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Makin' Bacon

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moggins
moggins Posts: 5,190 Forumite
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in Old style MoneySaving
My first attempt at making my own bacon is now curing merrily away in the bottom of the pantry.

I'm now looking forward to a Monday morning bacon butty :D
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  • Squidgy
    Squidgy Posts: 684 Forumite
    Am confused. How did you 'make' your bacon? I thought it came from lovely little piggies? (Well, big fat piggies really)

    Squidgy
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  • BoltonMinx
    BoltonMinx Posts: 1,382 Forumite
    Do tell! Im hoping to make my own honey flavoured thick cut bacon yum yum
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  • moggins
    moggins Posts: 5,190 Forumite
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    Haven't tried honey flavoured, just followed the basic 3 day cure on Downsizers.net.

    This is only my first attempt, I might try fancy when this one has worked :D
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  • BoltonMinx
    BoltonMinx Posts: 1,382 Forumite
    moggins wrote:
    Haven't tried honey flavoured, just followed the basic 3 day cure on Downsizers.net.

    This is only my first attempt, I might try fancy when this one has worked :D
    Hiya moggins

    How did your bacon turn out ?
    "There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter

    :A ~~~ S    pread some good Karma ~~~ :A
  • moggins
    moggins Posts: 5,190 Forumite
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    It was a touch salty to begin with so I had to soak one joint for a day to leach out some of the salt, I have air dried the other lot, it's starting to look just like pancetta, I need to get my knives sharpened before I try to cut into it though.
    Organised people are just too lazy to look for things

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  • BoltonMinx
    BoltonMinx Posts: 1,382 Forumite
    moggins wrote:
    It was a touch salty to begin with so I had to soak one joint for a day to leach out some of the salt, I have air dried the other lot, it's starting to look just like pancetta, I need to get my knives sharpened before I try to cut into it though.
    Mmm sounds good! Have you got a link for downsizers.net ? I tried the url with and without the www and it comes back as a placeholder page :'(
    "There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter

    :A ~~~ S    pread some good Karma ~~~ :A
  • moggins
    moggins Posts: 5,190 Forumite
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    http://www.downsizer.net/
    Organised people are just too lazy to look for things

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  • Caterina
    Caterina Posts: 5,919 Forumite
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    My mum used to make pancetta all the time, you just take a piece of pork belly, dry it properly and then cover it with coarse salt and hang it to cure in a dry and cool place. You can also add ground pepper or chopped dried chillies if you want to make it spicy. I don't know how long it has to hang but if anyone is curious I can ask my mum next time I speak with her (I usually call every weekend - on 18866 of course!).

    Caterina
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  • BoltonMinx
    BoltonMinx Posts: 1,382 Forumite
    Caterina wrote:
    My mum used to make pancetta all the time, you just take a piece of pork belly, dry it properly and then cover it with coarse salt and hang it to cure in a dry and cool place. You can also add ground pepper or chopped dried chillies if you want to make it spicy. I don't know how long it has to hang but if anyone is curious I can ask my mum next time I speak with her (I usually call every weekend - on 18866 of course!).

    Caterina
    Yes please!
    "There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter

    :A ~~~ S    pread some good Karma ~~~ :A
  • carly
    carly Posts: 1,495 Forumite
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    Caterina wrote:
    My mum used to make pancetta all the time, you just take a piece of pork belly, dry it properly and then cover it with coarse salt and hang it to cure in a dry and cool place. You can also add ground pepper or chopped dried chillies if you want to make it spicy. I don't know how long it has to hang but if anyone is curious I can ask my mum next time I speak with her (I usually call every weekend - on 18866 of course!).

    Caterina
    yes please ! i love pancetta , but the cost often restricts how often i use it.
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