BACON IN THE NEWS
NICE LOOKING BURGER a friend sent this link which has quite the burger in it, bacon-wrapped, of course. Link here. Nice onion rings.
As my friend Brad said, "I'm not too sure of that green chili sauce..." It looks like avocado (read on to find a bit of trivia about avocado, actually.)
BACON PRICES DROPPING! Yes, the market is finally turning around. Since the baby swine virus epidemic is over, supply is increasing, so prices are coming down. Great news! Maybe rib prices will drop too, and I'll be doing more smoking in my Big Poppa -based Ugly Drum Smoker! Let's hope the weather turns soon (it's actually 60 today; this pic from a while back).
BACON CAN EXTEND YOUR LIFE! This news is a bit of pseudo-science, (click that link for the source) but an actual study (full disclosure: guess who sponsored it) finds that bacon can extend your life span. The foundation of the study - that the fats in bacon are actually GOOD for you - isn't really news. Bacon gets such a bad rap - "artery clogging" is the term I hear often - it's just plain unfair. But judge for yourself. Believe it or not, many common foods contain poison FROM NATURE. Avocados, for example, have arsenic! So just because it's natural doesn't mean it's good for you. Bacon, on the other hand, is GOOD and GOOD FOR YOU. And the old phrase "everything in moderation?" Harumph. Nonsense. As you might know, a famous Navy Seal once said "Everything worth doing is worth doing to excess." Hmmm maybe there's some truth to that. Which brings me to the next story...
IN THE WORLD OF COMPTITIVE EATING, a Molly Schuyl consumed five full pounds of bacon in five minutes, in a West Des Moines, Iowa restaurant - Jethro's Barbeque and Bacon Bacon. I certainly love bacon, but this is disgusting! Five minutes, two point one seconds. Unbelievable. Maybe you don't want to watch the video, here or click the image. In watching the video, I wonder if that first plate was five pounds gross (pre cooked) or five pounds post cooked. It looked like it was 5# pre-cooked; that would only work out to about 20 ounces. Still somewhat unpleasant to work through so quickly, but I can conceive it.
THIS WEEK'S BACON COMES FROM HEINEN'S grocer, here in northern Illinois. Heinen's is an upscale grocery chain out of Ohio.
I've previously reviewed the thick cut version of the same bacon, which was waaaaaay over-sugared. I was hopeful this wasn't more of the same.
The one pount package came in at 1 pound 1 ounce - BONUS! Post cooking it was 6.2 ounces of goodness. It produced a scant 65 ml of rendered fat.
It was 'hammy' smelling coming out of the package, kind of like store-bought sliced boiled ham for sandwiches. This was not a good sign. During cooking it didn't stick at all and had uneven browning and unusual shrinkage characteristics. It did curl normally and looked very picturesque.
Upon tasting, there were indeed heavy sugar notes, but it wasn't anywhere near as syrupy as the thinck version. Overall a great value - solid bacon flavor, 3.0 on crispness, 2.5 on succuelence and 2.5 in flavor.
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