This bacon, from the Fresh Farms market in Niles, IL (a suburb of Chicago) was procured during a lacrosse tryout. Always on the lookout for a bacon to try, I grabbed this at a fair price.
It's clearly un- or partially cured bacon. The label says "skin on", so obviously the rind (or skin) is present - see how wide it is.
I opened the package with great anticipation, which quickly turned into disappointment. The meat smelled like a pork chop. I guess I should have expected that.
It cooked without bacon aromas. Bad sign. Also didn't shrink. Also didn't brown properly. I give it a 0 in every category. I couldn't even choke down one bite.
Advice: don't buy completely uncured pork belly like this. It has to have a different cooking treatment. My mistake! I should have known. But the label says "bacon" - not "raw pork belly". Oops.
Three-way shot of the cooking process.
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