mayonnaise.. haven't tried my hand at that yet) since we finally got some ripe tomatoes. We will be frying up some bacon that has been naturally raised, so I can't wait to taste the difference!
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
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4HMom
True Blue Farmgirl
720 Posts
Kelly
Montana
720 Posts |
Posted - Sep 11 2010 : 11:21:00 PM
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Elizabeth...BLT sounds good! And mayo isn't very hard to make at all! :)
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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texdane
Farmgirl Legend Chapter Leader Chapter Guru
4658 Posts
Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
4658 Posts |
Posted - Sep 12 2010 : 04:39:51 AM
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Wow, good for you. I am impressed. I bet it tastes really good. I have had bacon in Denmark and it was so much better than the packaged stuff we find here. I bet it is like that. My mouth is watering....
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
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Homekeepn
Farmgirl in Training
42 Posts
Cathy
West Gardiner
Maine
USA
42 Posts |
Posted - Sep 13 2010 : 06:24:53 AM
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The bacon from the grocery store doesn't even compare to the bacon from the butcher. How did the garlic/herb come out? I never would of thought of that with bacon.
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SusanScarlet
True Blue Farmgirl
317 Posts
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Posted - Sep 13 2010 : 12:56:34 PM
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Sep 13 2010 : 9:18:10 PM
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I'm like SusanScarlet and have made my own sausage but never bacon. What an delicious accomplishment!
Audrey
Toto, we're not in Kansas any more! |
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4HMom
True Blue Farmgirl
720 Posts
Kelly
Montana
720 Posts |
Posted - Sep 18 2010 : 10:50:28 PM
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The garlic/herb was wonderful! It's going to be really yummy on BLT's!
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi |
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