Crisis!
Sajyana
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All the bacon! It's gone!
No more in the fridge. None in the freezer. A few lonely crumbs left in the bacon container is all that remains to tell the tale of the bacon era.
No more in the fridge. None in the freezer. A few lonely crumbs left in the bacon container is all that remains to tell the tale of the bacon era.
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Surely some store with a meat selection is still open at this hour? Hurry!!0
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I'm always so sad when the bacon is gone.
It's like a good friend has moved away. 0 -
I hate those days, the other day i had to drag myself to the store because i was about to make breakfast and there were no eggs!! UGH!0
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I buy bacon a kg at a time, and I always buy two packets and hide one in the vegetable crisper. The bloody kids will eat it all otherwise.0
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3 packs in the fridge.....just calling my name, taunting me with all its bacon-y goodness0
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I was reading up on how to make bacon jerky last night, and was very sad when I realized I forgot to buy bacon this week.
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You can come to New Zealand and I will cook mine for you if you like? It makes me feel sick :-(.0
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My husband is not LC, yet still insists on getting an equal share of the bacon. If it weren't for him, I'd never run out 0
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@minties82 I'm finding the New Zealand bacon REALLY WEIRD. It's not smoky, it's too salty, and almost no fat renders out of it, even if it's a fatty cut. I've lived in the US and England as well, and I don't care what cut of bacon it is, it's just very strange here. I've had to go through a lot of really un-tasty bacon in order to find cuts and companies that deliver a product that I can eat more than a bite or two of.0
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With a house full, I buy it 6 pks at a time and freeze it.0
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My husband is not LC, yet still insists on getting an equal share of the bacon. If it weren't for him, I'd never run out
Lol. Sounds just like mine. I always tell him "I really bought this for myself!"
Thanks goodnes our neighborhood grocery store is open 24hrs. I'd probably pull my hair out if I needed bacon and couldn't get it anytime.0 -
AreteAndWhimsy wrote: »@minties82 I'm finding the New Zealand bacon REALLY WEIRD. It's not smoky, it's too salty, and almost no fat renders out of it, even if it's a fatty cut. I've lived in the US and England as well, and I don't care what cut of bacon it is, it's just very strange here. I've had to go through a lot of really un-tasty bacon in order to find cuts and companies that deliver a product that I can eat more than a bite or two of.
That's quite interesting! I've never been keen on pork, I wonder if something in how we raise pigs here or make pork products makes them taste odd? I.also find bacon to taste much too salty. Years ago I had some delicious bacon that was tender, smokey and almost honey-ish, I can't find anything like it now in a good price range. Sometimes streaky bacon is ok, depending on the brand. But so expensive
I see everyone on here loving bacon and feel left out!0 -
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yeah. there is no making bacon without sharing in THIS house!0
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bluefish86 wrote: »
Yeah, I bought some shelf stable precooked bacon at Aldi a couple weeks ago and hid one box in the cupboard where I knew hubby wouldn't look. When I pulled it out and cooked it this weekend, he said, "Hey, I didn't know we had any bacon left!" I told him I hid it in plain sight because I didn't want him to eat it all during the week while I was at work.
yeah. there is no making bacon without sharing in THIS house!
I have to share with husband, 3-year-old, and almost-2-year-old. *sigh* My teenager thinks she's a vegetarian.....AreteAndWhimsy wrote: »@minties82 I'm finding the New Zealand bacon REALLY WEIRD. It's not smoky, it's too salty, and almost no fat renders out of it, even if it's a fatty cut. I've lived in the US and England as well, and I don't care what cut of bacon it is, it's just very strange here. I've had to go through a lot of really un-tasty bacon in order to find cuts and companies that deliver a product that I can eat more than a bite or two of.
That's quite interesting! I've never been keen on pork, I wonder if something in how we raise pigs here or make pork products makes them taste odd? I.also find bacon to taste much too salty. Years ago I had some delicious bacon that was tender, smokey and almost honey-ish, I can't find anything like it now in a good price range. Sometimes streaky bacon is ok, depending on the brand. But so expensive
I see everyone on here loving bacon and feel left out!
