Pay more, get less!

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Shaun aRe said:

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> Or in this case, more FAT! I paid a little extra and bought some
> Bryan thick cut bacon.

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Must be a regional thing. I've never heard of it.

FWIW, I've never heard of Bryan brand.

*that* is a southern USAian thing 🙂

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Ayrshire cured middle bacon - delicious! I bought a chunk of that (not
rashers) to make the bacon, bean and veg. herby stew I made last w/e
for
everyone of us campers. It was *delicious*! I wish I'd bought some

rashers

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of it too for breakfast...

Shaun aRe

Shame, shame on you for tantalizing me with Scottish bacon. Bacon here

in

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the US is comparable to British "streaky" bacon - mostly fat, very little
lean. What is sold here as "Canadian bacon" isn't like the bacon at

home,

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either.

I know. Why do you *think* I posted that? Heh... >',;~}~

You're a scoundrel.

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I miss short back bacon.

My favourite too, but some good, quite lean middle is a close second! I
prefer mine smoked.

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How about e-mailing me some, Shaun? <G>

Sure - see the link I posted earlier, heheheh!

You're even more of a scoundrel. "Only shipped within the UK". I know
where you live and I'll get you.

Dora

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What Americans consider Canadian bacon is not peameal bacon. We've had
Canadian bacon at American restaurants and hate the stuff. It is a thin
slice of processed lunch meat type thing instead of peameal bacon. Now
peameal bacon is Canadian bacon 🙂

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Peameal bacon is too darned expensive and it's hard to find down here.
Also
too salty for my taste, but you're talking to a woman who soaks ham to
rid
it of excess salt.

We often have a dinner with peameal bacon as the meat. It's a lot leaner
and supposedly lower in sodium than regular bacon.

Amen. Real peameal bacon is a treat, and the so-called Canadian bacon you
usually get in the states is a travesty. Whenever we go to Canada we fill a
suitcase with the stuff. If it is vacuum packed the customs people will let
it thru.

--
Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths page at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm

jmcquown said:

Bob (this one) said:

jmcquown said:

Sheldon wrote:

>jmcquown wrote:
>
>>Or in this case, more FAT! I paid a little extra and bought some
>> Bryan thick cut bacon. Should be better since it cost a tad
>>more, right? Wrong. What I got was pretty much a slab of fat

Bryan is part of Sara Lee. Their web site is particularly
uninformative.

I know. My brother worked for them for about 14 years doing programming
(not for their web site). He used to get free food. That's not a bad deal!
(I was also literally picked up off the ground by Jimmy Dean - another
company owned by Sara Lee Corp; I was lifted off the floor and twirled
around by the old man himself. He of the diamond belt buckle. LOL)

They had employees taste-test new products. They had a test kitchen; I got
a tour of it. They had these little booths the employees would sit in so
they couldn't see each other or chit-chat about what they were tasting.
They would be given a sample of one thing, then a cup of water and a cracker
to cleanse the palate, then a taste of the next thing. Then they wrote down
their opinions of sample #1 vs. sample #2.

Sara Lee corporation also owns non-food related companies including Hanes
Hosiery and Bali Bras.

Very small world...

Jimmy Dean and his wife wrote a state song for Virginia and went around
promoting it. "Carry me back to old Virginny" is now the state song
"emeritus." I was running a country club at the time and he stopped by
on several occasions to eat and hide from the rest of the world. Damn,
he's tall. Gave me a hard time for not using his products. I asked him
if he really wanted to talk about it. He said no. He didn't offer to
twirl me around.

I worked on designing a few meat products for Sara Lee out in Grand
Rapids. They spent a lot of time and money on the ideas we developed and
finally realized it wasn't a market they could do much with. Cancelled.
I think it made good business sense.

Pastorio

Bob (this one) said:

jmcquown said:

Bob (this one) said:

jmcquown wrote:

> Sheldon wrote:
>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> Or in this case, more FAT! I paid a little extra and bought some
>>> Bryan thick cut bacon. Should be better since it cost a tad
>>> more, right? Wrong. What I got was pretty much a slab of fat

Bryan is part of Sara Lee. Their web site is particularly
uninformative.

I know. My brother worked for them for about 14 years doing
programming (not for their web site). He used to get free food.
That's not a bad deal! (I was also literally picked up off the
ground by Jimmy Dean - another company owned by Sara Lee Corp; I was
lifted off the floor and twirled around by the old man himself. He
of the diamond belt buckle. LOL)

Very small world...

Jimmy Dean and his wife wrote a state song for Virginia and went
around promoting it. "Carry me back to old Virginny" is now the state
song "emeritus." I was running a country club at the time and he
stopped by
on several occasions to eat and hide from the rest of the world. Damn,
he's tall.

Yep, he's very tall. Something like 6 ft. 5 inches tall. I felt like I was
on a tilt-a-whirl at the county fair when he picked me up and spun me
around. LOL

Gave me a hard time for not using his products. I asked him

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if he really wanted to talk about it. He said no. He didn't offer to
twirl me around.

