[Smoker Man]

I love making my own bacon and buckboard bacon but like to find a local source for Morton's Tender Quick curing salt.  Any one know a local place?  I've looked all over.  Walmart, Smart & Final, grocery stores, I can order it pretty cheap from kmart but have to buy a dozen 2 pound bags, more than enough to cure and smoke myself and my family.

[Tek465]

I've found it at AJ's Fine Foods at the bottom of the salt/spice aisle. Bass Pro Shop carries LEM cure salt (Pink salt, Prague powder) that also works for bacon or sausage.

[Smoker Man]

Thanks, never would have thought of AJ'S kind of have to shave and clean up to go in there.  Can't imagine their customers making their own hams and bacon but I'm going down there in a bit.  got some great pork loin on sale at Fry's yesterday for $1.49 lb  will make great Canadian Bacon.   Smoke with Pecan and cure with adding maple syrup and maple sugar with fresh cracked pepper.  mmmmmmm  get some of those poisonous eggs and there's breakfast...or dinner.

[Smoker Man]

http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/2002/10/buckboard-bacon.html

awesome single page tutorial how to cure and smoke buckboard bacon.    If you've never had home made bacon made from pork butt/shoulder, loin or tenderloin you are missing some great flavor.  1/5 the fat of pork belly bacon, frys quicker and mmmmmmm good.   Very simple to do, just takes the time to cure in the refrigerator.  easily cure and smoke 8-15 pounds at a time and it freezes well.

[Gizzy's Smokin Crew]

Can we get that Hi Mountain seasoning locally? Or what do you recomend?

Gotta try this

[chefrob]

Can we get that Hi Mountain seasoning locally? Or what do you recomend?

Gotta try this

i bass pro has it on the east side and i'm sure cabella's on the westside should have it.

[Smoker Man]

Can we get that Hi Mountain seasoning locally? Or what do you recomend?

Gotta try this

When you compare the ingredients with Hi Mountain and Tender Quick other than HM having something to keep it from caking the ingredients are the same, but Tender Quick is a fraction of the cost.    TQ you can add brown sugar or maple sugar equil parts or less)  One of my friends once the cure is done, the soak, and the rest before smoking he injects the cured meat with 50/50 maple syrup and apple juice then covers in maple syrup before the smoke.  I'd like to try that
I'm curing 9 pounds of pork loin right now.  I'll apple & oak smoke it.  wish I had maple wood. 

[JenHopkines21]

yah me too. I just can't have enough of bacon