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    Makin' Bacon

    The belly I used was only about 1" thick so according to what I have read and the instructions on the bag of Morton Tender Quick, 3 days should have been enough. The meat is red all through and it sure looks like bacon, lol! And we are not sick yet. Next time I am going to do a wet cure.
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    Makin' Bacon

    This is my first attempt at smoking bacon. My husband and I did not like the bacon we got back from the smokehouse our butcher uses, so my husband said WE will take the belly home and make our own bacon. (He used the WE loosely). Well, I found this thread, studied up and decided to use the...
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    Hi, just signed up here!

    I was looking for bacon cure and smoke recipes to try at home and stumbled onto your site. I purchased a New Braunfels smoker (like new) for $20.00 at a moving sale last summer and it has been sitting covered since then. We recently had another hog butchered and had not been pleased with the...
  4. rivesjct

    Hi, just signed up here!

    I was looking for bacon cure and smoke recipes to try at home and stumbled onto your site. I purchased a New Braunfels smoker (like new) for $20.00 at a moving sale last summer and it has been sitting covered since then. We recently had another hog butchered and had not been pleased with the...
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