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    Hog Jowls

    Anybody ever cure and smoke jowls? I've got a special request. I'll treat them like a belly and see what happens. Any suggestion or things to avoid?

    #2
    Yup, do it just like bacon. Or cured but unsmoked is guanciale, Italian delicacy.

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    • Potkettleblack
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      Best carbonara/amatricana use guanciale.

    #3
    Cool!! Would love to see pictures!

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      #4
      Jowl bacon is awesome! That's what we always had when I was a kid.

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        #5
        I have some jowls in the freezer from the last pig I got. Didn't really know what to do with it. I guess i do now.

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          #6
          These will be very good. The flavor will explode in your mouth. As others have said, treat it like bacon.

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            #7
            The thing is that jowls have kind of a creamier texture to their fat. Processing them as guanciale is amazing, and like HorseDoctor and Potkettleblack said, the outcome (especially for carbonara) is incomparable. I wouldn't even consider any other way of prepping them, and I like trying new things.

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            • FireMan
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              It sure sounds like ol’ Ed knows what he’s talking about, cuz I haven’t a clue.

            • EdF
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              Oh Man, you cure it a bit, then hang it in a dry, hopefully breezy area for a month or two (would have to check to remember). Heavenly!

            #8
            Dry or smoke it?

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            • EdF
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              Yep.

            • HorseDoctor
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              Cured but not smoked, like pancetta only done with jowls instead of belly.

            • HouseHomey
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              I got nothing to add except. "What they said 👆"

            #9
            Before and after pics wanted.

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