Whether it's sausage or a slab of pork belly, there are three common methods of curing meat: drying, fermenting, and smoking. The easiest of the curing methods, smoking can be done on a standard ...

I first learned about salt pork vs bacon many, many years ago from my grandmother. She had a long history of cooking hearty ...

On the granite countertop, there was a large sheet of wax paper, which bore four raw, skin-on pork cheeks. “We’re curing them today, right?” I asked, as I moved my hand towards one. My mother slapped ...

It will keep several weeks or more. 1. Rinse pork jowl and pat dry. Combine other ingredients in a bowl. 2. Rub the curing mix on the jowl, then place jowl in a gallon Ziploc bag with the cure ...

This simple Salt Cured Pork Tenderloin recipe is a great entry to salt curing meat. Use it to spice up your charcuterie board or grate over pasta or eggs. Because I am the only person in my ...

Something Erik messed with for years. He had turned a trash can into a smoker, and divided a refrigerator into one area for beer, and one for curing pork belly. After much experimentation ...