Ok, I have to ask, I accidentally picked up sliced pork belly at Costco the other day. Admittedly I wasn't paying attention and thought it was bacon. I took it home and put it in the downstairs fridge, and forgot about it. It's about a week past its suggested sell date. I took it out and cut the package open and to my surprise it really didn't have a smell to it so I froze it until I could figure out what to do with it. (I like this idea!)
Two really stupid questions;
1. Since there was no smell do you all think it's still good?
2. Isn't pork belly bacon? If so do you still eat it like a meal? (From this post it appears you do.)
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And, yes, you can cook belly exactly like bacon. It just won't have that salty, savory, cured flavor that bacon has.
edit: I know your belly is sliced, but you might be able to figure out a riff on burnt ends something like the guys are doing over here: https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/fo...nt-ends-recipe If you do, post the results -- I bet there are a lot of people who would be interested in your experience!
I've got a question around pork belly and my Big Green Egg. Curing my first pork belly now. When it's time to go on my BGE (with the plate setter and end goal to get it to 150, following Meathead's method), should I use a water pan?
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