The Bacon Thread

Hormel Black Label ... but my buddy in Virginia has a butcher (https://www.yelp.com/biz/lothars-gourmet-sausages-purcellville) that sells what he calls "bacon steaks" ... basically bacon that's cut a 1/4+ inch thick, you can grill them like a pork chop ...easily the best thing I've ever tasted in life

"FasanoPaisano wrote:

Hormel Black Label ... but my buddy in Virginia has a butcher that sells what he calls "bacon steaks" ... basically bacon that's cut a 1/4+ inch thick, you can grill them like a pork chop ...easily the best thing I've ever tasted in life

Sounds boss. Is it more sweet or smoky? Makin' a list of bacons to order.

1) Mangalitsa

2) Apricot Lane


Competition Winers: Heavyweight - National Bacon Championships

3) AJ’s Lena Maid Meats, Lena, IL

4) Swiss Meat and Sausage Company, Hermann, MO 3 pack sampler order! (look in descrips below order form for “Grand Champion” designations http://www.swissmeats.com/products/bacon/half-bacon.html

5) Geiss Meat Service LLC, Merrill, WI Lean Hickory Smoked Bacon
http://www.sausagelover.com/sausages.html

6) Woods Smoked Meats Inc., Bowling Green, MO

Bacon (Lightweight Division)

7) Thrushwood Farms Quality Meats Inc., Galesburg, IL
https://www.thrushwoodfarms.com/Store/Product-Viewer/slug/Hickory-Smoked-Bacon-5-1-lb-pkgs

8) Maplewood Meats, Green Bay, WI Hickory/Apple and Cdn Bacon
https://maplewoodmeats.com/shop/category/delivery/smoked-bacon-hams/

9) Woods Smoked Meats Inc., Bowling Green, MO (PLACED IN HEAVYWEIGHT BACON AND LIGHTWEIGHT BACON DIVISIONS)
http://store.woodssmokedmeats.com/hambacon.html

they're more smoky, I updated my post with a yelp link to that butcher's shop ... I don't know if he distributes, but I'm close enough to visit down there 2 or three times a year

"FasanoPaisano wrote:

they're more smoky, I updated my post with a yelp link to that butcher's shop ... I don't know if he distributes, but I'm close enough to visit down there 2 or three times a year

Looks like a legit butcher. Great name too. I'll have to look up where I can order hormel online though, since Lothar doesn;t deliver.

Lothar of the Hill People

"Bpk wrote:

Looks like a legit butcher. Great name too. I'll have to look up where I can order hormel online though, since Lothar doesn;t deliver.

Lothar of the Hill People

That SNL skit was the first thing I thought about too when I heard the name


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all bacon is good? hmmm... Does turkey bacon qualify as a type of bacon? Because I'd rather not eat it unless I'm Tom Hanks stuck on a deserted island. And before you say what would turkey bacon be doing stuck on a deserted island... well, recall Hanks' character had Fed Ex packages that made it thru the plane crash and washed up on the island. Why would turkey bacon be in a fed ex package? Better question is... Why wouldn't it be?

"Paul 13 wrote:

all bacon is good? hmmm... Does turkey bacon qualify as a type of bacon? Because I'd rather not eat it unless I'm Tom Hanks stuck on a deserted island. And before you say what would turkey bacon be doing stuck on a deserted island... well, recall Hanks' character had Fed Ex packages that made it thru the plane crash and washed up on the island. Why would turkey bacon be in a fed ex package? Better question is... Why wouldn't it be?

In response to your query we have run turkey bacon through our bacon spectrometer (my mouth). Results indicate this is not bacon.

"Bpk wrote:

In response to your query we have run turkey bacon through our bacon spectrometer (my mouth). Results indicate this is not bacon.

That would be my vote as well (not bacon). I've heard duck bacon is better, but i've never tried it.

"rafael wrote:

That would be my vote as well (not bacon). I've heard duck bacon is better, but i've never tried it.

It's better. Still definitely NB.

"FasanoPaisano wrote:

Hormel Black Label ... but my buddy in Virginia has a butcher (https://www.yelp.com/biz/lothars-gourmet-sausages-purcellville) that sells what he calls "bacon steaks" ... basically bacon that's cut a 1/4+ inch thick, you can grill them like a pork chop ...easily the best thing I've ever tasted in life

Butcher a couple of hundred miles south of me over here in the UK, that does online sales, sells these bad boys. 'Black bacon steaks', they're rubbed with black treacle (not sure if you get it in the US, but it's similar to molasses) then cured. :drool:

I like Bacon, but only if its really, really well cooked and crispy. It needs to be cooked so well that it snaps in half easily. Rubbery bacon is gross, to me. I can eat a whole plate of it, but its always a side dish to me, with pancakes or waffles.

