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[Domon]

its ok

Did you ever go so far crazy as weighing the food you ate and then weighing your poop to make sure they were the same?

 

[AngryRooster]

Did you ever go so far crazy as weighing the food you ate and then weighing your poop to make sure they were the same?

 

[CletusJones]

Did you ever go so far crazy as weighing the food you ate and then weighing your poop to make sure they were the same?

If only I could give rep via tapatalk.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Did you ever go so far crazy as weighing the food you ate and then weighing your poop to make sure they were the same?

That doesn't make any sense

 

[tre]

That doesn't make any sense

and that would be why it's crazy

 

[itburnswhenipee]

and that would be why it's crazy

Looks like this checks out.

 

[JAXvillain]

Did you ever go so far crazy as weighing the food you ate and then weighing your poop to make sure they were the same?

I've read something about this online. what was it from?

 

[itburnswhenipee]

I've read something about this online. what was it from?

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Bethselamin

The fabulously beautiful planet Bethselamin is now so worried about the cumulative erosion by ten billion visiting tourists a year that any net imbalance between the amount you eat and the amount you excrete while on the planet is surgically removed from you body weight when you leave: so every time you go to the lavatory there it is vitally important to get a receipt.

 

[tre]

This is my homemade bacon, maple cure, maple smoked:

Getting ready for the cure:

Smoked:

Sliced and packaged:

5 lbs of pork belly made about 4 lbs of bacon. Next time, I'm gonna start with 20 lbs....

 

[Sp`ange]

This is my homemade bacon, maple cure, maple smoked:

Getting ready for the cure:

Smoked:

Sliced and packaged:

5 lbs of pork belly made about 4 lbs of bacon. Next time, I'm gonna start with 20 lbs....

want to move in? I'll even let you sleep at the foot of the bed. I'm sure my wife will approve.

 

[itburnswhenipee]

This is my homemade bacon, maple cure, maple smoked:

Getting ready for the cure:

[IG]http://i.imgur.com/ztlrQ.jpg[/IMG]

Smoked:

[IG]http://i.imgur.com/UwrRc.jpg[/IMG]

Sliced and packaged:

[IG]http://i.imgur.com/BP0ld.jpg[/IMG]

5 lbs of pork belly made about 4 lbs of bacon. Next time, I'm gonna start with 20 lbs....

Cold smoked?

 

[tre]

Cold smoked?

no, at about 225 till it hit an internal temp of about 155

 

[kiwi]

want to move in? I'll even let you sleep at the foot of the bed. I'm sure my wife will approve.

And if she doesn't, kick her out, cause that looks .

 

[CletusJones]

That bacon looks delicious. I'm trying to get my dad to do some in his big green egg. He's all about smoking brisket and turkeys and stuff, no clue why he is resisting the bacon.

 

[tre]

That bacon looks delicious. I'm trying to get my dad to do some in his big green egg. He's all about smoking brisket and turkeys and stuff, no clue why he is resisting the bacon.

well, you gotta cure it first to get that real bacon-y flavour. That scares a lot of people off...finding curing salt is pretty easy, but it's important to do it right. The curing process takes about a week, massaging it every day, then another day for drying, then a few hours of smoking. It's not necessarily cheaper than buying bacon, but there's really not anything I can think of that makes you feel more manly than making your own bacon.

 

[eileenbunny]

well, you gotta cure it first to get that real bacon-y flavour. That scares a lot of people off...finding curing salt is pretty easy, but it's important to do it right. The curing process takes about a week, massaging it every day, then another day for drying, then a few hours of smoking. It's not necessarily cheaper than buying bacon, but there's really not anything I can think of that makes you feel more manly than making your own bacon.

Plus if you do it yourself it doesn't have to be all full of chemical death.

 

[Sp`ange]

And if she doesn't, kick her out, cause that looks .

Not a problem. We have matching bacon shirts that we wear to baconfest every year. We also have an "I Bacon" sign in our kitchen.

 

[tre]

Plus if you do it yourself it doesn't have to be all full of chemical death.

and it's fun to play around with the flavours, sugar cures, honey cures, maple cures, applewood smoke, maple smoke, even double smoked.

 

[gee]

I cut the rind off my bacon before smoking it, half the reason mine is so ugly. I notice you've left yours on, what's the rind like to eat?

 

[tre]

I cut the rind off my bacon before smoking it, half the reason mine is so ugly. I notice you've left yours on, what's the rind like to eat?

I cut it off after smoking, and add it to soups or stews to get a nice smoky flavour in it, I don't actually eat it.

Leaving it on helps the texture while it's smoking - you get less marks from the rack