So may latest bacon adventure took a turn for the worse. Instead of wrapping the bacon in baking parchment or muslin, I put it straight on a rack in the fridge to dry. After a week of drying, I saw this...
The cross section looked great, but I couldn't bring myself to eat any of it, so it went straight in the bin
I checked the rack the bacon was sitting on, and it looked corroded
And this is after cleaning up the rack