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Where Can I Buy QUALITY Bacon?
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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 585856" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>That's funny... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>Not exactly what I had in mind. We raise Longhorns and have one slaughtered each year by local processor. As to pigs...I'll pass...don't need the hassle, mess, tearing up a pen,etc. Also, don't want a "big and fat" pig/hog...that's the problem...too many pig farmers are raising them too fat and that ends up in the "generic quality" bacon at the supermarket.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure there are some hogs slaughtered (or at least part of the hog) that has some decent ratio of lean pork to fat that can be purchased somewhere. I just know that most of the supermarkets I have been in over the past 5 years or so have systematically had marginal bacon and if you can find a "good" package (for any price) in the entire meat counter on any given visit you are lucky.</p><p></p><p>The brand names of bacon are no indication of quality. Any given package is often deceptive and the "bad" stuff (including pork chops, beef steaks & cube steaks) is often hidden under "creative packaging" by the meat department's butcher. What you see is not what you frequently get. I also know that when I eat breakfast at a restaurant that the bacon served is above average in quality! Go figure! Yes, I believe there is a merchandising thing going on here and there is preferential treatment given restaurants in meat cuts...not being paranoid...just being realistic from what I've personally experienced.</p><p></p><p>In sum, I had no intention of my thread going on a rant. I just had hoped that any poster might have some inside or other recommendations where I could purchase quality bacon. On a sidebar, I similarly don't trust even the "best" mail-order meat places...once it's shipped...it's yours...lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 585856, member: 9"] That's funny... :) Not exactly what I had in mind. We raise Longhorns and have one slaughtered each year by local processor. As to pigs...I'll pass...don't need the hassle, mess, tearing up a pen,etc. Also, don't want a "big and fat" pig/hog...that's the problem...too many pig farmers are raising them too fat and that ends up in the "generic quality" bacon at the supermarket. I'm sure there are some hogs slaughtered (or at least part of the hog) that has some decent ratio of lean pork to fat that can be purchased somewhere. I just know that most of the supermarkets I have been in over the past 5 years or so have systematically had marginal bacon and if you can find a "good" package (for any price) in the entire meat counter on any given visit you are lucky. The brand names of bacon are no indication of quality. Any given package is often deceptive and the "bad" stuff (including pork chops, beef steaks & cube steaks) is often hidden under "creative packaging" by the meat department's butcher. What you see is not what you frequently get. I also know that when I eat breakfast at a restaurant that the bacon served is above average in quality! Go figure! Yes, I believe there is a merchandising thing going on here and there is preferential treatment given restaurants in meat cuts...not being paranoid...just being realistic from what I've personally experienced. In sum, I had no intention of my thread going on a rant. I just had hoped that any poster might have some inside or other recommendations where I could purchase quality bacon. On a sidebar, I similarly don't trust even the "best" mail-order meat places...once it's shipped...it's yours...lol. [/QUOTE]
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