HOWTO Make Bacon

[] (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bowes/6893738855/) Side View: The side of a slab of pork _belly is __ quite obviously delicious_ bacon, only raw. A few weeks ago I acquired a slab of pork belly from a local Nova Scotian farmer, with the intention of making Bacon from scratch. Plenty of different cuts of meat preserved in different ways can be qualified as bacon; I decided on typical North American pork belly, salt cured and smoked. »

DIY Velcro Cable Ties

Making your own velcro cable ties is a great idea. $2 in materials made as many cable ties as Wal- Mart was selling for $13. Thrifty! I’d suggest sewing the velcro together vs stapling, especially if you have cats that are far too curious about staples. »