I knew this would happen...

[grumpyoldman]

this morning i finished curing my 2nd ever pork belly following pictonguys@ directions to the letter , i took it out and rinsed it , dried it , then sliced 2 slices to check the salt and smoke flavor ,
then i fried it and it was spot on perfect , then i sliced 2 more slices before i put it on wire rack's uncovered in the fridge for 24 hours , next i fried the other 2 slices and took them down to my friend that owns a pharmacy for him to try ,
when i left the pharmacy him and his employee's were all trying to figure out how many pork bellies they want me to do for them , from what i was hearing it looks like it will be somewhere around 2 cases i knew this would happen

pictonguy's help has been invaluable

 

[HeyItsSara]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[In A Pickle]

Well if you're doing large orders stick a case on there for me too

 

[grumpyoldman]

i have room to do 3 in my fridge at a time so as long as they don't mind waiting, i'll cure and slice them for them and enjoy every minute doing it

 

[grumpyoldman]

got the news earlier this afternoon, it will be 2 cases of pork bellies , looks like i'm going to be making a lot of bacon

 

[FrankZ]

got the news earlier this afternoon, it will be 2 cases of pork bellies , looks like i'm going to be making a lot of bacon

There are worse ways to spend your time.

And you can drink a lot of espresso while making bacon I think.

 

[grumpyoldman]

this is a picture of my last batch of bacon

 

[Linda0818]

Nice!

 

[dragnlaw]

Nice looking bacon. Congrats!

 

[pictonguy]

Glad I could help @grumpyoldman your bacon looks great.

Here's a few pics of my bacon.

 

[Jusa]

I want to see some "after" pics when it is cooked!

 

[grumpyoldman]

pictonguy@ love it !! one day i do want to try making it with the black pepper
i would have posted the picture sooner but i was having a problem posting it , i think the problem is in my browser
oh i guess i should mention , we talked to the meat dept. at Sams yesterday and while they did not have the 2 cases of pork bellies we need they will have them ready for us to pick up next Thursday

 

[grumpyoldman]

my best guess is that it will be between 80-90 lbs of bacon ,
when we do things we do it big