Stop eating store bought bacon!

[rickgregory]

That reminds me, mine is done curing and I need to smoke it. As for taste... one of the things I like is that you can adjust the cure ingredients and can coat it, or not, in different things as you smoke it. Bacon is also probably the easiest thing to make and honestly you could even simply roast it in the oven to 150F or so if you didn't have a smoker handy

[marshall]

Yea it is different than what we're used to in the store, the first bite i had i couldn't dicide if i liked it, but i soon realized while i was debating if it was better than store bought , i hadn't stopped shoveling it into my mouth. Mmmmm.

[tbob4]

I know where half of my bacon goes- right next to where my belly stores the beer! HA

[holehogg]

tbob4 I wish I had that problem. I make bacon weekly and never have enough for myself. I can only figure out where half of it goes the rest is anyone's guess, but I have my suspicions.

[tbob4]

That bacon looks delicious

[tbob4]

When I bought an upgraded deli slicer I was able to makie the bacon really close in texture to store bought. The dilemma then became "We have much too much bacon and not enough room in the freezer" wives make just too much sense.

[holehogg]

My daughter who is a bacon fanatic wasn't so keen on the homemade bacon the first time I made it and she tried it.
I thought it was good and tasted better than store bought but she disagreed.
Well know she refuses to eat store bought. She has also converted a lot of her friends and their families (pressure on me).
The hard part is getting over the difference in texture and taste of the all too familiar store bought product.

Can't agree more nothing beats homemade.

[marshall]

This stuff has ruined store bought bacon , my wife and i can't believe how delicious this is. I did 1 maple and 1 original, i like the maple the best,. Im slightly sick right now by how much i consumed but when i feel better i will go eat the rest, give this recipe a try if you haven't yet, thanks to Meathead and everyone in the pit for the amazing recipes and support ! Im gonna head back to the fryin pan and finish what i started