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The Benefits of Smoking video

John MacDowall September 2, 2016 April 9, 2020CHARCUTERIE BBQ, curing, homemade, meat, pork, smoker 0

How to Smoke 30# of Pork in a Cabela’s Masterbuilt Elite 44 Propane Smoker Follow along as I make 6 racks of ribs and two pork shoulders in one of the biggest home smokers! At least, enjoy the cicadas’ chorus!  Ahhh!  Summertime!

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I’m going Whole Hog with whole30

John MacDowall August 8, 2016 October 3, 2016RECIPES beef, diet, meat, paleo, whole30 2

I’m going to do the whole30 starting on 8/15/2016.  whole30?  Oh, it’s the new crazy!  Get this: for 30 days, follow these rules: Do not eat added sugar. Do not consume alcohol. Do not eat grains. (wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, rice, millet, bulgur, sorghum, amaranth, buckwheat) Do not eat…

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Build a Meat Curing Chamber for under $200

John MacDowall May 15, 2014 February 22, 2023CHARCUTERIE curing, diy, homemade, meat, salami, salumi 11
Curing in Process

 How to Build a Meat Curing Chamber for under $200 NEW: Check out the video on youtube.  The 30-minute video walks you through how to use this entire setup! My meat curing chamber is a converted wine cooler in my basement.  The purpose of the meat curing chamber is to create…

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Homemade Salami

John MacDowall May 14, 2014 January 20, 2022CHARCUTERIE curing, diy, homemade, meat, salami, salumi 9

This Homemade Salami recipe appears on page 183 of Michael Ruhlman’s amazing adventure, Charcuterie.  It is his Tuscan Salami recipe that I transcribed for the amount of pork I had. I bought 2 pounds of pork shoulder and told the butcher it was for sausage.  I agreed with his suggestion…

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How to Salt Cure and Air Dry a Homemade Coppa

John MacDowall May 14, 2014 February 22, 2023CHARCUTERIE curing, homemade, meat, pork, salami, salumi, sausage 8
Hanging Coppa

Coppa is the topmost muscle in a pork shoulder. I’m curing one from the last butt that I bought for a pulled pork BBQ. Cured and dried it becomes a salumi. Salami? No, salumi. Salami is made from ground meat. Salumi is made from the whole muscle. Think of the…

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