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Title: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: Meatwad on January 31, 2013, 09:08:58 PM
Is this possible? I have a freezer full of it and a new dehydrator that makes awesome deer jerky, and had the crazy thought of dehydrated bacon.

Combining the two would make instant bacon satisfaction  :)
Title: Re: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: AAJagerX on January 31, 2013, 09:47:06 PM
There's recipes out there for it.  I've never tried it, but I'd imagine that you'd have to use pretty thick slices to get good results.
Title: Re: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: Delirium on January 31, 2013, 10:14:55 PM
I've had something similar once, they used Portuguese bacon which has more meat and less white fat and is smoked heavily. Great stuff!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413JoTKmyhL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Title: Re: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: guncrasher on February 01, 2013, 01:31:30 AM
you can dehydrate anything but fat doesnt taste good dehydrated.  I make a lot of jerky at home, it is awesome.


midway
Title: Re: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: danny76 on February 01, 2013, 01:36:42 AM
I was dehydrated once :bolt:
Title: Re: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: Nypsy on February 01, 2013, 11:12:25 AM
you can dehydrate anything but fat doesnt taste good dehydrated.  I make a lot of jerky at home, it is awesome.


midway

Midway is correct. The fat would turn rancid and ugly quickly.
Title: Re: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: Randy1 on February 01, 2013, 11:31:44 AM
Same goes with barbecue.  If you don't smoke it long enough, there can be some bad taste develop in the meat.

BTW  I tried making buckboard bacon.  The one where you cure a boston butt.  That is pretty tasty.

I tried making canadian bacon, it was good but not great.
Title: Re: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: Babalonian on February 01, 2013, 12:23:58 PM
I've had something similar once, they used Portuguese bacon which has more meat and less white fat and is smoked heavily. Great stuff!

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413JoTKmyhL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

Great idea, for good results you'd need a "better quality" bacon (leaner, and the better the marbleing the better) than what we're accustomed to usualy frying.

But starting with bacon/pork that's already been smoked to then dehydrate is probabley the best idea I think, it's already had a bit of fat "cooked" out of it by the smoking process.

Still, probabley going to be a lot of trial and error -

you can dehydrate anything but fat doesnt taste good dehydrated.  I make a lot of jerky at home, it is awesome.


midway
Title: Re: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on February 01, 2013, 01:38:55 PM
Just quit giving the pig water.. sheesh you really fail to see the obvious solutions!  :devil
Title: Re: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: FuFiter on February 02, 2013, 11:26:04 AM

I tried making canadian bacon, it was good but not great.

elaborate please?  I thought it was because of our pork and stuff, what makes it Canadian? 
Title: Re: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: Meatwad on February 02, 2013, 10:41:31 PM
You take a hog........let it drink beer, eat donuts, watch hockey, and then teach it to say "eh" after oink.


Canadian bacon  :cool:
Title: Re: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: M0nkey_Man on February 02, 2013, 10:51:25 PM
You take a hog........let it drink beer, eat donuts, watch hockey, and then teach it to say "eh" after oink.


Canadian bacon  :cool:
:lol
Title: Re: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: Pigslilspaz on February 03, 2013, 01:26:35 AM
You take a hog........let it drink beer, eat donuts, watch hockey, and then teach it to say "eh" after oink.


Canadian bacon  :cool:

You forgot the Poutine
Title: Re: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: Randy1 on February 03, 2013, 07:25:13 AM
elaborate please?  I thought it was because of our pork and stuff, what makes it Canadian? 

Canadian bacon is a cured pork loin instead of belly meat we use for bacon. 

Our American interpolation of Canadian bacon is different from the bacon you buy in Canada as I understand it.
Title: Re: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: icepac on February 03, 2013, 08:41:21 AM
(http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/zoom/c399_tactical_canned_bacon.jpg)

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With these two items, you can acquire all you need to survive the zombiepocalypse.
Title: Re: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: rpm on February 03, 2013, 06:52:57 PM
(http://www.mrbaconpants.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/hormelbacon.jpg)
Title: Re: Dehydrating bacon
Post by: Rob52240 on February 04, 2013, 11:39:09 AM
The curing process removes much of the water.  Bacon is already a processed meat.

I would suggest using side pork instead.  It's just uncured bacon and usually purchased unsliced or your butcher can slice it to your desired thickness.