MacKenzie Posted June 1, 2016 Report Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) Started the morning smoking 5 pounds of pork belly that I had curing. Ready for the grill. Smoked. Looks good to me, now I just need to cool, slice and package it, tomorrow.:) Let' try a trick a good friend of mine suggested, a touch of Sambuca on pineapple, not enough so that you can identify the Sambuca. Since the KK was still hot after the bacon, let's try some grilled pineapple with a wash of Sambuca.:) Both are delicious but I think I liked the warm grilled the best. Time for dinner, cooked up some mushrooms, noodles. Hot Thai pepper and added some of that pulled beef. As an after thought I wish I had sprinkled it with cheese, no matter it was fast and very tasty. It has been busy, while the KK was working I also finished planting my garden, just in time for a frost warning for tonight, but I have it covered.:) A woodpecker who frequents the suet feeder is feeding. Red maple tree at sunset. Edited June 1, 2016 by MacKenzie 3
CeramicChef Posted June 1, 2016 Report Posted June 1, 2016 @MacKenzie - that bacon impresses me and I'm looking forward to seeing nice thick slabs of bacon on a cheeseburger with tomatoes from your garden! Yummy! What a stunning garden! That's a beautiful verdant green. Tough duty you have!
Gnomatic Posted June 1, 2016 Report Posted June 1, 2016 @MacKenzie Love the garden! We had a very late hard freeze here, wiped out our tomatoes even though they were covered, and seems to have stunted several others. Been replacing plants but our little garden is finally starting to go. Oh, and the bacon looks AWESOME!
MacKenzie Posted June 1, 2016 Author Report Posted June 1, 2016 Sorry to hear about your heavy frost. It's good that you were able to recoup. Just wait until I slice it tomorrow morning. 2
tinyfish Posted June 2, 2016 Report Posted June 2, 2016 Frost at this time of the year...sucks! Bacon looks great and the pineapple. I have quite a few maple trees at the new house that turn that bright red colour in the fall. 1
ckreef Posted June 2, 2016 Report Posted June 2, 2016 Bacon looks fantastic. All the food does. The garden pictures look so bright and vibrant. Nice woodpecker. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk
MacKenzie Posted June 2, 2016 Author Report Posted June 2, 2016 We did have frost last night, there was a sheet of ice on the birdbath. Fortunately I had blankets over the flower pots. This could go on until the middle of June. ;( Sliced the bacon this morning, and packaged it all up. Here is the stack of slices with the ends piled on top. They could go into making a pot of beans. Sliced layed out for vacuum sealing. Looking good to me.:) 3
PRippley Posted June 2, 2016 Report Posted June 2, 2016 That bacon looks scrumptious, nothing like baked bacon on the KK on one of those still-chilly early mornings! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
tony b Posted June 2, 2016 Report Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) Crazy looking bacon, MacKenzie! I waited until this past weekend (Memorial Day) to put out my tomatoes, herbs, and pepper plants, as we still had nightly lows in the upper 30s the first week of May. Been in the 50s at night since, so - fingers crossed - I'm in the clear. Oh, btw, was on the deck last night having a G&T waiting for the KK to heat up, and spotted a female hummingbird in the neighbor's apple tree. Edited June 2, 2016 by tony b 1
MacKenzie Posted June 2, 2016 Author Report Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) Maybe those hummingbirds will start to hang out at your house.:) I like having them around. G&T on the deck sounds wonderful, I'm heading there myself with a local IPA. My dinner is in the Sous Vide bath so it can hold for a while.:) Edited June 2, 2016 by MacKenzie
CeramicChef Posted June 2, 2016 Report Posted June 2, 2016 @MacKenzie - what!? No money shot on the bacon? No BLT pic? You're killing me here, MacKenzie! You're killing me! gorgeous bacon and no BLT shot? Oh man. I have this deal figured out … you're teasing us, right!? Please tell me this is a tease and you're going to fry up a mess of that bacon tomorrow and have BLTs tomorrow! Pretty please?
MacKenzie Posted June 2, 2016 Author Report Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) CC, it's going to require more than a "pretty please" to get your wish. Here is my lettuce. Edited June 2, 2016 by MacKenzie 1
tony b Posted June 2, 2016 Report Posted June 2, 2016 MacKenzie, or should I say Jezebel! Had another lovely G&T on the deck tonight, as pre dinner warm up. I'll post pics tomorrow of the din-din, as today is the last day of the month on my cellphone plan and I've used up all of my data!!! Living on the edge, baby! 1
MacKenzie Posted June 2, 2016 Author Report Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) You can call me Jez for short. Edited June 2, 2016 by MacKenzie
CeramicChef Posted June 3, 2016 Report Posted June 3, 2016 MacJez - that's young, tender lettuce. It'll be just fine. LOL!
MacKenzie Posted June 3, 2016 Author Report Posted June 3, 2016 Here's breakfast, that new batch of bacon is tastyyyyyyyy. 1
CeramicChef Posted June 3, 2016 Report Posted June 3, 2016 @MacKenzie - now THAT'S what i'm talking' about! That bacon looks absolutely stupendous! Very nicely done. Kudos and congrats!
