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Day 1
The rub goes on dry and draws the liquid out of the belly. The Food Saver bag really kept things neat when turning every day.
Day 10
I followed the Test Kitchen's recipe for this bacon. Since maple sugar only comes in 6 oz. packages around here, which is about 3/4 cup, I added dark brown sugar to fill it in, and about a 1/2 cup more.
Day 15
Rinsed and ready.
Amazen Pellet Smoker
This thing works GREAT for cold smoking. Lots of TBS and it lasted the full 11 hour cook.
After 11 hours in the cold cold smoke.
That's a happy bacon.
I need to buy a slicer.
There's no doubt I'll be doing a lot of these in the future.
Tasty bacon.
Let's try some of this out!
Eggs Over Easy
What a delightful taste, color, and smell!
ivysaurr
This looks like the bacon from howls moving castle
HeidiandFrankforlife
Meat! *click*
RiotousMicrobe
If you can't find brown sugar in big enough quantities, just use molasses and regular sugar. It's the same thing.
Aibell125
My favorite bacon recipe is espresso with brown sugar. Except when you cook it the fat renders off looking like motor oil
ptaradactyl
We used to call sunnyside up eggs "eyeball eggs" in my family as kids.
Dukesofh
Thank you op for showing off the wildly underrated breakfast bread... The English Muffin! With all its nook and crannies goodness!
DeliciousMeats
I feel my name may be relevant. Good job OP
ReillyBen
Question: Why didn't you let it dry first? Is there an upside to use it straight from the smoker?
5chanb
It sat in the cold smoker for about 11.5 hours, so it was fairly dry right then.
Bearhugger70
Nice job! I've got a cold smoker and have made smoked salmon and smoked cheese so far. I'm in the process of building a smoking box now...
Bearhugger70
as my bbq here at home is too holey for a decent smoke intesnity.
tornadosandwich
Huh always wondered how they made bacon
secretoaster
http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbwzrt0LhW1qke7z9o1_500.gif
someofthebacon
Makin bacon with Macon!
tronfunknblow
Cest bon. Le bacon formidable!
alchemist12345
Making bacon, Day 1:
azurepenguin
That's not day one. That's a few months later.
MrWatchandGame
BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON
bikerons
I'm 14 days in to a vegetarian experiment and I did not need to see bacon :O
IWantToUseAHyphenInMyName
Yes you did, this was the exact point in time when you absolutely needed this. Come one now, snap out of it!
BESTtaylorINAUSTRALIA
I'm effectively a kosher diet guy but "damn dat pig lookin tasty"
LawFiveGuy
Wife: Honey where are you going? Me: To get some pork belly, I'm in the mood for bacon and eggs in three weeks. Wife: Okay, be careful FML
jsd3306
I always upvote bacon.
WickisnumberONE
Give your meat a good 'ol rub.
FinlayCameron
Makin pancakes, makin bacon pancakes
spacecatts
You take the bacon and you put em in the pancakes!
Iguessimherenow
Bacon pancakes, that's what we're gonna make!
spacecatts
BACON PANCAAAAAKES!
MarvinA
That egg looks sunny side up, not over easy. Good looking bacon though.
5chanb
Technically they're basted, and not very at that.
MarvinA
Interesting....
TheDogEnd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsdmqhn50uM
HalfwaytoBatman
I'd pay extra for bacon like that. Most bacon in stores is just fat with a tiny bit of meat and it's FUCKED UP.
moeheat
Pretty meat
HelmetRedd
Bet that's not the first time you've said that!
B4C0N22
Walkin' down the street
EddyRich
Why do you need a slicer? That just means less meat.
5chanb
Some family members request thin bacon. Just trying to make everyone happy!
EddyRich
Ah.
ErpVertsErpVertsFerErvrywern
That egg is Sunnyside... You peasant
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
Come to the sunnyside!
SatansLeftNipple
We have all the eggs that aren't scrambled, boiled, poached, or butchered otherwise
AverageSexGod
Sunnyside or death! Dip your toast in yolk, live!
blitherypoop
You can do that with over easy too, but without the slime around the yolk.
5chanb
You caught me. I'm too lazy to flip them so I put a cover over the pan and let the tops steam. Peasant confirmed.
madetheaccountjustforyou
Too lazy to.. give the pan a sudden forward, up, and back down motion?
5chanb
Usually because I have 8 other things going on while they're on the heat.
