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  1. ronmasonjr

    Stringy bacon fat

    I just made my first batch of bacon, it turned out great BUT the fat was stringy and my wife will not eat it. Bacon you buy from the grocery store the fat melts in your mouth but mine had little strings in it. Did I get an old pigs belly or did I cure it wrong. The only thing I changed was...
  2. ronmasonjr

    Stringy bacon

    When curing bacon ( dry or wet) can you use a meat tenderizer. The direction on most tenderizers say to use only a few hours. My problem is the fat in the bacon is stringy and my wife will NOT eat it. I have only made bacon once, maybe I got a old pig? The rest was very good. I used a dry rub...
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