- Jul 26, 2009
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Finally after a month of trying my local market got in some belly for me
Started curing two weeks ago. Did not plan to go this long but we had unexpected company last week . Two pieces were cured with some Maple and brown sugar cure I got from Todd Johnson and two were cured with black pepper and tenderquick. Had to soak them for about an hour due to the long cure to remove some of the saltiness
Got it into the smoker and used my AMS for 9 hours with some applewood
The Maple came out incredible - need to find out where Todd got the cure from it is great
Here they are just out of the soak
Here they are in the smoker with the AMS and applewood
Here is the pepper sliced and ready to bag in 1/2 # portions
The slicer was really giving me greif - gotta get a new one - this one is almost 20 years old
Here is the maple
Bagged and vac sealed
Started curing two weeks ago. Did not plan to go this long but we had unexpected company last week . Two pieces were cured with some Maple and brown sugar cure I got from Todd Johnson and two were cured with black pepper and tenderquick. Had to soak them for about an hour due to the long cure to remove some of the saltiness
Got it into the smoker and used my AMS for 9 hours with some applewood
The Maple came out incredible - need to find out where Todd got the cure from it is great
Here they are just out of the soak
Here they are in the smoker with the AMS and applewood
Here is the pepper sliced and ready to bag in 1/2 # portions
The slicer was really giving me greif - gotta get a new one - this one is almost 20 years old
Here is the maple
Bagged and vac sealed