The salt itself is fine, the only difference would be any anti caking agent in the kosher. If the grind is the same it ought to measure out the same. If it's by weight then it'll be the same.
hmm been rather sparse with meat posts and photos.. .been smoking and cooking almost all winter since it has been so mild, had maybe 3 weeks where I wasn't using the smoker.
namely, ribs and pulled pork lately. I have a contact who should be able to hook me up with briskets, and working on getting some hunters to hook me up with game meats for jerky goodness. Next time I cook i'll do up some more pictures.
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Random bacon question, as reading this has me intensely curious about the process: does bacon have to cure in a fridge? Mine isn't big enough to hold a pork belly for a week in addition to the rest of the household food, but we do have a moderately insulated "cold" room in the basement that, unfortunately, doesn't keep as cold once summer temperatures hit.
Can the cured pork bellies spend their baggie week in a room like that, or do they need to be in the temperatures a fridge can provide?
Can someone tell me if this is the proper color of a brisket that has been in brine for 5 days per TheGreatCow?!
Aye I'm so sorry I haven't been active, work has been nearly killing me repeatedly. Yes that will be the normal color for any meat you cure without nitrates. It's basically the beef oxidizing there. Did you fully submerge it with a plate or was it floating on the top of the brine?
Can someone tell me if this is the proper color of a brisket that has been in brine for 5 days per TheGreatCow?!
Aye I'm so sorry I haven't been active, work has been nearly killing me repeatedly. Yes that will be the normal color for any meat you cure without nitrates. It's basically the beef oxidizing there. Did you fully submerge it with a plate or was it floating on the top of the brine?
it was fully submerged with a bowl on top (you can kind of see where)
also, it was delicious!
I didn't realize that Himalayan pink salt isn't the same as the nitrate having pink salt
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So I finally have the time and materials to start making bacon. One small thing, however - the smallest belly I could get from my local butcher was 7 pounds, and I'll need to cut it up in order to fit it into freezer bags. I suppose I just need to keep a closer eye on them in the fridge, as they won't take a week to cure at thatbsize, I wager.
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So the bacon finally finished today! Tastes good, which is the main goal. One question, though - The flavoring I mixed with the cure got into the meat ok, but it didn't get into the fat very much. This was a pretty fatty belly that I got this time, which could be one reason, but would taking the skin off BEFORE adding the cure help with that at all? Or should I just put in more flavorings next time?
So the bacon finally finished today! Tastes good, which is the main goal. One question, though - The flavoring I mixed with the cure got into the meat ok, but it didn't get into the fat very much. This was a pretty fatty belly that I got this time, which could be one reason, but would taking the skin off BEFORE adding the cure help with that at all? Or should I just put in more flavorings next time?
I had the butcher remove the skin when I bought pork belly. Other than the curing did you do anything else for flavor (smoking it perhaps?)
Been smoking here and there did some more ribs and turkey for Canada Day, turned out awesome as usual. A quick aside that isn't meat related. Been making Basil Pesto with the fresh herbs the wife grows and man that is stupid easy, on top of that i've been making creme brulee lately as well, also stupid easy to do.
So do something nice for your significant other or for yourself. Make some creme brulee . Don't worry if you don't have a torch just melt some sugar in a pot and pour the molten caramalized sugar on top (you don't need much just enough to cover it otherwise you get a thick delicious shell on top... which may be too thick)
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So the bacon finally finished today! Tastes good, which is the main goal. One question, though - The flavoring I mixed with the cure got into the meat ok, but it didn't get into the fat very much. This was a pretty fatty belly that I got this time, which could be one reason, but would taking the skin off BEFORE adding the cure help with that at all? Or should I just put in more flavorings next time?
I had the butcher remove the skin when I bought pork belly. Other than the curing did you do anything else for flavor (smoking it perhaps?)
No, I don't have a smoker. I just threw in the cure and the spice mix together, let the bag sit while flipping each day, then set it in the oven per the first page.
So the bacon finally finished today! Tastes good, which is the main goal. One question, though - The flavoring I mixed with the cure got into the meat ok, but it didn't get into the fat very much. This was a pretty fatty belly that I got this time, which could be one reason, but would taking the skin off BEFORE adding the cure help with that at all? Or should I just put in more flavorings next time?
I had the butcher remove the skin when I bought pork belly. Other than the curing did you do anything else for flavor (smoking it perhaps?)
No, I don't have a smoker
I am very sorry to hear that.
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I wanted to see how this first batch went before I splurged on speciality equipment. Considering that it turned out nice, it's much more likely.
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Hi thread. Quick one for you. Assuming they are refrigerated, but not jarred and covered in a fat cap, how long would you reckon ciccioli and duck rillettes to last? I figure a week, week and a half would be fine.
*disregard, ate it all.
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So the bacon finally finished today! Tastes good, which is the main goal. One question, though - The flavoring I mixed with the cure got into the meat ok, but it didn't get into the fat very much. This was a pretty fatty belly that I got this time, which could be one reason, but would taking the skin off BEFORE adding the cure help with that at all? Or should I just put in more flavorings next time?
