anyone ever cure pork hocks? also has anyone made jowl bacon?
bought half a pig/side of pork from a butcher shop maybe 2 months ago.
got the jowl and pork hocks am hoping to cure and smoke (unless someone else has an idea for them) but never before have i cooked with jowl or the hocks lol.
nice, i too am hoping to go for some spring bear here as well. also to note there can be really good eating, (my first and so far only bear was really good)
made a bear ham last year and my friends thought it smelled like a good pork ham.
there decent size. maybe a bit over half a pound. enough to make good fillets out of them :)
we catch tons of perch in the winter and only the odd one in summer. what time of year did you catch your perch (just wondering if you don't mind)
anyone got tips for cooking fish?
went fishing yesterday and came home with 5 nice yellow perch, planning to cook them tonight, for supper. any ideas are welcomed thanks :)
the other day i made dark fruit cake. as the recipe was my great grandmothers. know i really hope it turns out good.
but i never met her or most likely never would. (she passed away when my grandpa was young) but she would have been 100 the year i was born.
but enough sad talk, the recipe is...
depends on what type of goose you got there. i would make something different to with each of the goose types i hunt.
snow goose, i have roasted snow geese before and there not that bad ( everyone complains about them) needs something, strong? not sure what to call it but to go with the flavor...
the bacon i made turned out pretty good. i made two kinds a pepper style and maple style, maple was good. the pepper one was well a little salty for my tastes.
happy late thanks giving to you guys in the states hope you had an awesome time with your family's and that turkey (you guys eat turkey for it like us right?) was good.
today is the day our home cured bacon is going into the smoker. can not wait for it to come out.
also tried marinating some deer and moose steaks for super tonight going to see how they turn out. (one is a spicy orange, the next is a salt and vinegar/water mixture and last one is just a dry...
sorry for the late reply.
yes i love hunting. i prefer bird hunting (waterfowl or upland don't matter to me) but still enjoy big game hunting.
i love cooking with wild game. favorite game is ruffed grouse, its so tasty.
going out hunting white tail tomorrow.
i shot my first bear last spring (2019) it was a 2-3 year old male, weighed about 250 lbs live we guessed, (this was told to us by the rancher whose land we shot it on) i really only wanted the meat to try. but to be honest was just as good as the deer, moose and elk i have eaten. very mild...
its not as bad as making pork bacon for time, it takes about 3-4 days (as the meat is really thin) to cure last time i think i did 5 days and came off really salty
thank you. i sure hope it is good.
i have been thinking about it.
the deer i am using is from last years season (its about a year old now so i want to use it up) am planning to maybe go white tail hunting this weekend. but i got some bear meat left i would like to try corning it. (its like a mix between beef and pork, i think...
today am starting to make venison or deer bacon. made it once before turned out okay (a little strong tasting in the smoke and salt department)
right now got some brisket? maybe flank or belly meat. in a cure that i saw on the internet a while back. pretty much its just salt, pepper, cure and...
is this thread only for bakers? or is any chef and recipes allowed?
i don't bake or really like to bake, but i love cooking, i really enjoy experimenting on different recipes. or no recipes at all just what i think is good to eat. (most times it sucks)