Pork Belly Odds & Ends...

inkjunkie

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What do you folks do with them? You know, the pieces that you take off to square the belly up some?

 

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I leave the belly alone until cured and smoked. Then when slicing i take the ends and freeze them in a pack for beans, ham n beans or ham potpie.

 

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Its hard to argue with the C-man's wisdom! 

 

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Thanks folks

 

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I use mine for potato or pea soup. They would be good in an egg bake too.

I could think of a lot more uses if I needed too. Bacon makes everything better.

 

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I trim them right before slicing and use the trimmings for seasoning. You can make bacon bits or season beans.

Happy smoken.

David

 

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inkjunkie said:

What do you folks do with them? You know, the pieces that you take off to square the belly up some?

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I dice them into chunks and make sweet and sour smoked pork from them.....   Char Sui so to speak.....

 

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inkjunkie

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NDKoze said:

I use mine for potato or pea soup. They would be good in an egg bake too.

I could think of a lot more uses if I needed too. Bacon makes everything better.

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Pea soup, merely mentioning it brings back memories of growing up. My mother would make this gigantic pot of it, had to be close to 5 gallons. Twice a winter she would make it, tried it once, no thanks. But most everything she made was pretty flavorless lol. still reminds me of the Exorcist.

themule69 said:

I trim them right before slicing and use the trimmings for seasoning. You can make bacon bits or season beans.
Happy smoken.
David

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Season beans...hmmmm...

DaveOmak said:

I dice them into chunks and make sweet and sour smoked pork from them.....   Char Sui so to speak.....

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Sweet and Sour smoked pork sounds delicious.....
Thanks again...

 

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Bacon cubes!!!  I also didn't touch the bellies until after I smoked them.  The really thin pieces that didn't make good bacon sliced, I diced or chopped up, put them in ice cube trays and froze them and transferred to a zip top bag.  That way if I need diced bacon for a recipe, I just defrost them in the microwave for a few seconds and add them to whatever I am cooking.  Have done omelets, spaghetti carbonara, and used some in chili.