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  Curing Meat at Home, Farmhouse Recipes

  Guanciale

  When I started to learn how to cure meat, "American-style" bacon seemed approachable and when I wanted to take the next step, I learned to make pancetta (Italian-style bacon). From there,...Read More

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  Curing Meat at Home, Farmhouse Recipes, Preserving at Home

  How to Dry Age Beef at Home

  One of the great ways to experience beef in all its potential is to dry age it. Simply put when you dry age beef, say steaks, a molecular transformation takes...Read More

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  Curing Meat at Home, Farmhouse Recipes, Pantry, Preserving at Home

  Everyday Pickling Spice

  Making pickles is a lot easier than you think. In fact, pickling almost anything is a great, low-cost way to "control" your vegetables (organic, local etc.) without having to drop...Read More

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  Curing Meat at Home, Favorites, Pantry

  Mexican Chorizo

  Reposting this one because we recently did a batch with one of our friends and doubled it so we could have 5, 1 pound bags of Chorizo ready in the...Read More

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  Curing Meat at Home

  Homemade Pancetta – “Italian-Style Bacon”

  I have made “American-style” bacon, pastrami, guanciale, corned beef, jerky, and a few other items that now fill our freezer. In most cases I have found that you can definitely save money...Read More

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  Curing Meat at Home, Farmhouse Recipes, Pantry

  Homemade Jerky – 4 Ways

  Ah the bottom and top rounds of beef you got when you ordered your beef share. What to do. You can slice thin against the grain and cook quickly over...Read More

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  Curing Meat at Home, Family Dinner, Farmhouse Recipes

  Corned Beef and Cabbage – A Brief History and How To

  St. Patrick's day in America is special. It's is the only day where everyone claims the same heritage, unequivocally consumes more alcohol than even New Year's, and people are willing...Read More

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  Curing Meat at Home, Farmhouse Recipes, Pantry

  Home Cured Pastrami

  While on my ongoing journey to try and do just a little more each year ourselves, meaning, cure, ferment, prep, and grow foods that we can now easily get at...Read More

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  Curing Meat at Home, Smoking Meat at Home

  Home Cured Bacon

  I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll...Read More

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  Curing Meat at Home, Pantry

  Housemade Bulk Italian Sausage

  It goes without saying that pretty much everyone loves Italian sausage.  We have been making this version of the recipe for years and got to the point where we stopped...Read More