Neat recipe...pardon my ignorance but what is "cure #1?" That was the agent that was called out in the recipe. Cheers, Alan > From: Jose Cisneros <jcisn@comcast.net> > Reply-To: Jose Cisneros <jcisn@comcast.net> > Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:41:36 -0500 (CDT) > To: Mark Ellis <mark@zymurgia.com>, <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> > Subject: Re: [CH] Making Bacon > > Hey Mark, > > Thanks for the tips. >> >> Five Spice powder is your friend. Are you using a salt cure or a >> salt/sugar cure? > > I normally use a salt/sugar cure. > I like using different sorts of sugar, jaggery, piloncio, palm etc. >> >> I would go for one of Len Poli's recipes. This guy has roadtested all >> his recipes out the wahzoo so you can be sure its a winner! >> >> http://lpoli.50webs.com/index_files/Bacon-Chinese.pdf > > Cool! >> >> Instead of the Sichuan pepper I would sub some apple smoked hab powder >> in the same quantity. > > Sounds interesting. :-) > I haven't tried Sichuan pepper in a bacon cure yet, I have a bunch of > the stuff so I may try that first. > > Regards, > > Jose >> > --- Get FREE High Speed Internet from USFamily.Net! -- http://www.usfamily.net/mkt-freepromo.html ---