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Fresh home cured bacon. Wednesday, 2/8/12, 6:15 PM. This one is a very unusual subject for me to address especially because I DO NOT APPRECIATE PREACHY PEOPLE, thus I do not want to be one. I risk that I fear in this post because I am interested in this subject because I do not want to have nitrates, artificial colors, and flavors, etc. in my life to the extent I can reasonably avoid them. Thus, I become "preachy" I fear!! I am sorry in advance. Well now then, I am past all that and here is what happened. I had phoned my butcher and asked if he could get bacon without nitrates and he said no. We still eat bacon. Then somebody shipped something from somewhere to my husband wrapped in newspaper. My hubby noticed an article written in the wrappings telling how to home-cure bacon. He brought it home to me. I called my butcher back and asked if he could get me 2 two pound slabs of fresh pork belly and remove the rind. "Of course," he said and a deal was struck!! He ordered the fresh pork bellies and I picked them up today. I have prepared 2 glass baking dishes because they are just about an inch or so wider than the meat and that is just perfect. I am making 2 batches of "cure". One is the original recipe and the other I have adapted a bit. Here is the first: 2 C. coarse Kosher salt 2 C. packed brown sugar 1 T. freshly ground black pepper 2 pounds pork belly, rind removed Mix the dry ingredients in a medium bowl until it is uniformly combined. Place one half of the cure mixture in the bottom of the glass dish. Place the pork flat into the dish and press it in a bit. Spoon the rest of the mixture across the top of the meat and press it uniformly all around covering the slab of pork covering it completely. Place the dish uncovered in the refrigerator for 7 days. Two Pound Slab of Fresh Pork Belly Packed in Curing Mixture. The second batch of cure is as follows: 2 C. coarse Kosher salt 1 1/2 C. packed brown sugar 1/2 C. granulated maple syrup 1 T. freshly ground black pepper 1/2 t. hickory smoke flavor (without any nitrates or artificial ingredients) Mix altogether and proceed exactly the same as the first batch was done. So now I have 2 trays of bacon uncovered and curing in the spare refrigerator we keep in our garage. Boy does the aroma hit you when you open the door!! The article instructs to rinse all of the cure and slice at the end of the seven days. Randy Pearson, my butcher offered to slice it when I have it to that stage so I will go a week from today and revisit him. I am going to share some of this with him as I expect there are folks who might be interested in this if it is good. The article says, "it is amazing and we will just love it!!" For now, I am leaving this post in draft and will conclude a week from today with fresh cooked bacon and taste test results. Wednesday, 2/15/12, 7:30 PM. These are the slabs once the curing salts were washed away. Tonight I toted the two containers of bacon and cure upstairs from the extra refrigerator and washed both pieces of pork belly in cold running water to remove all of the salt mixture. Then I dried them with clean paper toweling and placed them in zip lock bags. I labeled the first batch "A" and the second "B" so we can compare the two blends of cure I mixed up. Randy Pearson owner Rivertown Butcher Shop, Newburgh, Indiana. Calling our butcher, Randy Pearson of Rivertown Butcher Shop tomorrow to have him slice for me. Freshly sliced bacon we just made at home!! So here it is!! Delicious!! Sweet and salty, just wonderful!! Brian is thrilled and the home made bread made these "Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato" sandwiches a real treat for supper this evening. I will be ordering and curing our bacon from now on for sure!! By the way, there was only a slight difference in the two curing solutions. The bacon was slightly sweeter in the second batch but I cannot say we liked it any better. The liquid smoke made no difference I could taste. Both were deeply flavored with a salty sweetness that was excellent.
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Hey mamas! It’s that time of the year again! I’m doing my 12 Days series again this year. Last year, I posted for 12 days straight of free resources like Tailwind Tribes, planners and more. This year I want to do something a little bit different. I want to share some pin-tastic Pinterest tips! Pinterest is my BFF and I realize I don’t […]
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*Updated in 2022* I’m sure you’ve been hearing a lot about Pinterest eh? It’s a powerful visual search engine that can help grow your traffic and email list. Well, when I started this new blog, I knew one of the quickest ways to bring traffic to my blog was to start pinning. But, I had […]
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In light of Pinterest's new changes, here's everything you need to know & what you can do about them. Social media platforms pride themselves on their adaptability. With new platforms emerging every day, threatening the success and exclusivity large platforms have, the need to secure their place in the market means they are likely to make quick, and at times, devastating changes. Pinterest, who has, until now, been very user-focused suddenly unrolled a massive change to its user Pinterest feed that has bloggers and business owners scratching their heads and confused. Here's a break down of what's changed and what you can do to get it back to normal. Why your Pinterest feed has changed & what you can do about it Recently, Pinterest incorporated sponsored pins into user's news feeds. To accommodate this change and to ensure users actually view the sponsored (or promoted) pins, Pinterest adjusted the account settings of their users. The shift in account settings means that users with business accounts have reported seeing their number of repins and the amount of traffic Pinterest sends to their site, reduced. Of course, this isn't the case with everyone. On the contrary, some business account users have reported an increase in repins and traffic as a result of this change. While the Pinterest changes aren't massive, they are noticeable and they do effect how your timeline looks. Personally, I've opted to switch my feed to the original way as I prefer to see what's recent and not be targeted for impressions just because someone's paid for a promoted post. The changes to Pinterest rely heavily on cookies that track your recent browser history and display pin ads that correlates to them as well as sponsored or promoted pins. To remove this feature: Click on the gear icon in the top right corner of your Pinterest profile -- you can do this through either the Pinterest website or the app. Choose "Account Settings" and scroll until you come across "Personalisation". Under the personalisation section, choose no for both options, or on a mobile device, swipe the buttons so that they are no longer red. You will saying no to the following options: "Also use sites you've visited recently?" and "Also use info from our ad partners?" Save your changes and refresh your feed to see the promoted pins removed and your feed back to normal. Enjoy!
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Have you heard that Pinterest has some new guidelines? Before you worry about your marketing strategy, let me tell you that it’s something you can totally do. Pinterest is always evolving to create a better experience for the pinners, so we must keep up to date with the latest trends.