SyrianBeachParty
Sunnyside up everyday of the week! Add water to steam tops so they get that white film on top. Perfection
IAmThePermabannedAccountOfMyNameIsMrTorgue
As a cast-iron man... I miss sunnyside eggs. Cast iron gets the look, but the eggs actually get a little steam-pocket under the yolks.
ErpVertsErpVertsFerErvrywern
This would be what is known as "basted" eggs
SandyMakai
I add a bit of water to help it along. You're not alone on this one!
WhosyourDaddario69
That's called basted egg.
InsertLongCamelCaseName
Wtf, why would you want to flip the egg in the pan?
manovsteele
Yeah, the best part of the egg is the runny yolk!
daftthoughts
I prefer them over easy, I can't stand the uncooked eggwhite snot on top
InsertLongCamelCaseName
I totally agree, but you never flip the egg. Just like he said: cover it, and the egg whites just fine. Flipping it would "destroy" the yolk
daftthoughts
I never have that problem! I don't have any covers that properly fit my frying pans (just my pots) so it's the only way.
RPGSilver
People eat their bacon not extra crispy!?
qindje
I tend to like my bacon still somewhat pink, but sometimes I want crispy... It's like I'm bibacon.
TheDogEnd
Meaty bacon like this is better not crispy, but supermarket bacon is 98.375% fat so anything less is a slimy chewtoy. Yuck, hate fat.
MrsCanadian
I find crispy bacon overly salty.
jmeyers1983
This is a European cut of bacon, (notice the lower fat content), and is meant to be cooked that way.
SomethingOffensive
When I was in Australia, that seemed pretty par for the course.
CaptainRedHat
Agree. Floppy bacon is the worst.
cogs
Protip: meat shouldn't crunch.
crozadile
Bacon is meat. It is NOT a greasy cracker. Eat it like meat
DannyJ97
All bacon is the right bacon
whitter86
Crispy is gross and overcooked. Do you eat all of your food overcooked?
ShitSteve0Says
I'm all about it being chewy
Killstealer
thick cut bacon is great when chewy. cant go wrong with a savoury slice of smoked meat to wolf down.
Killstealer
eating bacon raw is also pretty good, although I would wait till room temperature to make the flavour more apparent.
1metalnation
Thick cut should be left a little chewy with the edges crispy, thin cut should be crispy everywhere.
madetheaccountjustforyou
Yes. there are literally dozens of us that like the meaty texture of "less than burnt" bacon.
kgblack
if its crispy and burnt you are a lazy cook. you just need to flip it more
InitHello
Hey now, there's a divine middle ground between burnt and squishy. I like the fat on the crisp side, but with the meat nice and tender.
dannicusrex
Quite fucking right. I like good color and a little give in the texture. There can be a balance, it shouldn't crumble when you touch it
MotherfuckinGoats
Fuck yes. I love it when it's chewy.
Emmii
YES IT SHOULD
knarlygoat
Dozens... lol
finallancer
Too right you are
ThundererBeforeLightning
When I go home I cook the bacon, my mother always burns the shit out of it. I mean, it is her kitchen, but Goddammit, I wanna taste the meat
UrsaUrsa
In Serbia, bacon is salted, loosely wrapped in gauze and hung in a drafty attic to slowly dry over time. You can cook it later or eat as is
UrsaUrsa
And it can range from decent to FUCKING AMAZING!
lostseaofpasswords
Yooooo Serbia in the houseeeeee
Frankiethewhore
I like mine a little chewy.
Zumacrum
My preferred adjective is leathery.
thatwilldopig
I always called dibs on the 'floppy' bacon at home.
Pyrotech0001
I'm not alone!
pokebug666
Neither am I!
brahskuh
Dozens!
HaniiPuppy
Pig meat in general tastes best when burnt as little as possible.
SpicedNipples
"pig meat" hmm if only there was a word for that
gewalt
there is a word for that! its pig meat!
HaniiPuppy
Gammon, pork, ham, bacon, there's more than one common type of meat made from pigs.
TheDogEnd
Wait, wait, wait...you're not going to eat *any* meat? What about bacon? Ham? PORKCHOPS?!?
anyrandomthing
Jambon
DPCerberusBlaze
uhhh, it's all called pork though... those other ones are just different cuts
HaniiPuppy
You wouldn't normally refer to bacon as pork though, for instance. Just like you wouldn't normally think of an apple as being a berry.
RationalDiscourse
I agree with you. and now am spending a Sunday morning arguing with this guy about bacon being understood to be pork. Ah, the Internet. Haha