I eat pork at least once a week, but I have to be in a certain mood to eat bacon, and even then I like it extremely thin and crispy. There's something about it that doesn't sit right with me....0 -
Does the lingering stale smell of bacon bother anyone else? I love bacon, don't get me wrong...and have been using the oven method in hopes of eliminating some of the smell. But I hate when I can still smell it hanging in the air hours after it's been made. Maybe it's just me...I also live within a few blocks of Patrick Cudahy, so maybe it's the overload of bacon in the air of the neighborhood certain days on top of bacon in my tiny apartment. All of this is still totally worth it for the sweet sweet taste of bacon
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In the UK I discovered this week that marks and Spencer do precooked super thin crispy beechwood smoked bacon that (perhaps unsurprisingly) tastes and feels exactly like smoky bacon flavour crisps (chips to you US folk). It was amazing...have a pack in the fridge at work for tomorrow! I never understood he point of precooked bacon before, but I now know I could never get bacon so finely sliced to make it myself. Mmmmmm0
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yeswehave8 wrote: »With a house full, I buy it 6 pks at a time and freeze it.
holy crap! Where do you live and how much is bacon there? Bacon here is (good bacon) is anywhere from 6$-12$ (or more at farmers market) for a package!!
Needless to say, I don't eat bacon.0 -
Does the lingering stale smell of bacon bother anyone else? I love bacon, don't get me wrong...and have been using the oven method in hopes of eliminating some of the smell. But I hate when I can still smell it hanging in the air hours after it's been made. Maybe it's just me...I also live within a few blocks of Patrick Cudahy, so maybe it's the overload of bacon in the air of the neighborhood certain days on top of bacon in my tiny apartment. All of this is still totally worth it for the sweet sweet taste of bacon
Nope. You're not the only one. I like the taste too, especially with my eggs, but I don't not like it as an "air fresherner" kind of smell all over my house hours later.
When I cook it, I also cook it in the over. I put a bowl of white vinegar on the stop top (not the element) and another on the other side of the kitchen while it cooks. It helps to reduce some of the lingering smell. Doesn't totally eliminate, but does make a noticeable difference in our house.
Works for frying onions as well.0 -
I bought 25 lbs of fresh pork belly that the butcher sliced up. I bake it with sea salt and sage. It's $3.99/lb this way, and freakin' delicious!0
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All the bacon love. I buy bacon in bulk. I found a farmer who woodsmokes so I buy 10kg a time and generally have packs in the freezer. I cook a heap at a time and keep in the "bacon container" in the fridge. My teenage son inhales it. There was none. I'm making do with supermarket bacon until I can get another order filled.
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sljohnson1207 wrote: »I bought 25 lbs of fresh pork belly that the butcher sliced up. I bake it with sea salt and sage. It's $3.99/lb this way, and freakin' delicious!
We pretty much have nothing in the way of butchers here where I live. I hate it. I grew up on butcher meats. I want pork belly so bad, but have to find time to hit the farmer's market (not happening, I work 5-2 every Saturday morning) so I can try to make contacts with local pig breeders.
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nicsflyingcircus wrote: »sljohnson1207 wrote: »I bought 25 lbs of fresh pork belly that the butcher sliced up. I bake it with sea salt and sage. It's $3.99/lb this way, and freakin' delicious!
We pretty much have nothing in the way of butchers here where I live. I hate it. I grew up on butcher meats. I want pork belly so bad, but have to find time to hit the farmer's market (not happening, I work 5-2 every Saturday morning) so I can try to make contacts with local pig breeders.
Have you tried looking for a co-op online?0 -
Can u really be sersous?Over my dead body! I thnk it's working!!!!0
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What ?0
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NO BUTCHER'S!! That's what's what, lol!0
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lol....I didn't know what the heck you were talking about !0
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I buy at least 10 lb of bacon each week, because my six kids all want in on the action everytime a slice goes in the microwave. I've been able to find it for $3/lb sometimes--the uncured brand, but not pork belly. That sounds awesome!
I cook it in the microwave, and it nearly eliminates the lingering after-odor. But my microwave is drenched in fat.0 -
I bought a second microwave for non bacon use so I don't have to clean it so often. Isn't that lazy??0
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Does the lingering stale smell of bacon bother anyone else? I love bacon, don't get me wrong...and have been using the oven method in hopes of eliminating some of the smell. But I hate when I can still smell it hanging in the air hours after it's been made. Maybe it's just me...I also live within a few blocks of Patrick Cudahy, so maybe it's the overload of bacon in the air of the neighborhood certain days on top of bacon in my tiny apartment. All of this is still totally worth it for the sweet sweet taste of bacon
Nope. You're not the only one. I like the taste too, especially with my eggs, but I don't not like it as an "air fresherner" kind of smell all over my house hours later.
When I cook it, I also cook it in the over. I put a bowl of white vinegar on the stop top (not the element) and another on the other side of the kitchen while it cooks. It helps to reduce some of the lingering smell. Doesn't totally eliminate, but does make a noticeable difference in our house.
Works for frying onions as well.
Great to know! We close all the doors in our apartment, otherwise the bed sheets and all our clothes smell like bacon for a week!0
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