Bacon!

[Quadrupled]

I'm following through with Revvy's Maple Bacon Bourbon Balls thread (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f56/1s...-experiment-maple-bacon-bourbon-balls-384898/) and decided to go the distance and make the needed bacon. Thought I'd share some pictures. I was hoping to find less processed pork belly, but am actually happy with how this turned out - instead of getting two end pieces, I ended up with 12 tasty ends.

Curing Salts, Kosher Salt & Brown Sugar

Maple Syrup

Some of the pork belly

Salted belly

Curing belly with all the ingredients

Cured Belly

Smoked belly

The goods!

 

[ChefRex]

Bacon good!
Could you not find a bigger chunk of belly?
Smoked spicy tenderloin bacon today and an older shot,

 

[Quadrupled]

Could you not find a bigger chunk of belly?

Nope, all I found were these 1ish pound pieces.

 

[ChefRex]

Have you tried Asian markets, that's whee I find mine.

 

[Quadrupled]

Yep, the big asian grocery store in my area has a wide selection of non-traditional items so I thought I'd score there. Only had these. All together it turned out well as the rind is really flavorful.