re: How I made my own bacon *updated w/ more pics pg 2

Posted by CITWTT

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Posted on 9/30/12 at 8:46 am to Mike da Tigah

The one ingredient I find a tad odd is the bay leaf, as it strikes as a thing that would not be readily absorbed by the meat.

Posted by LSUlefty

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Posted on 9/30/12 at 11:40 am to Rohan2Reed

Best thread I've come across in a long time. I just want to see yours sliced and find out where I can get a pork belly.

Posted by Walt OReilly

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Posted on 9/30/12 at 12:49 pm to Rohan2Reed

looks good man

Posted by fleaux

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Posted on 9/30/12 at 1:18 pm to Walt OReilly

I stayed at the Cosmopolitan in Vegas and on their breakfast buffet they had a whole slab of smoked bacon that they roasted and sliced like prime rib ........ not crispy like im used to but it melted in your mouth like butta

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Posted by Martini

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Posted on 9/30/12 at 1:25 pm to LSUlefty

Whole Foods has Berksire pork belly $4.99 lb.

Not sure around Lafayette but I'm sure it's easy to find there. I would think Heberts in Abbeville would be a good source and try all your boudin stops. Dons, Best Stop, Poches etc...

Looks good. Try it with duck breasts next time.

Posted by Mike da Tigah

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Posted on 9/30/12 at 1:43 pm to Martini

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Whole Foods has Berksire pork belly $4.99 lb.

So does a vendor at the Red Stick Market downtown, and for less if I'm not mistaken. Need to get down there early though. He ran out by time I got there around 10ish. I did pick up some nice berkshire shoulder I'm about to make some tasso out of though.

Posted by Gris Gris

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Posted on 9/30/12 at 1:56 pm to bossflossjr

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Wow.

You must not read my posts very often.

Posted by Motorboat

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Posted on 9/30/12 at 2:06 pm to Mike da Tigah

The Mexican grocery on Florida at wooddale has pork belly for 3.29/lb. just started curing mine. Gonna experiment with it some.

Posted by Caplewood

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Posted on 9/30/12 at 4:57 pm to Rohan2Reed

Atta boy Rohan.

Next time try making porchetta

Posted by Dac311

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Posted on 9/30/12 at 8:23 pm to Caplewood

With the impending back price rise this is a great thing.

Posted by Napoleon

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Posted on 10/1/12 at 10:41 pm to Rohan2Reed

holy crap, I want to try this.

I've never had pork belly by itself (notbeing made into bacon of course) but I have seen it at the Chinatown Market on Berman. I know Company burger has it as the "corn Hawg" but I never tried it.

But man, I want to buy some and smoke it. A friend of mine just got a trailer smoker too I'm going to borrow it for the Saints game. You'll see me on Poydras near Galvez. May try this on the pit.

Posted by LSUlefty

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Posted on 10/7/12 at 1:46 pm to Napoleon

Wanted to bump this thread to see if anyone else had tried it and if they have pics.

Posted by bosoxjo13

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Posted on 10/7/12 at 1:57 pm to LSUlefty

Since reading this thread last week, I have decided to make my own. Letting mine cure for 6 days. Started to cure on Wednesday. Should have my new iPhone on Monday, so I will try to post some pics then.