Makin' Bacon

Dan bought pork belly & jowls (cheeks) from a local farmer to make bacon!

Cured Bacon

Wondering why it's not red like the bacon you buy in the grocery store?

Nitrates & Nitrites are additives/preservatives that make bacon red.

There are no additives/preservatives in this bacon!

Cured Maple Bacon

Now this is what bacon is supposed to look like!

And these are jowls/cheeks or guanciale!

Guanciale is an unsmoked Italian bacon made with jowls.

They have been hanging/drying in our mini fridge for almost 3 weeks.

We will dice them up and use them to make spaghetti alla carbonara or simply slice it up and make bacon.

3 weeks ago

Today

Today

He also made a cold-smoke smoker a few weeks ago and smoked some pork belly to make bacon.

It looks silly, but it really does work. :D

Yum! Now I'm hungry for bacon.