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  1. herman4

    How long after sell by date?

    is it safe to eat a beef eye round roast 5 days after sell by date Thanks
  2. herman4

    A new bacon question

    My second try. Using bear,s (thanks) method, just pulled out two slabs out of the refrigerator after 9 days. Was there supposed to be any liquid? The meat was slimy but no real amount of liquid. In comparison, the pork loin I put in cure yesterdays has quit bit of liquid already. On both pieces...
  3. herman4

    first bacon screw up need help

    ok so my tender quick never showed up and. I had a 11 pound belly in fridge and a pissed wife! So I drove 1.5 hours each way to the nearest bass pro shop to get lem cure. I could not find any info in a cure mix with lens so I followed the instruction for the amount of cure and added salt and...
  4. herman4

    First bacon

    I just purchased 11lb belly. Do you trim of the rind or leave it on while curing and smoking? I cant find a store that carries any cure? Can anyone recomend a source? I live on the north shore of boston Thanks
  5. herman4

    curing bacon with out nitrates?

    I want to do my first bacon, but i really dont want to use nitrates. Can this be done? does anyone have a good cure thay can share? Thanks
  6. herman4

    Do you have to brine a turkey?

    I want to smoke my first turkey. Do I have to brine overnight? What if I just smoke it?
  7. herman4

    How much smoke?

    I just got an MSE 30 so I am trying my first smoke salmon. I brined overnight, dried to form p. And now to the smoker @ 150 My question is how much smoke should I see ? Should smoke come out of the smoker? It seems like there is not much smoke getting produced!
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