"Claymore95 wrote:

Butcher a couple of hundred miles south of me over here in the UK, that does online sales, sells these bad boys. 'Black bacon steaks', they're rubbed with black treacle (not sure if you get it in the US, but it's similar to molasses) then cured. :drool:

That looks absolutely amazing

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I am a lover of bacon. If i had a pig, i would name it bacon because thats what hes going to be one day lol. It truly is unlike any other food in that your tongue actually has 5 different spots to detect taste (i.e. whether a food is sweet sour bitter etc) but bacon is the only food that brings out a 6th type of taste (i forget what it was called, i saw it on an episode of bar rescue lol).

But like unlike Unlucky said, it needs to be cooked til its crunchy. Dont give me no rubbery nasty stuff thats barely cooked with the fat layers still showing. Bacon is the only food i like well done....as in almost burnt. It needs to be that brownish orange color it gets right before its burnt.

As for a favorite type of bacon, any type is fine when i need some bacon in my life. But dont give none of that turkey or canadian bacon nonsense. Thats not bacon.

I was just talking on Facebook about putting bacon and donuts together, sounds like a winning combination to me!

What about microwavable bacon? Qualifies right? Because if you haven't tried it, it's fairly decent. It's not better than regular fried up in the frying pan with all the bacon fat bacon... And before you say I married the wrong woman (turkey bacon... microwavable bacon...) she doesn't get in the way of my Dolphins. So, priorities... concessions... priorities... concessions.

Favorite thing to do with bacon? Fried bread in the bacon fat... holy ****... if you've never tried that in your life, you have to do it once. Of course, can't make a regular occurrence out of it as it's obviously not a life extender.

I need to try chocolate bacon...

https://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Ware-Microwave-Bacon-Defroster/dp/B00080QJXE/ref=pd_bxgy_79_img_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=B2D5JVNJJ6Z2RMCCWYZD

My wife and I use this bacon tray. Its very effective, and its easy to dispose of the grease.

"Boik14 wrote:

I am a lover of bacon. If i had a pig, i would name it bacon because thats what hes going to be one day lol.

You'll love this then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMA3x-bc8iM

"Boik14 wrote:

bacon...bacon...
truly is unlike any other...
bacon is the only

Bacon is the only...

bacon... need

bacon in my life

bacon bacon.

Edited your post to be a poem. Ode to bacon titled "Bacon Is the Only."

"Ronnie Bass wrote:

I was just talking on Facebook about putting bacon and donuts together, sounds like a winning combination to me!

"Did somebody call my name?"

"Paul 13 wrote:

What about microwavable bacon? Qualifies right? Because if you haven't tried it, it's fairly decent. It's not better than regular fried up in the frying pan with all the bacon fat bacon... And before you say I married the wrong woman (turkey bacon... microwavable bacon...) she doesn't get in the way of my Dolphins. So, priorities... concessions... priorities... concessions.

Favorite thing to do with bacon? Fried bread in the bacon fat... holy ****... if you've never tried that in your life, you have to do it once. Of course, can't make a regular occurrence out of it as it's obviously not a life extender.

I need to try chocolate bacon...

Microwave bacon - not if I have any choice, but better than no bacon. I prefer cast iron cooked bacon on campfire, or in oven.

Your woman - Good choice. just needs to be taught about bacon.

Bacon Bread - That should be a product. Sounds amazing. And unhealthy, as you say.

Chocolate bacon is okay, but the chocolate gets in the way of the bacon.

Voodo donuts in Portland has been doing bacon maple bars for years, perhaps decades. Yummy. They even teamed up with Rouge brewery to make a maple bacon ale. Not good. Not good at ale. (Get it? Ale? Ha!)

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"Bpk wrote:

You'll love this then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMA3x-bc8iM

hahaha... oh man, i love it when newscaster's lose their **** on live tv... in fact, we should start a new thread about that.

"Bpk wrote:

Microwave bacon - not if I have any choice, but better than no bacon. I prefer cast iron cooked bacon on campfire, or in oven.

Your woman - Good choice. just needs to be taught about bacon.

Bacon Bread - That should be a product. Sounds amazing. And unhealthy, as you say.

Chocolate bacon is okay, but the chocolate gets in the way of the bacon.

oh wow, you've never tried fried bread in bacon fat? oh man, next breakfast you do, you have to give it a shot. I've only had it once in the last 8 years. Had it with french bread, nice and fresh. But it really doesn't matter the quality of the bread. It's all in the bacon fat and how much you choose to soak it in and let it cook. It really crisps up and then when it's done, you can actually put fried eggs on top and let the yolk run into it. Of course, garnished with some bacon... heaven is happening on your plate at that point.

BPK, and anyone else in the LA area... might find this place interesting... I've only read about it.. bit of a drive for me... Bacon Bar...

http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-bacon-bar-orange-county-20160421-story.html

http://www.saintmarcusa.com/