I don’t know if many people know about this, but you can get “Fresh side cut pork” or “fresh pork belly” (or some other variation on the name), and all it is, is the same meat they use to make bacon, just fresh, uncured and unprocessed. If you fry it the same way you make reg. bacon and lightly salt it, it tastes almost just like the nitrate loaded bacon you usually buy. of course it is missing that good smoked flavour, but it still tastes pretty damn good.
I love regular bacon but I hate that shitty feeling I get from all the salt and nitrates and whatever they put into it, so I’m stoked to find delicious meat.
[quote]Brant_Drake wrote: Fuck it. I don’t need to defend bacon!
*Major post edit.[/quote]
I lol-ed a bit.
and anyway, I don’t really see anything wrong with bacon. You just need to get a good brand, a healthy brand and you should be good to go. bacon kicks ass bro
[quote]Thomas Gabriel wrote:
The only thing I find annoying about bacon is cleaning up all that grease. [/quote]
Thats why I bake bacon. Throw a whole bunch on a wire rack/cookie sheet combo after lining the cookie sheet with foil. Sprinkle some brown sugar on em near the end of the bake. MMMMM. All the grease drips off and you just toss the foil.
I’ve actually bought ‘Bacos’ before and thrown them in omlettes, and when I’m cooking a burger in a frying pan, I cover it with bacon bits, then melt a slice of cheese over the bacon! (getting hungry just thinking bout it -lol)
someone already mentioned it, but try some turkey bacon and i don’t mean the butterball fatty ass kind either.
esskay makes a pretty good turkey bacon thats real meaty.
i slap it on a glass plate, wrap a few slices in paper towels while my omelet forms. use the same plate to eat on. very little mess if you wrap the bacon up correctly. you can have soft or crunchy bacon too depending on how long you nuke it for.
are you fucking kidding me with the turkey bacon? it’s chopped and formed and stuck together with god knows what. and it tastes like salty rubber.
bacon is a slab of meat cut from the pig. no processing (unless it’s cured of course). and it tastes like heaven on earth.
and i would really encourage you all to go out your way to get good, naturally raised bacon, because factory pig farming is one of the most destructive agricultural practices around, and conventional bacon just tastes plain nasty, as far as i’m concerned. not surprising, considering the pigs are bred for uniformity, live and die in their own shit, eat industrial by-products, and are kept alive with antibiotics.
but I sure love bacon (and chops, and sausage) from happy pigs. the difference is amazing, but don’t take my word, go out and find the good stuff.
but I sure love bacon (and chops, and sausage) from happy pigs. the difference is amazing, but don’t take my word, go out and find the good stuff.[/quote]
but I sure love bacon (and chops, and sausage) from happy pigs. the difference is amazing, but don’t take my word, go out and find the good stuff.
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I actually get my bacon from a local farm that sells through my co-op. I would first see if there are any farms nearby or any vendors at farmers markets, etc. If not, then head down to your local co-op or Whole Foods and see what they have. Look for pasture raised, if possible.