electrolyte
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Pork belly bought. Let's do this!
Fantastic! Get ready for the best bacon ever in just over a week...
Pork belly bought. Let's do this!
Just finished eating my second batch mad it last week.
Use some Loin to make non-streaky back bacon... was very nice but to be honest the next batch will be streaky again
I tried it with some loin a few weeks ago but to be honest it just tasted like slices of roast pork. Not really bacony at all. Maybe something went wrong..
You shouldn't need more cure even if you had a slight leak, but you may have needed a couple of days longer.
Just a quick question. There seems to be a lot of liquid in the bag already, I assume this is normal. So I keep this in the bag for the entire curing time?
Agreed: turn the bag over every other day dan.Yes, this liquid is perfectly normal and needs to stay in the bag for the entire curing time.
What sort of cold smoker are you going for?
Going to give this a go, is there any disadvantage to taking the rind/crackling off the belly joint at the start?