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OT: Bacon Prices

Yesterday at WM 1# Farmland was $6.48 . . . ah NO, not me!
So trying to find some cheaper alternatives, maybe brown & serve sausage. . .
What has the collective have been doing? 

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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,065
    Much cheaper and better to make your own , Costco belly is hovering just below 4 a pound and falling, picked up 20 pounds last week….it’s to easy to make your own 
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,228
    lkapigian said:
    Much cheaper and better to make your own , Costco belly is hovering just below 4 a pound and falling, picked up 20 pounds last week….it’s to easy to make your own 
    The cold smoking part is what gets me.  I would need a fridge to cold smoke.  My eggs run 130deg just sitting in the sun.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,233
    Prosciutto......Been crisping chopped bacon instead of whole and just topping the Abt stuffed with charred chourico and cheese,  usinghalf as much. About a dollar more here per pound
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,151
    lkapigian said:
    Much cheaper and better to make your own , Costco belly is hovering just below 4 a pound and falling, picked up 20 pounds last week….it’s to easy to make your own 
    The cold smoking part is what gets me.  I would need a fridge to cold smoke.  My eggs run 130deg just sitting in the sun.
    You really don’t need to cold smoke.  The standard recipe a lot of folks follow here (on AmazingRibs) calls for a hot smoke.  It comes out great.
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,228
    Prosciutto......Been crisping chopped bacon instead of whole and just topping the Abt stuffed with charred chourico and cheese,  usinghalf as much. About a dollar more here per pound
    This is the way.

    The first time I diced bacon, then fried it up, my life changed.  Unless I am doing BLTs, this is how I do it.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,065
    edited June 2022
    lkapigian said:
    Much cheaper and better to make your own , Costco belly is hovering just below 4 a pound and falling, picked up 20 pounds last week….it’s to easy to make your own 
    The cold smoking part is what gets me.  I would need a fridge to cold smoke.  My eggs run 130deg just sitting in the sun.
    Don’t smoke it, make pancetta , let it hang out in the fridge for a couple weeks after the cure …I like doing this even if smoking, concentrates the flavor or like @JohnInCarolina says, hot smoke it …but give the long dry in the fridge a try 
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,851
    lkapigian said:
    lkapigian said:
    Much cheaper and better to make your own , Costco belly is hovering just below 4 a pound and falling, picked up 20 pounds last week….it’s to easy to make your own 
    The cold smoking part is what gets me.  I would need a fridge to cold smoke.  My eggs run 130deg just sitting in the sun.
    Don’t smoke it, make pancetta , let it hang out in the fridge for a couple weeks after the cure …I like doing this even if smoking, concentrates the flavor or like @JohnInCarolina says, hot smoke it …but give the long dry in the fridge a try 

    Do you wrap it in anything or just put it on a rack?  Wipe off the stuff from the cure, I assume?

    NOLA
  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,065
    edited June 2022
    buzd504 said:
    lkapigian said:
    lkapigian said:
    Much cheaper and better to make your own , Costco belly is hovering just below 4 a pound and falling, picked up 20 pounds last week….it’s to easy to make your own 
    The cold smoking part is what gets me.  I would need a fridge to cold smoke.  My eggs run 130deg just sitting in the sun.
    Don’t smoke it, make pancetta , let it hang out in the fridge for a couple weeks after the cure …I like doing this even if smoking, concentrates the flavor or like @JohnInCarolina says, hot smoke it …but give the long dry in the fridge a try 

    Do you wrap it in anything or just put it on a rack?  Wipe off the stuff from the cure, I assume?

    @buzd504 , not wrapped, you want it to lose moisture , I do an Equilibrium Cure and just knock off the bigger bay leaves and juniper ( if used) no real reason to wash off the seasoning , 

    the difference between our bacon and Italian bacon ( Pancetta) is the smoke 


    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,851
    lkapigian said:
    buzd504 said:
    lkapigian said:
    lkapigian said:
    Much cheaper and better to make your own , Costco belly is hovering just below 4 a pound and falling, picked up 20 pounds last week….it’s to easy to make your own 
    The cold smoking part is what gets me.  I would need a fridge to cold smoke.  My eggs run 130deg just sitting in the sun.
    Don’t smoke it, make pancetta , let it hang out in the fridge for a couple weeks after the cure …I like doing this even if smoking, concentrates the flavor or like @JohnInCarolina says, hot smoke it …but give the long dry in the fridge a try 

    Do you wrap it in anything or just put it on a rack?  Wipe off the stuff from the cure, I assume?

    @buzd504 , not wrapped, you want it to lose moisture , I do an Equilibrium Cure and just knock off the bigger bay leaves and juniper ( if used) no real reason to wash off the seasoning , 

    Cool, thanks!
    NOLA