I saw that post about Pig Candy and thought, Man, I have not had that in ages!
So, I went to make some and not thawed bacon, so I had to slice off some in about day 6 of the cure process. Not good, not firm enough to slice properly. Muddled through it, was not bad, thought it sounded really good on a a cheeseburger...believe me, that is a one time experiment!