The bacon came out great
The bacon came out great. Dry brined, hot smoked.
Month: May 2020
For Larry Kahn
For Larry Kahn
The pork shoulders are coming along
The pork shoulders are coming along. Internal temperature approaching 160 F and the fat is starting to render out.
Bacon’s in the fridge…
Bacon's in the fridge, the two pork shoulders are in smoker. Extra hopper's on and 40+ pellets of hardwood on tap.
I don’t eat Oreos: I spent weeks at the Oreo factory in Houston in ‘9
I don't eat Oreos: I spent weeks at the Oreo factory in Houston in '92 and the appropriate quote is Roy Batty's. Irene loves Oreos so I have never talked about it, and won't where Irene can hear or...
The bacon’s getting there
The bacon's getting there. A fair bit of variability in this in thickness, still, it'll work out. I put together no-knead dough, as, for Mother's Day, Irene gets to pick the meals.
The bacon’s smoking.
The bacon's smoking..
The soups are finished
The soups are finished. The broccoli with extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice and black pepper, the cauliflower with whole milk, heavy cream, and butter, and a Riesling white wine vinegar and...
8 quarts of cream of broccoli soup…
8 quarts of cream of broccoli soup, 3 quarts of cream of cauliflower soup (very old school, using milk as the boiling liquid). They're both stems from when we cut florets, tossed in bags in the...
Okay, it’s pork day
Okay, it's pork day. Seventeen pound of ham (two hams) going into the brine and thirty-plus pound of dry-brined pork belly, now also known as bacon, going into the smoker. And two pork butts going...