Microsoft Bacon Home Edition, RC0
Totally unrelated to programming, but I deem this worthy of a blog post. A few weeks ago I decided to make my own bacon.
Why? Don't ask stupid questions; bacon is an axiom.
How? turns out that it's actually not so complex:
- Buy some pork belly.
- Any butcher (even the one inside the supermarket) will be able to get you a piece. I used about 1.5Kg worth (~3lbs).
- Brine it for a week in the fridge.
- I used salt+sugar+pepper. Next time I'll add honey or maple syrup.
- Smoke it.
- I had a little trouble here, since I don't have anything resembling a smoker. Next step is to build one.
The details are in this great book, and I recommend that you read it before you accidentally make your own botulism. The truth is that I didn't, but only because the bookstore was out of stock! But seriously, there are risks involved - the fridge temperature has to be just right.
Here are some photos from the adventure:
How was it? Delicious. You can slice it thick, giving a good combination of crunch and chew.
My next project will either be some salami, or perhaps a more complex Silverlight physics sample. Depends on how hungry I get, and whether the book store can get that Charcuterie book in stock!
I'm so hungry now.
Avi
I'm a dev living in Sydney, working for Redmond - the best of both worlds :)
My team writes applications (mostly web) used internally within MS.
