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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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Memorial Day. A few hours here would be "Well Spent". Borrowed Time... We have nothing to bitch about
 
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Made Canadian bacon with pork tenderloin. Turned out good enough that I’m brining batch #2. When deer season rolls around I see backstrap getting the same treatment.
I usually maintain that the only good things that ever came out of kanukistan are Gordon lightfoot and Pam Anderson’s tits. I would never take commiadian “bacon” as a substitute for real cured pork belly. That however looks delicious. What’s your recipe? I’ve just started curing my own bacon and it’s way better than store bought. I’m suspecting that what you have there puts what I think of as Canadian bacon to shame.
 
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Cleared a couple fence lines to repair fencing around a 12 acre pasture. Some new fencing, some just being repaired. Finally got to burning the brush pile last night. When it was burned down far enough that I was comfortable leaving it, I banged the old lady on the ATV. It was a decent evening.
 
I usually maintain that the only good things that ever came out of kanukistan are Gordon lightfoot and Pam Anderson’s tits. I would never take commiadian “bacon” as a substitute for real cured pork belly. That however looks delicious. What’s your recipe? I’ve just started curing my own bacon and it’s way better than store bought. I’m suspecting that what you have there puts what I think of as Canadian bacon to shame.

For the Brine​

  • 1 gallon water
  • 6.4 oz salt (This is 1-1/4 cups of the Diamond Crystal brand Kosher salt I use)
  • 40 grams / 3 tablespoons pink salt (6.25% sodium nitrite curing salt)
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 8 garlic cloves, peeled and rough chopped
  • 4 fresh or dried bay leaves
  • 1 tbsp dried thyme, or a generous handful of fresh thyme
  • 1 tbsp whole black peppercorn
  • Juice of 2 lemons
Since this is tenderloin I am dealing with 1/4 the weight. So 1/4 the ingredients. Only brine for 2 nights or 48 to 72 hours. Rinse and dry the meat and let rest overnight in the fridge, uncovered, so the pellicle. I smoke at 200 degrees until internal temp hits 150 degrees. When I pull off the smoker I let it cool and brush with maple syrup and kerrygold butter. I let it sit in the fridge for a few days to let the flavors rest.

You can eat it right after smoking but I think it still is a bit salt. After a few days in the fridge all the flavors mellow and the smoke is calm and not overpowering.
 
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Finally got our carriage house started a few weeks ago. Dried in, hvac and electric rough in are done, insulation done. Should be working on drywall and siding this week. Came home from the store and the well contractor has the drill and compressor in the yard. Electric coop set xfmr and meter last week. Septic and propane should be last week or two of June if things go well. Hopefully 4 or 5 weeks from moving in. A year in the fifth wheel isn’t bad, but hard to call it comfortable when a comfortable bed and better environmental controls are so near. Just need a fiber provider to put some cable in nearby and it will be about right.