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    bacon rubbery need help

    The last "rubbery" bacon I had was from an old sow that was turned into sausage, ham and bacon. The sausage was very good, the ham was ok, the bacon was tough & rubbery. The farmer and the butcher said to just make her into sausage, but my brother decided to have some ham and bacon made. Maybe...
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    Fishy taste

    Promisekeeper - I have a bunch of fish in the freezer that was gill bled- Fraser River pink salmon from Seattle. It is excellent!! I do not know if the gill bleeding had anything to do with it, but NO fishy smell at all.
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    Help me fix my GOSM

    I have a small GOSM from walmart and smoke in outside temps ranging from zero to 90 degrees. I never have problems keeping temp in proper ranges and find that the temp recovers very quickly.
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    pork chop?

    I like to brine mine before smoking- use whatever sounds good to you- salt apple juice vinegar brown sugar lime garlic pepper etc. Brine for a few hours in the fridge before smoking
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    Anyone watching the olympics?

    Watched the nordic combined and cheered like crazy for the USA- the first medal in history- a silver for Johnny Spillane, 3 USA in top six!! Maybe better luck in the biathlon in the coming days. My son used to ski against 2 Olympians in his younger days- Tim Burke and Lowell Bailey- both from...
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    Bacon, newbie help please

    "Couple problems with it. Most of you know the missing cure poses a problem. So that one everyone has... but the Trichinosis problem is real as well. While it rarely shows up anymore, but in custom butchering and wild pigs is a real problem to this date." Trichinosis can be killed 2 ways- cook...
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    Bacon, newbie help please

    Macbillybob- Do I understand correctly that you are going to cold smoke the cured bacon and hot smoke the Alton Brown version? Hopefully that is the case. It will be a good test to see which you like more. Please let us know which you like more.
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    Bacon, newbie help please

    Hot smoking bacon will render some of the fat, but there will still be enough left. I would not hot smoke canadian style, but bellies a great when hot smoked. You should only need to smoke for a few hours. Cold smoked bacon is good, hot smoked is GREAT- just my opinion. Don't knock it until you...
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    Newbie questions regarding making bacon

    Sawyer- All good advice above. Might I also suggest you try a hot smoke of the bacon also. The best bacon I ever tasted(before I made my own) was from a german sausage maker in town. He told me to try the hot smoke method and I will never go back to cold smoke again! Good luck- I am sure you...
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    my burnt ends suck, what am i doing wrong?

    I think the rope has to be made of hemp!
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    My new Black & Tan

    BRILLIANT idea BigTrain!! I just finished sampling a few different versions- my favorite turned out to be the Young's Chocolate Stout with Lindeman's Rasberry Lambic. I can't wait to try some more versions- maybe using a Cherry Lambic next time! Thanks for the idea.
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    GOSM and jerky

    Maybe you can add a piece of charcoal to the wood?
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    Any Bourbon drinkers here?

    I'm with bwsmith on the George Di ckel- although not a true bourbon, it is the smoooothest for the money. Although I think I would settle for any of the others already mentioned!
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    Recipie for fresh ham

    Since you have 2, I would do one fresh and inject the other- see what you & the guests prefer.
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    Happy Birthday fingerlakessmoker and grinder

    Thanks all! Had some fun today- more to come. My wife & I head for a couple days in Las Vegas in the am- and a free trip to boot!!
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