Tag: Charcuterie
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 by doing it yourself, but it certainly takes time and effort. Now that you have…
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 high heat and make a fab cheesesteak, or, you can make jerky. For your ease,…
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 to eat corned beef and cabbage. Rich, poor, red, yellow, black and white, we are…
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 the supermarket, I found a book that gave me the confidence to cure more and…
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 on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power…