Have used the Ruhlman cure but did not do the aging, and used it more like bacon, before I had smoke capability. Delicious.
A point of quibble with Ruhlman/Polcyn... I was in Italy back in 2017, and was served pancetta, thin sliced, raw as part of a charcuterie plate at breakfast. And if you check at the grocery, it's sold with cold cuts and not with bacon, and is safe to eat uncooked. I'm not saying theirs is, but nearly all the sliced pancetta I've seen has been marked safe to eat without cooking.
A point of quibble with Ruhlman/Polcyn... I was in Italy back in 2017, and was served pancetta, thin sliced, raw as part of a charcuterie plate at breakfast. And if you check at the grocery, it's sold with cold cuts and not with bacon, and is safe to eat uncooked. I'm not saying theirs is, but nearly all the sliced pancetta I've seen has been marked safe to eat without cooking.
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