Everyday Misc Cooking Photos w/ details

[MacKenzie]

I'm celebrating Tekobo's birthday by smoking a couple of slabs of bacon.  It's -11C here and a beautiful sunny day for a celebration. Here's the teaser, the initial smoke, just waiting for the good stuff.

^{Happy Birthday, Tekobo and Many More.} 🎂

[tony b]

@tekobo - Happy Birthday! 🥂🎂 Hope it's a great one!

[MacKenzie]

The breakfast bacon story continues. Smoking.  I expect to slice and package it tomorrow.

 

Gotta love that cherry wood for smoking. 

 

 

[MacKenzie]

Slicing and packaging day for the bacon.

Tomorrow is the taste test.  

Edited February 24, 2023 by MacKenzie

[Basher]

Great photos Mac,
Wobster I had this Parilla Taylor made after searching and being underwhelmed by mass produced poor valued quality. I found an enthusiastic young stainless welder who love bbq and made it for me with a few tweaks- angle grill, removable drip tray, dishwasherable grill plates……. I might have made that word up? He enjoyed the creative design and delivered a great product. Calls himself 2js brewing
https://instagram.com/2jsbrewandq?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Tekobo, I really hope you have/ had a wonderful birthday full of enviable food and great company.


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[tekobo]

Gosh, I am so sorry to have missed all your kind wishes for my birthday. @MacKenzie - a whole pork belly, no less, in my honour.  Thank you!  I took the tack of starting my celebrations a week early and am due to finish with a party tomorrow.  It has been huge fun, meeting up with small groups of friends every day in the name of my birthday celebrations.  All the 5's this time!

[MacKenzie]

Taste tested with some ends. Lovely in my opinion. This time I used Maple sugar instead of the normal brown sugar, can't say I tasted the maple but I do know the bacon is tasty.

 

[Tyrus]

You set a nice plate there Mac, wouldn't you know it I'm all out of bacon.....thanks for the reminder.

[MacKenzie]

Really cold last evening, -20C, but just couldn't bring myself to cook these chicken thighs indoors. Rolled the KK over to the sliding glass door. These are phone shots not the best depth of field.

I had company.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MacKenzie]

24 minutes ago, Tyrus said:

You set a nice plate there Mac, wouldn't you know it I'm all out of bacon.....thanks for the reminder.

My goal is to never run out of KK bacon for breakfast.

 

[David Chang]

8 hours ago, MacKenzie said:

My goal is to never run out of KK bacon for breakfast.

 

@MacKenzie you are reminding me i have't smoked bacon in a while and i should. do you use prague powder or no?

 

[Poochie]

What MacKenzie didn’t say was how good that squirrel was. 

[MacKenzie]

@David, yes, I use Prague powder.

 

[MacKenzie]

Many decades ago I used to make cheese and bacon sandwiches, they were sooo good.  So, yesterday I made a loaf of Italian bread and you know what I wanted for breakfast this morning. 😁

 

 

 

[Poochie]

That looks soooooooo good!

[MacKenzie]

Thank you, Poochie, it was delicious even if it wasn't the healthiest breakfast I certainly did enjoy it. 

[C6Bill]

I bet that bacon would be good on some sourdough!!!! I made this yesterday

 

 

[David Chang]

cold smoked salmon.

i can only do this during the cold months. too hot do do it any other time of the year...

switched to a battery powered air pump to reduce the amount of cable clutter. 

when the smoke generator gets going, the smoke is beautiful, but i find i have to keep lighting it every hour using wood chips. 

[MacKenzie]

Edited March 1, 2023 by MacKenzie

[MacKenzie]

👍👍

Edited March 1, 2023 by MacKenzie