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Cheap bacon so shitty
Posted on 7/4/23 at 9:15 am
Posted on 7/4/23 at 9:15 am
First world problem, I like to buy the more expensive bacon sold in the big grocery stores, not boutique or special, but the bacon that comes in bricks and is thick cut.
My wife says there’s no difference and doesn’t understand why we have to buy bacon that’s 50% more expensive.
I was cooking the cheap bacon this morning for the kids and the shite sticks to the pan, curls up like crazy, and generally just let’s put a crap load of water, not grease when cooking. It tastes ok, but I hate it. Rant over
My wife says there’s no difference and doesn’t understand why we have to buy bacon that’s 50% more expensive.
I was cooking the cheap bacon this morning for the kids and the shite sticks to the pan, curls up like crazy, and generally just let’s put a crap load of water, not grease when cooking. It tastes ok, but I hate it. Rant over
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Posted on 7/4/23 at 9:15 am to Oilfieldbiology
PREACH!
Posted on 7/4/23 at 11:17 am to foj1981
Wrights Brand Applewood smoked for the win, if you want something easily found.
Posted on 7/4/23 at 11:23 am to riverdiver
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Wrights Brand
and Albertson's Signature is also VERY good.
Posted on 7/4/23 at 11:26 am to Oilfieldbiology
We buy the good bacon too. The paper-thin bacon sucks.
Posted on 7/4/23 at 11:54 am to Oilfieldbiology
I agree with this.
ETA once you start making your own, you'll never go back to store bought.
ETA once you start making your own, you'll never go back to store bought.
Posted on 7/4/23 at 12:41 pm to Trout Bandit
I get whatever is $4 a pack at rouses and cook on the Blackstone. Comes out great
Posted on 7/4/23 at 12:55 pm to Oilfieldbiology
Wrights produces much of the bacon you find in the stores. They take the center cuts and package them under their label and then package the end pieces, which are usually thinner and fattier, under different labels. Those different labels are cheaper in price because grocers want to offer lower priced options.
The lesser quality bacon is generally always going to be those end cut pieces.
The lesser quality bacon is generally always going to be those end cut pieces.
Posted on 7/4/23 at 12:56 pm to riverdiver
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Wrights Brand Applewood smoked for the win, if you want something easily found.
I like the hickory too.
Sometimes we can find Nueske’s and will get that as well.
Has to be thick cut bacon anymore though.
Posted on 7/4/23 at 1:44 pm to Oilfieldbiology
If they have a Costco near you, they have the 2 pack with each pack running 1 1/2 lbs. of this cut hickory smoked bacon.
That was my go-to for a long time until I started making my own with pork bellies. I haven't bought company made bacon in a couple years now and prefer to brine and smoke my own.
That was my go-to for a long time until I started making my own with pork bellies. I haven't bought company made bacon in a couple years now and prefer to brine and smoke my own.
Posted on 7/4/23 at 1:48 pm to Oilfieldbiology
Believe it or not, Rouses brand, thick cut is pretty damn good
Posted on 7/4/23 at 2:13 pm to Oilfieldbiology
Cheap bacon has one use for me...duck wraps.
Posted on 7/4/23 at 2:19 pm to OTIS2
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duck wraps
Gross
Posted on 7/4/23 at 7:07 pm to gumbo2176
Curing and smoking bacon is really not that much work if you're set up properly. Cure, wrap, smoke and slice, not that much work for an excellent product.
I find that commercial bacon is not smoked long enough and lacking in flavor.
I find that commercial bacon is not smoked long enough and lacking in flavor.
Posted on 7/4/23 at 8:14 pm to Oilfieldbiology
If you're going to go cheap. Might as well just buy the Hormel precooked bacon.
Thick cut is all I buy.
Thick cut is all I buy.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:26 am to Oilfieldbiology
I hate the cheap bacon too, but it’s much easier and less of a mess to cook in the oven. It doesn’t curl up and I just throw away the foil I wrapped over a cookie sheet. You can still keep the bacon grease if you’d like.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:52 am to Oilfieldbiology
Trader Joe's black forest bacon is my go to
Rouse's pecan smoked isn't bad either
Unfortunately my daughter doesn't like the thick bacon so have to keep some microwave Hormel on hand also
Rouse's pecan smoked isn't bad either
Unfortunately my daughter doesn't like the thick bacon so have to keep some microwave Hormel on hand also
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:58 am to OTIS2
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Cheap bacon has one use for me...duck wraps.
Exactly. Cheap, thin bacon for any type of wrap really. Thick good bacon for everything else, but wrapping with it sucks and you have to overcook the wrappie trying to get the bacon done..
Posted on 7/5/23 at 9:57 am to Oilfieldbiology
I like the members mark restaurant quality bacon, comes in a white box, 10lbs I believe. it's like $4 per lb, it's a bit thicker than normal but not thick cut, imho much better quality than the cheap stuff but around the same price, we just split it up and freeze in ziplocs, 1lb per bag.
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