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Thread: Anybody else make their own bacon bits?

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    Reading this is making me really hungry.

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    About 3 weeks back the local meat market had a special, 10# of ends and pieces for $2.50 a pound. Bought a package that weighed 11.5#,,, after chunking it up into bit sized pieces and freezing it in 1/2# packages I took the remaining fat and rendered it down for cooking. Making a home=made pizza with a package of it right now.

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    I look for deals on the shoulder cuts . Up here in the NE they are called "Country style ribs" bone in or not, under 2 bucks a pound I can make some great "Bacon" out of that. Ps: Smoking trout this week. uncle mike

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    We go through it on a steady basis. Another batch in the cure right now.

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ID:	310748 I had to bring this thread back to life. Who is finding the best Bacon or pork trimming deals to cure n smoke these days ??? unclemikeinct
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    In the past I've diced up a big box of bacon ends and pieces and made bacon bits. Also wind up with some wonderful drippings for cooking other things in. Real good to fry your eggs in.

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    I second what Rattlesnake Charlie said: we get the big boxes of bacon ends from our local meat department when they go on sale for $3/lb, cook it all up more than I normally would, then crumble it. I'll typically vacuum seal it in small bags and use it a little at a time.

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    I watch for shoulder to go on sale.
    Got plenty of curing salts.

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