My first attempt at making bacon!

Cured for 6 days in a brine of salt, brown sugar, maple syrup, cracked pepper, and a hint of teriyaki sauce, then smoked for 2-1/2 hours with apple wood...turned out really stinking good! A little salty, will adjust the recipe next time.

looks good!

Nice job.

Figured you'd appreciate it as much as you like homegrown and homemade things! I'm about to make a homemade bacon melt for lunch, lol...just wish I had some homemade bread to make it with, but loaf bread will have to do!

Yeah, that's pretty impressive. Makin' me hungry.

Thanks for the info.

Why’d you go and make me hungry like fhat

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ayo- nice job man-

as a young man that enjoys bacon, I know that making homemade bacon isn't the easiest thing- but yours sure looks good.

Thanks! It did turn out very good, worth the effort.

Wow, very noice :D

coolio!

Lol, thanks!

Sir Thparky, Can we keep in touch for the deleted comments in the IP stream? Memechat me about them, Thanks

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Job well done

Thanks man! You and hint have a falling out or did both of you forget the password to the joint account? Lol, good seeing you pop in!

No falling out her and I are still in contact LOL. Just winter I’m super super busy. I’m still here in the shadows

Good deal bud, hope you and the family are all well and healthy.

We are well thank you :)

What up DASH!

The sun moon and stars :)

From engineering to making bacon.

Lol :)

Now this is getting me thinking about bacon flavoured homemade chips

That's really delicious :O

Wow, making one's own cured meats, and bacon, to boot? Kudos, brother, wish I was eating some now!

You know it! Thanks man, wish you could taste some, I'd welcome the feedback on what to do differently next time. It wasnt really that hard, I expected it to be much more involved.

I recently bought a slab of bacon...on accident...I normally do not buy slabs because it's so much easier to buy it already sliced. However, now I like to be able to choose the exact thickness of each slice of bacon I'm going to cook. I'm gonna buy slabs going forward. And as it turns out, I am really good at cutting slab bacon into consistent thickness slices. It's not that easy. Very easy to have one end thicker/thinner than the other, which is no good in the pan/skillet.

One of the best things about a slab is the little bits of leftover pieces you can't make a slice out of...those are perfect for frying up and using in salads or cooking greens, etc. Slicing your own thickness depending on recipe is definitely nice! My slices in the photo above all look mostly even, and I thought I did a pretty good job but there were several that were a little uneven. Honestly I sort of liked the uneven ones, sure they cook unevenly but I thought it sort of reminded me of what I was eating...something artisan and handmade, no machines. All that said, a slicer would definitely be nice, lol.

Yeah, that's true. I haven't gotten there yet, but will be there soon. Will probably use the extra bits for salad bacon. It's so much easier to cut consistent slices when the bacon slab is still very cold. Even frozen, although that can be difficult to cut through.

I haven't had an alcoholic beverage for 50 days! Can you f**king believe it?!??!?!?!?!?!?! I barely can.

Good for you man, I'm proud of you! And enjoy those bacon end bits when you get there, you wont be disappointed!

Not having mine cold enough might have been an issue for me, I sliced it when it came right off the smoker. Learning curve you know? Thanks for the tip.

Thank you, I appreciate all the support I can get! Unfortunately, this is one of my greatest accomplishments. Not sure if that says I haven't accomplished much in my life or if I was such a hopeless alcoholic that simply refraining from drinking something is my greatest achievement. Oh well, it is what it is. Every aspect of my life has improved, but that initial rush of better feelings is waning. I really want to try drinking alcohol again. My current thought process is to wait until I've gone 90 days and then revisit this idea. I'm pretty much all or nothing when it comes to drugs/alcohol, so it's probably a bad idea to even allow myself to try drinking again. That said, I have managed to hold down a very good jobs for two decades, all while drinking nearly every day. It's not as if I had to hit rock bottom before I stopped to smell the coffee. I guess I'm blessed that this is my biggest obstacle in life. Could be something much worse/more difficult to overcome.