Latest batch of bellies

[Scarbelly]

I have been trying different ways to get some maple flavor into belly bacon so I thought I would try some mapline to see if the intensity of the concentrate would penetrate and bring some flavor. Sad to say it did not. I think next time I will break in down a bit and inject while I cure to see if that will work. I cured these for 10 days and while the bacon is great, it does not have any maple flavor that I can taste.


As you can see by the date on the bags I reuse them several times. I love the foodsaver unit for this kind of stuff

[smokemania]

I am going to try this, it looks great

[Fishawn]

Some Great looking Bacon Scar.... How do we get the Maple Flavor into the Bacon

[Scarbelly]

Some Great looking Bacon Scar.... How do we get the Maple Flavor into the Bacon

Next time I am going to try injecting it into the belly while it cures and see if I can get any flavor that way

[SmokinLee]

"EXTRACT", must be the only way. I'm sure the maple bacon you buy in the store is just a flavoring. That is my next maneuver anyway, I bought the maple extract, just need meat.

[Critterhunter]

Maple flavor or not that is good looking Bacon

[ALX]

looks great....i have seen mentioned alot the lack of maple flavor deal...

[minnbill]

Man I have to get my hands on some bellies