I had the butcher remove the skin when I bought pork belly. Other than the curing did you do anything else for flavor (smoking it perhaps?)
No, I don't have a smoker. I just threw in the cure and the spice mix together, let the bag sit while flipping each day, then set it in the oven per the first page.
Aye to further spread the cure, I've found more and more to remove the skin before curing/smoking the belly. I should update the guide to reflect that.
And yeah if you if you ever have the opportunity to get a smoker, even an electric one, it's really wonderful. Adds a really wonderful dimension to your bacon and other meats as well.
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Question! Round two of Bacon starts tomorrow. I'm thinking a sweet heat bacon. I want to mix in some sriracha and some orange flavor. Would it be better to go with orange juice, or would something like an orange marmalade transfer flavor effectively?
Im going to smoke some salmon today. I had them in brine overnight, drying out on a rack right now. Using applewood. This is my first time smoking any kind of fish or meat; kind of excited.
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I am currently in hour two of my first smoke - Bacon cured with some hot sauce and orange juice, and some hickory smoke. I've already learned a bunch of things I shouldn't do next time. One of those is to make sure I use a calibrated thermometer when gauging the smoker temp!
Salmons all done! I didnt get to have any fresh out of the smoker; unfortunately i had to duck out for work.
Man, this is amazing. I cook fish quite regularly - usually just in the oven - this is by far the best salmon ive ever had.
For the brine i used salt, then realized i didnt have enough so i substituted soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, and just a little bit of white wine i had left over. Left the salmon in that for about 12 hours.
Then for the smoker i set it at 150 f for 4 hours and then 170 for 2 more. I instructed my family to glaze it with honey when there was still an hour left.
Did an evening of games and meats and for a change a non meat. Friend of my wife is a vegetarian so I always try to make something interesting when she is over for these events. Anyways I do a ton of smoking and wanted to get her to enjoy some smokey food. Found a recipe for smoked seitan (pretty much a big hunk of wheat gluten that usually has a meat like texture, you see seitan used as a meat substitute due to the texture and it can be pretty tasty as it absorbs flavors well)
So did a batch of seitan, and some smoked turkey for the rest of the people, meanwhile another person did a brisket and some ribs. (Also made an apple crisp with apples and crabapples from my in-laws fruit trees)
Smoked Seitan, it was interesting last time I had Seitan the texture was much closer to a chicken breast, this one was more spongey before it was smoked, will look for a different recipe to see if I can get that other texture. but it was good and it had a nice sort of crunch to the outside.
Brisket and Ribs, it was nice not having to make it myself for a change.. good for my pocket book too cause brisket is $$$
I was going to say, that first one looks like a loaf of bread.
Vital Wheat Gluten, Nutritional yeast, various spices, water, light soysauce mix it all together to make a dough, let it sit for a bit awhile the gluten bonds together form it into a longer roll, cut then simmer in a water/soy sauce mixture for about an hour. It really expands at that point. Then you press the excess water out of it then wrap in plastic and chill for a few hours. After than I put a rub on it and then threw it in the smoker for about an hour 1 and 40 min.
and yea .. the author is full of shit. This is about as far away from the taste/feel of a smoked brisket than you can get. Its still tasty though.
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First smoked bacon turned out quite well. Very happy with the flavor of the smoke. Only thing is the other flavorings got a little overpowered by it. Might need to throw a little bit more in with the cure, or stick with lighter woods than hickory.
There's talk of a small labor day get-together and some are starting to look to me for smoked goods.
I was going to say, that first one looks like a loaf of bread.
Vital Wheat Gluten, Nutritional yeast, various spices, water, light soysauce mix it all together to make a dough, let it sit for a bit awhile the gluten bonds together form it into a longer roll, cut then simmer in a water/soy sauce mixture for about an hour. It really expands at that point. Then you press the excess water out of it then wrap in plastic and chill for a few hours. After than I put a rub on it and then threw it in the smoker for about an hour 1 and 40 min.
I was going to say, that first one looks like a loaf of bread.
Vital Wheat Gluten, Nutritional yeast, various spices, water, light soysauce mix it all together to make a dough, let it sit for a bit awhile the gluten bonds together form it into a longer roll, cut then simmer in a water/soy sauce mixture for about an hour. It really expands at that point. Then you press the excess water out of it then wrap in plastic and chill for a few hours. After than I put a rub on it and then threw it in the smoker for about an hour 1 and 40 min.
I was going to say, that first one looks like a loaf of bread.
Vital Wheat Gluten, Nutritional yeast, various spices, water, light soysauce mix it all together to make a dough, let it sit for a bit awhile the gluten bonds together form it into a longer roll, cut then simmer in a water/soy sauce mixture for about an hour. It really expands at that point. Then you press the excess water out of it then wrap in plastic and chill for a few hours. After than I put a rub on it and then threw it in the smoker for about an hour 1 and 40 min.
I was going to say, that first one looks like a loaf of bread.
