Bacon Rant!!!

[the ringo kid]

I meant to post this days ago. Anyway, here in CC-land--our choices for Bacon seems to be limited to just a few brands like: Oscar Meyer, Black Hawk? Great Value, and a few others. I grew up with Roeglein (SP?) but do not see it on the shelves anywhere here in town. That brand was my favorite as I was growing up--had great flavor, cooked perfectly, didnt stick to pan unlike (and im not mentioning names here--names like Oscar Meyer) but the Black Hawk brand I bought cooked well, wasnt paper thin unlike the name I refuse to mention like (Oscar Meyer) which is almost tasteless.

Since I started cooking for the first time in years-instead of living out of the box and various packages of processed ****--that ive had for years, so I sorta "lost" the feel for cooking and what tasted good. Im more used to restaurant cooking like at Cracker Barrel.

That said, what brands that are national brands-do you guys cook? We are limited here on Meat Markets that are easily for me to get to-or I would go there.

End of rant.

 

[Mike McLellan]

I don't eat bacon very often, but when I do, I prefer United Hebrew. Stay kosher, my friend.

 

[Salty RI]

From the market I like Plumrose, we have a farm down the street that has great bacon.

 

[doublesharp]

I like thick cut and once you fix it in the oven you'll forget the frying pan. Put it in a cold oven and set it to 425. Check it at 15 minutes for desired crispness. I keep any leftover in a storage container in the fridge and then microwave for 20 seconds. Hard to beat!

 

[ralph7]

Wright!

You know anything else just ain't Wright!
Well damn, I shoulda been an ad guy....

Wright Brand

 

[WuzzFuzz]

Canadian bacon is good!!! eh?



WuzzFuzz

 

[timn8er]

+1 to Ralph7! Wright is some good stuff. Its thick, & if memory serves me correctly, is available in hickory & apple wood smoked varieties. I get it at Sam's, but I try not to buy it too often. So thanks a lot, Ringo. I happen to be going to Sam's tomorrow & you made me think of bacon. I see BLT's in my future!

 

[Badquaker]

peppered thick cut bacon is very good

 

[zzzippper]

If I ever got a tattoo it would be the bar code for bacon on the back of my neck. I'm just saying.

 

[coltle6920]

Bacon is usually about $5/lb around here in the markets.Not going to pay that price!

 

[boatme99]

Agree with Doublesharp. Bake it. Only way to cook bacon.
I like Wright's brand but I'll try about any really thick cut brand.
I won't waste my money on that thin garbage.

 

[timn8er]

peppered thick cut bacon is very good



Yes it is!

 

[Smitty357]

Bacon comes when I post up guard on my corn fields at the camp.

 

[vonn]

You fellas are making me hungry!

 

[BigBill]

I like the slab bacon but I haven't had it in years. Plumrose is ok. I been buying the Yoder canned, precooked bacon. It's a few minutes in the nuker.
Then it's crispy. It's fourty slices for $16. It's just me and the misses now so convenience is the key. It's not as tasty nor greasy as the plumrose bacon.

I'll probably never see the wild hogs make it up here. Fresh pork on the hoof.

 

[RonJ]

My wife buys Farmland. I don't know about thick bacon. I haven't been to the supermarket in a long time.

 

[NCTexan]

Boar's Head Bacon is the regular choice for breakfast.

Two strips in the microwave, a boiled egg with lots of salt/pepper, a slice of Swiss cheese and a piece of seeded Jewish rye bread toasted with Bon Maman raspberry jam.

Works for me.

 

[Mydogmax]

Bacon is just like sex. No such thing as bad. Just some is better than the other.

 

[the ringo kid]

I don't eat bacon very often, but when I do, I prefer United Hebrew. Stay kosher, my friend.

Not sold here but the Hebrew National dogs are.

 

[the ringo kid]

From the market I like Plumrose, we have a farm down the street that has great bacon.

Ive heard of that brand but, not sold here either.

 

[the ringo kid]

I like thick cut and once you fix it in the oven you'll forget the frying pan. Put it in a cold oven and set it to 425. Check it at 15 minutes for desired crispness. I keep any leftover in a storage container in the fridge and then microwave for 20 seconds. Hard to beat!

Looks great and ill try baking some. Also, I liked the idea of adding images of bacon--with those fine guns.

 

[the ringo kid]

You know anything else just ain't Wright!
Well damn, I shoulda been an ad guy....

Wright Brand

I THINK that brand is sold here? I think. I know ive heard of it though.

 

[the ringo kid]

Canadian bacon is good!!! eh?



WuzzFuzz

I have it when I do get Pizza--somehow--it works.

 

[the ringo kid]

peppered thick cut bacon is very good

Thick cut and heavily peppered--yum.

 

[Kentucky Dave]

Don't you guys have butcher shops where you live? Just getting some thick cut meat counter, non-packaged bacon!!

YUM~

 

[the ringo kid]

Bacon is usually about $5/lb around here in the markets.Not going to pay that price!

Its pretty close to that here. I think the lowest price I can remember is around $3.50-to as high as about $8.

 

[the ringo kid]

You fellas are making me hungry!

I just ate Salisbury Steak and Cornbread Stuffing--but there is always room bacon.

 

[BigBill]

I do prefer a sausage,egg,cheese on a croissant but bacon on everything else.

 

[the ringo kid]

I like the slab bacon but I haven't had it in years. Plumrose is ok. I been buying the Yoder canned, precooked bacon. It's a few minutes in the nuker.
Then it's crispy. It's fourty slices for $16. It's just me and the misses now so convenience is the key. It's not as tasty nor greasy as the plumrose bacon.

I'll probably never see the wild hogs make it up here. Fresh pork on the hoof.

I never seen but heard of canned bacon. The stores here have no imagination for ordering something new. The only time that happens, is when someone from corporate actually goes to someplace new on vacation. That's how Merci Chocolates got introduced in my area a few years ago--something I enjoyed when I was in Germany. I also had American cut bacon both in Wilhelmshaven and at a friends home in Rickenbach, Switzerland.

 

[the ringo kid]

My wife buys Farmland. I don't know about thick bacon. I haven't been to the supermarket in a long time.

Thanks for the reminder on that one, it is sold at a few stores here.