Boy ... this is one of the most informative thread I have read here .. took about 2 hrs .. lol ..Points to you Pops ... we vacation on a cruise this Saturday and gone a week .. just received a 2 1/2 lb container of #1, ordered from Walmart and picked up from store .. paid 16.00 good/bad ??
Anyways , after we get back from vacation .. will be curing up some loins for Canadian bacon.. and then smoking with hickory .. may cold smoke an hr or 2 then smoke to an internal of 145 ?? sound like a plan ?? then actually will be making some from bellies right after this ..
Couple of questions .. going to make some large loins and is like 10 - 14 days a good brine time ?? and dont know what the weather will be like .. if its cool/cold in a couple weeks in Fla here , would like to cold smoke a few hrs. , then smoke with hickory to internal of 145 .. good ?? straighten me out pops ... love this thread ... thinking of some some lemons in the brine .. cause I got a whole tree full of Myers lemons right now out back ..
Anyways , after we get back from vacation .. will be curing up some loins for Canadian bacon.. and then smoking with hickory .. may cold smoke an hr or 2 then smoke to an internal of 145 ?? sound like a plan ?? then actually will be making some from bellies right after this ..
Couple of questions .. going to make some large loins and is like 10 - 14 days a good brine time ?? and dont know what the weather will be like .. if its cool/cold in a couple weeks in Fla here , would like to cold smoke a few hrs. , then smoke with hickory to internal of 145 .. good ?? straighten me out pops ... love this thread ... thinking of some some lemons in the brine .. cause I got a whole tree full of Myers lemons right now out back ..