I might even slice a few strips, hold them up with my gloved hand for inspection, give myself a nod and continue
Or maybe I won't get past the first slice before I stop and get out the skillet
LOL!!!
Makin' Bacon!
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LOL!!!
vitauta
Executive Chef
lookit them broad lean stripes of belly bacon across his topside...how are you fixin' to slice it, pac?
The same way I slice pastrami, lean and mean...
I don't really like thick cut bacon, so somewhere on the order of 1/16" or a hair less would be nice.
The only way this bacon experiment is going to work is if I can use it like storebought; BLT's to ABT's, bacon weaves to wrapped shrimp or asparagus, next to some eggs or chopped with some beans.
I want it to stretch at room temp (that's why not too thick).
Like some strive to make homemade bread the same consistency of sliced storebought (ingredients aside), that's what I want from this slab. Or the next one. Or the next one.
When all is said and done here, I'm hoping to nail the texture. The flavor will come. That could come from playing around with the cure as well as the smoke. I just want it to behave like bacon. And I'm pretty particular when it comes to bacon
Cooking Goddess
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From the comic strip "Shoe":
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
It is amusing how the suffix of "oholic" is now part of every addiction. I don't doubt Dr. Bob and Bill didn't realize what they were starting with that one word. 
Two more days of watching bacon cure!!!
You guys are obsessed! I mean, makin' bacon is interesting and all, but...
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
Addie
Chef Extraordinaire
Uh oh! Looks like she is getting a case of bacon overload.
I'm not the one who isn't patient. Pac's bacon is safe from me 'cause I can't smell it.Be patient TL. Have you sent her your postage already?
At my house we have a rule about bacon. If you cook bacon and make nice bacon smells, you have to be ready to share with everyone in the house (including the furry ones) who can smell it.
vitauta
Executive Chef
I went by Pac's house last night to drop of my SASE and this is what I saw on the front door
i hope pac doesn't expect a bacon warning sign to protects his bacon from bacon hounds like us, or any potential bacon thieves. a sign like that actually delivers the opposite message, serving as an effective promotion or invitation to a bacon party, not a deterrent....
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
Pac has other deterrents, and they're all loaded and ready.
vitauta
Executive Chef
how's our bacon looking this morning, pac? could we get a peek? actually, once every day would be nice, if it's ntmt....
buckytom
Chef Extraordinaire
if you have a blunderbuss, pac, please load it with bacon and point it at me. i'll open my mouth. 
buckytom
Chef Extraordinaire
is that like a bacon mortar?
if so, the schrapnel would be delicious.
googling now.
if so, the schrapnel would be delicious.
googling now.
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