Is hickory smoked bacon smoked on an actual wooden fire?!
Do they actually make a wood fire and put it over the smoke, or do they treat the bacon with a chemical that makes it taste smoked!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
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Most commercial smoked bacon is flavored by coating it in a seasoning that creates a smoky taste!.
I'm sure some companies still smoke bacon the old-fashioned way though!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I'm sure some companies still smoke bacon the old-fashioned way though!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Generally commercially produced hickory smoked bacon is in fact smoked!. Pork bellies are sent through a machine that injects a liquid cure into them!. They are then hung on racks and put into very large smokers!. Hickory saw dust is added to a hopper and this is heated to produce smoke that further cures and flavors the bellies through a process called cold smoking!. I have heard that some companies use liquid smoke in the injected cure or spray on liquid smoke to the outside!. Those would be low end products!. While other high end artisan smoke houses actually do the small smoking fire in the middle of the smoke shack!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
some "hickory smoked" bacon would gets its flavor from chemicals like liquid smoke others would get their flavors from real smoke!.!.!. you should try an artisnal bacon sometime - they are amazing!.!.!. check out https://www!.zingermans!.com/Product!.aspx!?!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
It is put in a room and the fire is outside and the smoke from the hickory wood is let through the room to give it that flavor!. Www@FoodAQ@Com