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    I got a couple of nice pork bellies the other day, and decided to do some bacon.
    I used Hi Mountains Buckboard Bacon Cure just to be on the safe side. Once I'm a little more proficient, I'll mix me own.

    Here's the pork bellies, bought from a local smallgoods maker.
    Boned and skinned they total around 4.5kg each.
    My skinning skills are not the best, but I managed not to axe murder them too much
    Cut them into halves, rub in cure then put them in ziplock bags.
    Sat them in the fridge for 7 days, turning the bags occasionally.
    After coming out of the fridge, I gave them a good rinse, and soaked in clean water for an hour or 2.
    Then back to the fridge for a day to let the pellicle form.
    I then cold smoked the bacon in my UDS using a homemade cold smoke generator for 7 hours.
    Once this was done, I brought the drum up to 95deg celsius, and cooked them until they hit an internal temp of around 60deg celsius.
    Once the bacon had cooled, I sat it in the fridge for another day before slicing and packing it.
    I must say, it's pretty good gear

    Just as an aside...How do you include pics in your posts, instead of the thumbnails I'm getting now?
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  • #2
    Originally posted by BBQ Derek
    Great looking bacon man!
    Thanks Derek. It tastes pretty damn good as well!

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    • #3
      www.Photobucket.com for the picture hosting. Its what I use and you should resize them to the 800 range as well if you use the site

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      • #4
        oh and good work on the pork!

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        • #5
          Good lookin bacon Pete...

          I hafta laugh because I have been trying to figure out how to do the thumbnails...
          Craig
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          • #6
            Good looking bacon, Pete. If you use photobucket, I suggest uploading your pics at 640X480. Than just copy and paste.
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            • #7
              good looking bacon.

              Just as an aside...How do you include pics in your posts, instead of the thumbnails I'm getting now?
              I did a hwole p;ost with pics on how you do it - thought rich was going to sticky it, but buggered if I can find it.

              I think it's in the general info section somewhere.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by ijusthvit View Post
                www.Photobucket.com for the picture hosting. Its what I use and you should resize them to the 800 range as well if you use the site
                Photobucket looks pretty cool. I'll have to try it out.
                I'm using Picasa at the moment, and guess what? you can do the same thing!
                See..



                Thanks for your help everybody

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                • #9
                  nice lookin bacon...need to do me some bellies but they are hard to find here in oklahoma city so i do candian bacon.....
                  and yea photobucket is what i use as well
                  Mike
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                  • #10


                    nice job
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                    • #11
                      Great lookin bacon And what was that other pic? Leg of lamb? Looks great too.
                      JT

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                      • #12
                        Man Damn!...That is some gooood lookin bacon! Nice!
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                        • #13
                          Great job breaking those bellies down!
                          That's a HUGE knife!!
                          This looks great!
                          "And I SWORE I would not read, much less post in that thread, dammit!

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                          • #14
                            just noticed - buckboard bacon is pork shoulder, not belly :-)
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by curious aardvark View Post
                              just noticed - buckboard bacon is pork shoulder, not belly :-)
                              Yeah, I know. I just used the name of the cure :)

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