Becker knives to Bacon

I finally received a tracking number. My Bentons order is supposed to be delivered on the 23rd.
It will be Bentons bacon for Christmas Morning breakfast!
I'll let you know how it compares to my local favorite.
 
I may have to try some of the Benton's, but for now my favorite is made by a Czech family a few miles outside of town. The Czech's and German's really know how to make good pork products!





They slice it however thick you want and wrap it in butcher paper. I also always pick up a couple pounds of bacon ends if they have them.

http://www.greenssausagehouse.com/index.html
 
GSO1962 said:
I may have to try some of the Benton's, but for now my favorite is made by a Czech family a few miles outside of town. The Czech's and German's really know how to make good pork products!





They slice it however thick you want and wrap it in butcher paper. I also always pick up a couple pounds of bacon ends if they have them.

http://www.greenssausagehouse.com/index.html
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OoooHHH!!! They have like 20 kinds of sausage and soft, fluffy homemade bread. Lots of cheeses as well. Only about 23 miles from me.
 
Bought 5 packages of this stuff last night at a half off sale. Never tried this brand....what say you?

 
just got my Bentons order today...bugged me out how it is not refigerated at all! will be frying it up for Christmas Day breakfast!!!

Ordered 10/30...about 7 1/2 weeks!
 
GSO1962 said:
I've had it before, and it's the best grocery store bacon I've tried. I use it if I can't get my Green's fix.
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I agree, never bought store bacon that didn't shrink to 1/3rd its size with just a sliver of meat left over. This stuff broiled to a chewy, thick slice with just enough fat to retain that bacon flavor goodness. All told, I went back to the store and bought four more packs at the half price sale, all which now take up space in the freezer for future use.
 
Slightly off the bacon topic (this is about BEEF) but....

If you have a local meat market, one of those small mom-n-pop types, try them out. You will probably find that the meat is of greater quality that stuff bought in the "big" stores.

Example - on the surface, buying your ground meat in the "chubs", those plastic tubes, because the price per pound is less, is NOT 'cheaper'.

Consider this. When I make a 1 # meatloaf (no crackers, bread crumbs or anything else to absorb moisture), using the 93% lean chub, I usually end up with about a cup of liquid and a meatloaf that has shrunk about 3/8" all the way around the pan.

When making a meatloaf with "lean" ground beef from my local market following the same process, the shrinkage is considerably less and there is less than 1/2 cup of liquid in the pan.

The extra liquid and subsequent shrinkage comes from the fact that the big boys add ICE to their ground meat while grinding it up. So if you pay less per pound but you have less meat per pound.

They probably also inject water into their bacon before slicing and packaging it, so it shrinks more when cooking it.
 
Continuing off topic, I rarely buy any meat pre-ground. When I want hamburgher, I buy a chuck steak and grind it myself, yielding a rough 80/20 meat to fat ratio. For meatloaf, I buy bottom round roast, and grind it myself and getting a pretty true 85/15 meat to fat ratio. If I'm really in a good mood, I'll buy a Wagyu standing/prime rib roast, cut out about 2lbs for grinding for that very special burgher on the grill. While I'm at it, buying anything in a plastic tube pre-ground and mass produced from a factory is just asking for e.coli at best, or spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) at worst.
 
My Bentons order was delivered on Christmas Eve! Eight glorious pounds of pork goodness!



I cut open one of the packs on Christmas Morning to prepare breakfast for my family. The instant my BK15 sliced the plastic my kitchen was blessed with the aroma of hickory smoke! I've had "hickory smoked" store bought bacon up here in the north country, but I've never had that strong aroma from a bag of bacon!

It fried up beautifully and the taste was incredible! My two year old grand daughter looked across the table and said, "More bacon, please!"

Is it the best bacon in the world? I don't know. It was dam good, but I have a lot more bacon to eat before I can proclaim one the best.

...and I'll enjoy every single rasher!
 
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