Recent posts by Category (there will likely be some overlap between these) –

• ‘Curing’ posts
• ‘Bacon’ posts
• ‘Smoking’ posts

DIY Cold Smoker Design & Build –

• Smokin’!!  DIY Cold Smoker – design and build
• First smoke! Testing the DIY cold smoker
• Tinker and Try Again – second burn of the DIY cold smoker

The Big Bacon Challenge

I invited fellow bloggers and friends to cure their own bacon following my instructions on the blog – the posts are collected in the BigBaconChallenge category.

Home-cured bacon

• Bringing Home the Bacon – the Country Skills Blog’s inaugural post – it all started here!
• Juniper and Bay cure for cooking bacon
• Aromatics – experimenting with flavoured bacon cures
• Back To Basics – home cured back bacon from start to delicious end
• Bacon Basics – bacon-in-a-bag method for ‘dry’ curing at home

Home-cured fish

• A little bit fishy – first attempt at smoked salmon
• Scaling Up – second attempt at smoked salmon
• Smoked Trout – so simple, so tasty, and all home-made

Ham and salt beef

• Hamming It Up – home-cured ham, boiled and glazed
• What’s Your Beef?  Beth’s wonderful home-cured salt beef

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