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Re: Bacon - the thread
Originally Posted by petitefrancaise
(Post 11844103)
Costco bacon is Danish bacon and is the closest I've found to the proper stuff.
and it's fairly cheap too. It is "smoked" bacon but isn't too strong and isn't horribly seet and icky like the US smoked bacon. |
Re: Bacon - the thread
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 11844111)
I found "country ham" in my local Kroger-owned grocery last weekend, and it is a better approximation to proper bacon than American streaky bacon, but I called in at another grocery in the same chain this morning, and they didn't seem to stock it. :(
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Re: Bacon - the thread
Originally Posted by markcst
(Post 11845239)
Kroger in Texas have "Ham Steaks" which is Gamon to you and I. They are whole pig sized huge too (but this is Texas). Me and the wife share one when we buy it.
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Re: Bacon - the thread
As a real-unsmoked-bacon-lover myself, I feel it only right to draw your attention to this thread
http://britishexpats.com/forum/usa-5...rizona-875451/ Can someone help the poor bacon-deprived fellow?! |
Re: Bacon - the thread
I haven't got around to making my own bacon, at least not yet, and would probably want a commercial-style slicer before I did anyway. I have also balked at the cost of buying on-line, but I recently discovered the joys of "sausage", not sausages in skins, but a rectangular brick of sausagemeat wrapped like block of butter in the UK. I have found it to be far better than most American sausages, and for less than $5/lb. There are a couple of local suppliers that make not only regular sausagemeat, but also "hot" (with pepper flakes), and some with extra sage.
I just cut couple of half-inch slices (a large chef's knife will even cut slices from a frozen block) and fry them in a teaspoon of olive oil, before frying eggs and then a slice of bread. It's not bacon, but it does make for an easy and tasty fry-up. :) |
Re: Bacon - the thread
8.7 pounds of a cut of loin and belly went in the fridge last night rubbed with tenderquick and freshly ground black pepper all sealed up in a 2 gallon ziplock bag. Bacon butties next weekend :)
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Re: Bacon - the thread
Just saw a thing about Wrights, burbon smoked bacon...sounded rather good...only downside, would mean having to venture either into NH or Waltham to get a package :o
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Re: Bacon - the thread
Originally Posted by lizzyq
(Post 11949230)
8.7 pounds of a cut of loin and belly went in the fridge last night rubbed with tenderquick and freshly ground black pepper all sealed up in a 2 gallon ziplock bag. Bacon butties next weekend :)
Home-cured bacon | Life and style | The Guardian |
Re: Bacon - the thread
First cure here in the US went fine.
Acquired just over 4lbs of really nice belly from an awesome meat provider nearby. Can watch them butchering whole animals in the back room from the counter - they had everything from your standard items through to Bison t-bones etc. This was two batches - half with brown sugar at 3% and half with coconut sugar at 3% - Salt was 2.5% for both. Prague powder #1 for the nitrate. I have a vacuum sealer which was great for an equilibrium cure and then perfect for packing as you see here. Spoiler:
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Re: Bacon - the thread
And now....
Bacon emojis!! 72 New Emoji Including Bacon, Shrug, Selfie and Face Palm Coming in Unicode 9 - Mac Rumors |
Re: Bacon - the thread
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