Thread: Sausage and Smoke Cooking

This is only the second time I've cured and smoked bacon and it's also only the second time I've used my electric slicer to cut the bacon into strips so it's been a learning experience.

The platform for the slicer to hold whatever you wanted to slice isn't large enough to hold a side of bacon so I had to start it by hand, then once the remainder would fit I'd drop it down and finish the slice.

I quickly found that the slicer worked best if the bacon was really cold--BUT with the bacon just cold the cuts weren't clean and I ended up making a cut with the fat side down then flipping it over and making a cut with the fat side up. It was a major pain in the ass.

So today I ended up putting the pieces in the freezer until they were almost frozen and the while the slices were very nice and even the pieces were way too firm to want to bend so I ended up cutting the pieces in half lengthwise so they would fit without needing bent.

This worked out very, very well! The pieces were almost hard but the slicer had no problem and I didn't need to turn them over and over.

I don't think anyone will mind the shorter pieces.

I'll be coming by for breakfast, Roy-let me know which morning to drive up from South Carolina lol. I can make some grits to put a southern spin on it.

In a more serious vein, I've been thinking about all you guys around all those fires out West-just unbelievable, almost. Be safe, and try to stay out of the smoke.

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

I'll be coming by for breakfast, Roy-let me know which morning to drive up from South Carolina lol. I can make some grits to put a southern spin on it.

In a more serious vein, I've been thinking about all you guys around all those fires out West-just unbelievable, almost. Be safe, and try to stay out of the smoke.

A. Aron; You my friend are welcome here at the Boars Nest anytime--Breakfast, Lunch or Supper. A days notice to get things in order would be nice--But not necessary.

The forecast doesn't look there will be any rain to help with these frigging fires in the near future/maybe a 20% chance for a couple of days in a week or so. Damn we could use a week of nice steady rain. 99.99% of the wheat farmers are done and I'm sure that the wine makers could use rain for the grapes.

It does seem like the entire United States Pacific Northwest is ablaze.