GavinR

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...tage-pigs.html

Global bacon shortage coming.

GC44

Won't make a shit load of difference in western Manitoba .

BristolUK

Everyone go out and panic buy!

Jetlag

First cheese, now bacon. What in the hell is this world coming to?

Miss Clinique

Should be prosecuted under the trades description act, for calling the strips of fat they sell here bacon.

BristolUK

It's just streaky isn't it? Granted a third, or even half, is just fat. (although Maple Leaf seems less fatty)

My local butcher/grocer/general store sells sliced cooked back bacon - just the meat part. The price used to put me off, but given the total absence of fat and no shrinkage it works out about the same cost as the usual stuff.

A couple of pieces in the microwave for 40 seconds and you have tasty lean "grilled" back bacon ready for a sarnie.

It's delicious eaten cold too.

bats

Only last week I found a butchers that sells good bacon. Made in Belleville apparently. Costs less than supermarket bacon and with less fat.

Last time I went back home I didn't like the bacon.

cheeky_monkey

good..i neither like cheese or the travesty that goes under the name of bacon in Canada

iaink

Tell me more!

Ive no problem with the streaky stuff if cooked properly, but then Ive no qualms about smothering things in maple syrup either.

But if there is real bacon on my doorstep I should check it out.

Ill be in the great metropolis of Campellford this Saturday anyway, so will have to go to Doohers anyway.

bats

the butchers is in Cobourg. Leclercs.

Doohers? yuck. Try the Butter Tart factory.

I will be in Hastings with my paintings on saturday 10-12

iaink

Good luck with the show... Ill be tooting my floot at the farmers market 10-12 unfortunately (unfortunate for those shopping for seasonal veg anyway)

Doohers donuts.... theres no cure Im afraid. I hear good things about the butter tart place, but Im afraid I might like them too much!

Sadly I seldom go to Cobourg, I dont suppose you happen to know where in Belleville this mythic bacon is made?

Jetlag

You guys are starting to freak me out. I'm a total foodie (a fact to which my waistband will attest) and if both the cheese and bacon are pants, then what, pray tell, is the point of living there?

Next, you're going to tell me you can only get white bread.

iaink

Dont get me started on the cost of bread (The cheapest bread at "No Frills" is pushing $2 a loaf...) or the absence of anything like a decent ASDA "Granary" loaf...

Maybe you will like Peameal "Canadian" Bacon anyway... Not all bacon here is streaky, thats just the default, Rashers of UK style back bacon are hard to find though.

I wont pretend that there isnt some terrible cheese out there, but there are also some good local cheddars that dont cost a fortune.

bats

The bread is mostly awful.

The meat is good???

Jetlag

OFFS. What about sourdough? Can you get good bread flour for baking, at least?