Recent content by NDIrish81

Hi! Nope ;) Notre Dame fan!

Hello everyone! Here is a little about me. I am a lover of food and cooking, but not of cleaning up afterwards! Haha :D I love to learn new techniques and ingredients. I have an obsession with kitchen tools and gadgets. I don't have access to many unusual ingredients, as I live in a rural area...

Oh yes. I know that all too well. I actually grew up on a horse farm. Luckily, we live where we grew up. So, all of our family and friends live here. It's definitely weighing the pros and cons. It would also be great for my boys.

Thanks for the book suggestion! Timothy, I hope to build a smokehouse eventually. We are going to build a house in the next few years, so it will have to wait til then! In my perfect world, I will have my garden(which I already do), have a smokehouse, raise chickens(both meat birds and laying...

Hi everyone. So I am new to the site. I am working towards being more self-sufficient. Part of this is wanting to cure and smoke my own meats. We just ordered an electric smoker from Cabela's. At the top of the list is bacon and ham. Bacon looks pretty straight forward aside from figuring what...