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OMG U CALL THAT BACON!?
Chr*st on a bike! I am NOT a big meat eater but the OH and I enjoy a nice bacon buttie when we're feeling a bit 'porky' aka when we're eating naughtily. WTF is going on with the bacon in this country!? The first lot we bought we looked at it upon opening and wondered 'is this stuff cooked?!' :blink: a mate of mine's hubby who arrived at a similar time to us actually licked the bacon to see if it was cooked, much to his disgust, it wasn't! Now I'm no expert on meat but I do know my bacon, so can someone enlighten me, are the pigs just weird over here, or have the butchers not got a clue lol
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Re: OMG U CALL THAT BACON!?
Originally Posted by Jen1977ni
(Post 8385879)
Chr*st on a bike! I am NOT a big meat eater but the OH and I enjoy a nice bacon buttie when we're feeling a bit 'porky' aka when we're eating naughtily. WTF is going on with the bacon in this country!? The first lot we bought we looked at it upon opening and wondered 'is this stuff cooked?!' :blink: a mate of mine's hubby who arrived at a similar time to us actually licked the bacon to see if it was cooked, much to his disgust, it wasn't! Now I'm no expert on meat but I do know my bacon, so can someone enlighten me, are the pigs just weird over here, or have the butchers not got a clue lol
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Re: OMG U CALL THAT BACON!?
Originally Posted by spartacus
(Post 8385889)
Why don't you let your hubby bring home the bacon?
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Re: OMG U CALL THAT BACON!?
Originally Posted by Jen1977ni
(Post 8385879)
Chr*st on a bike! I am NOT a big meat eater but the OH and I enjoy a nice bacon buttie when we're feeling a bit 'porky' aka when we're eating naughtily. WTF is going on with the bacon in this country!? The first lot we bought we looked at it upon opening and wondered 'is this stuff cooked?!' :blink: a mate of mine's hubby who arrived at a similar time to us actually licked the bacon to see if it was cooked, much to his disgust, it wasn't! Now I'm no expert on meat but I do know my bacon, so can someone enlighten me, are the pigs just weird over here, or have the butchers not got a clue lol
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Re: OMG U CALL THAT BACON!?
Originally Posted by scottishcelts
(Post 8385896)
You really have to shop around Jen and get yourself a good butcher, the bacon you find in the supermarkets are not a good substitute - try getting yourself a gammon joint at xmas :lol::frown:
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Re: OMG U CALL THAT BACON!?
I know exactly what you mean, it seriously is disgusting...I don't know for sure why it is so different but i do have a theory.
I believe that UK butchers pump the bacon full of some kind of brine giving it that wet floppy feel to it. Where as in oz, they don't as it is more dry and has a harder texture to it. So in effect you would think you are getting better quality bacon in oz, but my god, it doesn't taste right! :thumbdown: |
Re: OMG U CALL THAT BACON!?
Originally Posted by Steve1977
(Post 8385914)
I know exactly what you mean, it seriously is disgusting...I don't know for sure why it is so different but i do have a theory.
I believe that UK butchers pump the bacon full of some kind of brine giving it that wet floppy feel to it. Where as in oz, they don't as it is more dry and has a harder texture to it. So in effect you would think you are getting better quality bacon in oz, but my god, it doesn't taste right! :thumbdown: Anyways back to bacon, I think the really cheap stuff ($7 a kilo) in Coles (Coles own brand) is about the best I've had. Plenty of fat and makes a half decent sarnie. |
Re: OMG U CALL THAT BACON!?
Originally Posted by spartacus
(Post 8385919)
Ummm . . . I know all about that . . .
Anyways back to bacon, I think the really cheap stuff ($7 a kilo) in Coles (Coles own brand) is about the best I've had. Plenty of fat and makes a half decent sarnie. |
Re: OMG U CALL THAT BACON!?
Originally Posted by Hutch
(Post 8385928)
Aldi's bacon is great.
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Re: OMG U CALL THAT BACON!?
Originally Posted by Jen1977ni
(Post 8385879)
Chr*st on a bike! I am NOT a big meat eater but the OH and I enjoy a nice bacon buttie when we're feeling a bit 'porky' aka when we're eating naughtily. WTF is going on with the bacon in this country!? The first lot we bought we looked at it upon opening and wondered 'is this stuff cooked?!' :blink: a mate of mine's hubby who arrived at a similar time to us actually licked the bacon to see if it was cooked, much to his disgust, it wasn't! Now I'm no expert on meat but I do know my bacon, so can someone enlighten me, are the pigs just weird over here, or have the butchers not got a clue lol
Seek and ye shall find. |
Re: OMG U CALL THAT BACON!?
Originally Posted by scottishcelts
(Post 8385938)
Have to agree, actually, a lot of Aldi's meat is great :thumbup:
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Re: OMG U CALL THAT BACON!?
Originally Posted by spartacus
(Post 8385947)
They don't have an 'Aldi' in Toowoomba . . . I do think they have a 'Grace Brothers' though.
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Re: OMG U CALL THAT BACON!?
Originally Posted by scottishcelts
(Post 8385952)
Not sure if they would import bacon though :D
"Ground floor: Perfumery, stationary, and leather goods, wigs and haberdashery, kitchenware and imported bacon. Going up... " |
Re: OMG U CALL THAT BACON!?
Originally Posted by spartacus
(Post 8385962)
Apparently they do!
"Ground floor: Perfumery, stationary, and leather goods, wigs and haberdashery, kitchenware and imported bacon. Going up... " |
Re: OMG U CALL THAT BACON!?
Originally Posted by spartacus
(Post 8385947)
They don't have an 'Aldi' in Toowoomba . . . I do think they have a 'Grace Brothers' though.
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