"How It's Made" is a show that airs in the US on the Discovery & Science Channels. Each episode covers includes several products and shows how that product is made. Below is their clip showing how pre-cooked bacon for supermarkets is made.
That is depressing! Is the pre-made stuff what @BaconBitch calls "American cardboard" bacon? I would have figured that it'd be the other way around, that with being slightly more rural that you would have access to fresh bacon from butcher shops.Premade is what's mostly available here LOL
Do you still use it? I've seen them on various sites but always figured they were more gimmick then functional.The only time I used pre-cook bacon was with my "egg mcmuffin" maker thing. There is a tray to heat up pre-cooked bacon or other meat.
It actually is usually pretty good.
Just the phrase "mass-produced bacon" sounds so.... wrong.I rarely ever buy mass-produced bacon, just because it generally isn't good, and the flavoring is often added (Its lost in the manufacturing process).
You know pics are in orderI've also smoked and cured my own bacon, and that comes out way better than anything you'll buy from a store (Excluding amazing meat magician butchers).
Looks like shipping rates would kill me for shipping out here to PA; even for the bacon sampler it'd cost me more in shipping costs than the cost of the order.Here is their website along with a picture
http://www.fanestils.com/products/assorted-packages/bacon-sampler/
That place was amazing at some aspects, great flavors in the air depending on what side of that plant you're on..lol
I worked for a company back in High School that made a lot of meats, bacon was one of them.
I never "worked" on that line, but I was close and could see the process.
Here is their website along with a picture
http://www.fanestils.com/products/assorted-packages/bacon-sampler/
That place was amazing at some aspects, great flavors in the air depending on what side of that plant you're on..lol
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I was going to ask the same thingJust out of curiosity. How much would that slab of bacon cost in the states, in the image?
Just the phrase "mass-produced bacon" sounds so.... wrong.
You know pics are in order... there is a Bacon Recipes forum that would be perfect for posting details of your home smoking & curing.
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Just out of curiosity. How much would that slab of bacon cost in the states, in the image?
well the site says $30I was going to ask the same thing![]()
From the description it didn't sound like an actual slab is shipped.well the site says $30
not sure what it would cost to ship it
I'm 40 minutes away from that place![]()
ah, yes it looks like it's slicedFrom the description it didn't sound like an actual slab is shipped.![]()
I buy the slabs.
Depends on the slab, and on the current market.how much would you be paying for a slab of bacon that size?