Jogeephus
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One of our members likes to get stung by bees. As a byproduct of this passion some pretty good honey is made and he gave me some which I used to make some bacon.
Started out with a pork belly and mixed five cups of canning salt with 4 tbs of cure 1 and coated it down good. Then I took the honey and worked it in good over the slab and let it cure for six days.
After this I rinsed it off good and let it air dry for a few hours and fired up Wilbur with some pecan limbs.
After the temp got right, I cracked the seal on a bottle of Crown and stuck the slab in Wilbur and let it bathe at 150 degrees in pecan smoke while I nursed the bottle(s) for about 10 hours until the internal temperature was around 135.
Let it cool overnight and sliced it up.
In my opinion, the end result was well worth the many stings it took to gather the honey. Definitely some of the best bacon I've eaten. Sure hope he continues his passion for getting stung cause I intend on making lots more of this. Do hope he figures out what's causing the fumes from the honey to cause the morning headache though.
Started out with a pork belly and mixed five cups of canning salt with 4 tbs of cure 1 and coated it down good. Then I took the honey and worked it in good over the slab and let it cure for six days.
After this I rinsed it off good and let it air dry for a few hours and fired up Wilbur with some pecan limbs.
After the temp got right, I cracked the seal on a bottle of Crown and stuck the slab in Wilbur and let it bathe at 150 degrees in pecan smoke while I nursed the bottle(s) for about 10 hours until the internal temperature was around 135.
Let it cool overnight and sliced it up.
In my opinion, the end result was well worth the many stings it took to gather the honey. Definitely some of the best bacon I've eaten. Sure hope he continues his passion for getting stung cause I intend on making lots more of this. Do hope he figures out what's causing the fumes from the honey to cause the morning headache though.