Vital Wheat Gluten, Nutritional yeast, various spices, water, light soysauce mix it all together to make a dough, let it sit for a bit awhile the gluten bonds together form it into a longer roll, cut then simmer in a water/soy sauce mixture for about an hour. It really expands at that point. Then you press the excess water out of it then wrap in plastic and chill for a few hours. After than I put a rub on it and then threw it in the smoker for about an hour 1 and 40 min.
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namely, ribs and pulled pork lately. I have a contact who should be able to hook me up with briskets, and working on getting some hunters to hook me up with game meats for jerky goodness. Next time I cook i'll do up some more pictures.
Can someone tell me if this is the proper color of a brisket that has been in brine for 5 days per TheGreatCow?!
I used Himalayan pink salt which I've found isn't the same thing
Can the cured pork bellies spend their baggie week in a room like that, or do they need to be in the temperatures a fridge can provide?
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Picking up a small fridge for this wouldn't be out of the question.
Edit: ultimately it's about moisture control too, so you'll need a fridge that can pull moisture out.
This is actually the best thing I've found for 'hobbyist' curing:
https://www.steaklocker.com/store/shop/
Aside from this you get into professional curing fridges/chambers which are in the 10s of thousands.
Double Edit: but for bacon you can deffo cure in a normal fridge, so, pick up a tiny one I guess!
There's a small butcher shop right outside my train station, I might have to see if they have any curing supplies and cuts I could use...
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Tonight I will attempt my laziest beef jerky yet:
1.5 lb of pre-marinated carne asada from the grocery store
2 tsb liquid smoke
1 Habanero
1/2 cup orange juice
Do you think it will work out? Anything I should add?
Aye I'm so sorry I haven't been active, work has been nearly killing me repeatedly. Yes that will be the normal color for any meat you cure without nitrates. It's basically the beef oxidizing there. Did you fully submerge it with a plate or was it floating on the top of the brine?
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it was fully submerged with a bowl on top (you can kind of see where)
also, it was delicious!
I didn't realize that Himalayan pink salt isn't the same as the nitrate having pink salt
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I had the butcher remove the skin when I bought pork belly. Other than the curing did you do anything else for flavor (smoking it perhaps?)
So do something nice for your significant other or for yourself. Make some creme brulee . Don't worry if you don't have a torch just melt some sugar in a pot and pour the molten caramalized sugar on top (you don't need much just enough to cover it otherwise you get a thick delicious shell on top... which may be too thick)
No, I don't have a smoker. I just threw in the cure and the spice mix together, let the bag sit while flipping each day, then set it in the oven per the first page.
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I am very sorry to hear that.
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*disregard, ate it all.
Aye to further spread the cure, I've found more and more to remove the skin before curing/smoking the belly. I should update the guide to reflect that.
And yeah if you if you ever have the opportunity to get a smoker, even an electric one, it's really wonderful. Adds a really wonderful dimension to your bacon and other meats as well.
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My first batch of bacon looks like a god damn horror show.
with a very sharp bendy long knife. at least that is how I do it.
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Man, this is amazing. I cook fish quite regularly - usually just in the oven - this is by far the best salmon ive ever had.
For the brine i used salt, then realized i didnt have enough so i substituted soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, and just a little bit of white wine i had left over. Left the salmon in that for about 12 hours.
Then for the smoker i set it at 150 f for 4 hours and then 170 for 2 more. I instructed my family to glaze it with honey when there was still an hour left.
Turned out perfect
next time!
Though i kind of wish I had the skin to make chicharones.
So did a batch of seitan, and some smoked turkey for the rest of the people, meanwhile another person did a brisket and some ribs. (Also made an apple crisp with apples and crabapples from my in-laws fruit trees)
Smoked Seitan, it was interesting last time I had Seitan the texture was much closer to a chicken breast, this one was more spongey before it was smoked, will look for a different recipe to see if I can get that other texture. but it was good and it had a nice sort of crunch to the outside.
Brisket and Ribs, it was nice not having to make it myself for a change.. good for my pocket book too cause brisket is $$$
One of the smoked turkey breasts.. did 4 of them.
Vital Wheat Gluten, Nutritional yeast, various spices, water, light soysauce mix it all together to make a dough, let it sit for a bit awhile the gluten bonds together form it into a longer roll, cut then simmer in a water/soy sauce mixture for about an hour. It really expands at that point. Then you press the excess water out of it then wrap in plastic and chill for a few hours. After than I put a rub on it and then threw it in the smoker for about an hour 1 and 40 min.
Here was the recipe I used. http://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-recipe/how-to-make-authentic-smoked-seitan-or-veggie-meat/
and yea .. the author is full of shit. This is about as far away from the taste/feel of a smoked brisket than you can get. Its still tasty though.
There's talk of a small labor day get-together and some are starting to look to me for smoked goods.
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I like how they put it between some buns.
Want some bread with your bread?
Oh that's gluten free bread
huh.. how..
what????
I have no idea if it is gluten free bread in that photo, but it does exist.