Comments on: Makin' My Own Bacon

By: Worldly Bacon Recipes for International Bacon Day | Yummly

Worldly Bacon Recipes for International Bacon Day | Yummly — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:06:18 +0000

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By: Tyler

Tyler — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:25:33 +0000

Hmmm.. ” a lean piece of bacon” Is that an oxymoron

By: formerchef

formerchef — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:23:24 +0000

Thank you! I think for a lunch some of my salads, like the quinoa with shrimp, or side dishes like grilled asparagus would do well. They can be made up in advance and will hold for an hour or so well at room temperature. Then maybe the strawberry and chocolate ganache tart for dessert?

By: Rhonda Fowler

Rhonda Fowler — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:48:59 +0000

Love your website and recipes! I am having 10 “ladies” in for lunch next month and want to make your wild mushrooms with polenta recipe but need 4 other recipes to create as well. We are a group that has meet for 20 years!!!!! We each take a turn coming up with a menu for five of us to cook and then bring to the monthly luncheon, we swap out so that none of us gets burned out, but it encourages us to try to things.

Could you make any other suggestions for the lunch?

Many thanks
Rhonda

By: formerchef

formerchef — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 04:33:59 +0000

L-The piece we roasted was probably a little less than 2lbs. It was cooked at 200 degrees for about an hour and a half to two hours, wrapped in foil, until it reached an internal temp of 150 degrees. Most of this information can be found in the book Charcuterie, but the part about wrapping in foil came from another website my mom read.

By: LCorinth

LCorinth — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:47:52 +0000

This is wonderful – I’ve procured the salt, and in a week or so will start my own bacon.

Question: When you wrapped a chunk in foil and slow-cooked it in the oven, approximately how large was the chunk, at what temperature did you bake it, and for how long (I guess that’s three questions)? I really want to try that.

By: Seafood@MeatHub Inc.

Seafood@MeatHub Inc. — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:46:04 +0000

This bacon sounds amazingly good!

By: MeatHub Inc.

MeatHub Inc. — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:00:47 +0000

Gotta love homemade bacon! This looks great

By: I Cook Because… « formerchef

I Cook Because… « formerchef — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:45:22 +0000

[...] to learn how to do things. This is why I’m always trying new things like learning how to make bacon, how to make cheese, experimenting with vegan cooking, bread baking, or making ravioli from [...]

By: Kick-Ass Homemade Bloody Mary Mix « formerchef

Kick-Ass Homemade Bloody Mary Mix « formerchef — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:20:51 +0000

[...] and it disappears like sharks into the swirling chum. This is no fancy-schmancy bacon, nor it even my own homemade stuff, just plain old Farmer John, cooked to a crisp. It’s gone within minutes of hitting the [...]