The Adventures of Smoky the Pig

Warning -- sensitive vegans need to flee immediately. For the rest of you, here's how I made bacon last week (and how you can, too). Yup -- home made bacon. (Insert suitable pause for Homer Simpson sounds.)

First, get some pork bellies from your local Asian food market or other purveyor of fine semi-recognizable meat parts. 



They are surpisingly affordable.



Sprinkle them with nitrates or nitrites. I used Morton's Tender Quick. Ignore the alarmists who say these are deadly chemicals. Life wi...