Tuesday, October 13, 2009

PELLICLE

What the heck is pellicle? This is when you take protein and prepare the outer layer to receive smoke. Well this is my definition that I will stand by.These are some other definitions of pellicle.

I am smoking Buckboard Bacon, and some' Nitrate Free' Bacon tomorrow. They need to form a pellicle. This is created by a fan or letting them stay in the refrigerator overnight. i am using the refer method. "Oh stop it", I still get drug tested. After 12 hours they will have a pellicle shine and will be ready to accept the smoking process.

Stay tuned for further smoking . I also have some beef shortribs to load up the smoker. I hope our storm in the East Bay will subside.

4 comments:

  1. Boris says that he'll be over once the bacon is ready. He also says that he's not paying any child support.

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  2. Tell Boris to come on over and bring his checkbook. Trixe has been ill the last two weeks. A check would sure help with the four vet visits. Trixie is on the road to recovery. She gave us a little scare. Thankfully she just bopped Mojo on the nose. That is a good sign.

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  3. We are all thankful that Trixie is feeling better. This is not an admission to paternity.

    Boris just wants to sample the peppers as he is a fan of Chinese hot mustard. He also thinks it would be cool to check out his old stomping grounds.

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  4. I swear, you learn something new every day. I have never heard of pellicle. Look forward to the progress report.

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