Two late hatchers...when to help?

[aaronclements8]

Beef lol that's karma

 

[Titanpaul726]

Don't mean to burst your bubble but you're not going to get nerf out of a hog lmao

You can't get nerf out of a hog? What's the world coming to? Lol.

 

[WalnutHill]

Wow. No, I meant I wouldn't mind raising beef...but I don't want to raise a hog. I'd rather buy a side of pork. Mmmmm bacon....pulled pork...ribs...ham...sausage.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Wow. No, I meant I wouldn't mind raising beef...but I don't want to raise a hog. I'd rather buy a side of pork. Mmmmm bacon....pulled pork...ribs...ham...sausage.

I had farm fresh bacon once and it tasted awful. Someone else said it must not have been cured right. I don't know, but I wasn't impressed. I do love good bacon.

 

[Titanpaul726]

Wow. No, I meant I wouldn't mind raising beef...but I don't want to raise a hog. I'd rather buy a side of pork. Mmmmm bacon....pulled pork...ribs...ham...sausage.

I had farm fresh bacon once and it tasted awful. Someone else said it must not have been cured right. I don't know, but I wasn't impressed. I do love good bacon.

BACON!! My folks used to cure/smoke their own bacon. It was awesome. I'm really wanting to try my hand at it now. The stuff you tried Amy must have had something wrong with it.

I like most everything pork except pork chops. For some reason I just don't care for them. If they're thin, battered and fried I can eat them, but that's it. Pulled pork, ribs, ham, sausage and bacon are great though.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

BACON!! My folks used to cure/smoke their own bacon. It was awesome. I'm really wanting to try my hand at it now. The stuff you tried Amy must have had something wrong with it.

I like most everything pork except pork chops. For some reason I just don't care for them. If they're thin, battered and fried I can eat them, but that's it. Pulled pork, ribs, ham, sausage and bacon are great though.

That's what someone else told me- that it couldn't have been processed right. But I will say, if it doesn't taste like the store bought then it probably wouldn't taste right to me, because that's all I know.

 

[Titanpaul726]

That's what someone else told me- that it couldn't have been processed right. But I will say, if it doesn't taste like the store bought then it probably wouldn't taste right to me, because that's all I know.

Lol. My wife is the same way. She's slowly coming around though. A lot of store bought food has very little flavor (especially chicken) to me.

 

[WalnutHill]

That's what someone else told me- that it couldn't have been processed right. But I will say, if it doesn't taste like the store bought then it probably wouldn't taste right to me, because that's all I know.

I have cured and smoked two bellies, but while good, it wasn't as good as what I buy from the smokehouse near the meat packers. If you tried the smokehouse bacon, Amy, you'd be a convert. Like store bought, but 3D flavor. I'll keep trying, but meanwhile I buy the good stuff.

Pulled pork, on the other hand...or sausage...I do make some really good stuff.

 

[Titanpaul726]

I have cured and smoked two bellies, but while good, it wasn't as good as what I buy from the smokehouse near the meat packers. If you tried the smokehouse bacon, Amy, you'd be a convert. Like store bought, but 3D flavor. I'll keep trying, but meanwhile I buy the good stuff.

Pulled pork, on the other hand...or sausage...I do make some really good stuff.

Feel free to post your sausage recipe.

I've found some folks smoke their bellies too long. I don't like sweet bacon so I lower the sugar and up the pepper in the cure. Then cold smoke it for 4-6 hours depending on what I'm going for. The cure is the key as far as I'm concerned.

 

[WVduckchick]

BACON... did somebody say BACON!!!

I love bacon. And ham. But not a sausage fan. I had some wild hogs wipe out an acre of sweet corn in less than 48 hours, a couple of years ago. A couple weeks after that, they were just a few feet out my back door. I could hear them! Then I saw them... ugly critters. It was not hunting season, so I didn't have a rifle with me. I was so mad!

I do hunt for deer and turkey, and we eat what we kill. Now that I have hatched a turkey, its going to be a little more difficult for me to shoot one, maybe.