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Pownce Pork Project - Day 15 Pownce Bacon Day + FQOTD - what kind of smoke? What a day for the cause of Bacon! Pownce was on fire with smoky, crispy bacon goodness today. The highlight, at least for this Powncer, was a mention in this week's PownceCast (http://powncecast.com/). Carolyn (!blogkitten), Kevin (!drkilljoy) and "Commander" Tim (!commandertim) hosted Leah !leahculver and Mike (!mmalone) from the Pownce dev team. While I am excited about the mention of the Pownce Pork Project, I am even more excited about what it means for the spirit of Pownce (and social networking at large). In just a few days we'll auction off a huge chunk of "open source bacon" to whom ever gives the most to a food related charity. If that is $50 or $0.50 it still means Pownce had a positive impact on our world. How cool! Speaking of something good - we are overdue for an update on our bacon. After packing in the cure, the meat starts to express a lot of liquid...liquid gold! That naturally produced brine is what actually makes the bacon. Though one week of curing from the saltbox method works quite well with commercially available bellies, it usually comes up short with the super thick stuff you get from a local farmer. Our organic belly from Mountain Run Farms is some of the thickest I have worked with. The good news: Tomorrow is B-Day. Our Bacon comes out of the briny cure and into the smoke. So...what kind of wood do we use? Soft woods like pine or cedar have nasty way of making everything taste like sap and tar. When it comes to hardwoods and fruitwoods, the possibilities are endless...unfortunately my supply is not, so I present our first multiple choice: a) Cherry (from my own tree no less) b) Hickory c) Oak d) Maple Keep an eye out over the next few days. Things are going to move quickly with the Pownce Pork Project and soon our porky experiment may be on the way to you. In the next few days we will pick a food charity and auction off this slab of porcine perfection. Stay tuned!

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