Awww, too bad! He's a fun ride (kidding!) He could have at least offered
you a discount to use his products. I get the feeling (heheh) he doesn't
really need the money.

Jill

jmcquown wrote on 21 Jul 2005 in rec.food.cooking

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Awww, too bad! He's a fun ride (kidding!) He could have at least
offered you a discount to use his products. I get the feeling
(heheh) he doesn't really need the money.

Jill

The Jimmy Dean show was the first national TV show to feature Jim
Hessen's Muppets...Rolph the Dog was a regular on his show.

--
It's not a question of where he grips it!
It's a simple question of weight ratios!

A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

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In article <[email hidden]>,

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In article <[email hidden]>, "jmcquown"
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> > Ayrshire cured middle bacon - delicious! I bought a chunk of
> > that (not rashers) to make the bacon, bean and veg. herby stew
> > I made last w/e for everyone of us campers. It was *delicious*!
> > I wish I'd bought some rashers of it too for breakfast...
> >
> > Shaun aRe
>
> Must be a regional thing. I've never heard of it.

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> Jill

Look where he's posting from. :-)

An old chair in a factory?

',;~}~

Shaun aRe

I was thinking the UK, since that's part of your email address.
Are you in the UK? Fess up, lad/lassie.

Heheh - hey you - I'm a BLOKE! ',;~}~

Yes, I'm an Eglandier from Englandia, in the Great North, Lancashire, near
the Ribble Valley. We get *stunning* bacon here, heheheh...

',;~}~

Cheers!

Shaun aRe

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TigBits said:

I went to the Formula 1 race at Spa in Belgium last year. The hotel we
stayed at was in Epen, Holland and they had without a doubt the best

bacon

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I've ever tasted available every morning on their breakfast buffet.
Extremely lean,

You people are weird. The fat's the point of bacon.

Just enough for the meat to be juicy and flavourful is plenty! Any more,
might as well just deep fry tiny smidgens of salt pork and serve it by the
ladle full, heheh...

Shaun aRe

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"limey" wrote in message

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> Ayrshire cured middle bacon - delicious! I bought a chunk of that

(not

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> rashers) to make the bacon, bean and veg. herby stew I made last w/e
> for
> everyone of us campers. It was *delicious*! I wish I'd bought some

rashers

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> of it too for breakfast...
>
> Shaun aRe

Shame, shame on you for tantalizing me with Scottish bacon. Bacon

here

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in

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the US is comparable to British "streaky" bacon - mostly fat, very

little

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lean. What is sold here as "Canadian bacon" isn't like the bacon at

home,

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either.

I know. Why do you *think* I posted that? Heh... >',;~}~

You're a scoundrel.

Scoundrel, cad, bounder and foul brigande all! Indeed.

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I miss short back bacon.

My favourite too, but some good, quite lean middle is a close second! I
prefer mine smoked.

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How about e-mailing me some, Shaun? <G>

Sure - see the link I posted earlier, heheheh!

You're even more of a scoundrel. "Only shipped within the UK". I know
where you live and I'll get you.

That could be fun >',;~}~

That's the problem though (re: shipping) - meats like those don't ship well.
The main point is that it's never seen a freezer or the inside of a sweaty
plastic wrap, and has been prepared in comparatively small batches.

The stuff we get locally when we treat ourselves is free range reared very
near by, the very best is rare breed, or 'wild' boar that's been allowed to
roam in woodland. It's culled at the perfect time, usually cured on site in
traditional manner, and sold through outlets within a ~20 mile radius. The
whole thing would fall apart if demand went up, as it would, should they
offer to ship it much further afield.

Believe me - if I could post you some, I'd do it!

Shaun aRe hoping that one day, I'll be able to rear a few of my own!

~patches~ said:

What Americans consider Canadian bacon is not peameal bacon. We've had
Canadian bacon at American restaurants and hate the stuff. It is a thin
slice of processed lunch meat type thing instead of peameal bacon. Now
peameal bacon is Canadian bacon 🙂

GAG! Please don't lump us all under that umbrella. What restaurant
chain did you eat at? I've never heard of any processed luncheon meat
that was labeled Canadian Bacon. The stuff I buy and have eaten in
restaurants looks like a big tenderloin... or maybe it's loin...
anyway there's no way it's processed meat.

sf said:

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What Americans consider Canadian bacon is not peameal bacon. We've had
Canadian bacon at American restaurants and hate the stuff. It is a thin
slice of processed lunch meat type thing instead of peameal bacon. Now
peameal bacon is Canadian bacon 🙂

GAG! Please don't lump us all under that umbrella. What restaurant
chain did you eat at? I've never heard of any processed luncheon meat
that was labeled Canadian Bacon. The stuff I buy and have eaten in
restaurants looks like a big tenderloin... or maybe it's loin...
anyway there's no way it's processed meat.

Until a few months ago I was under the impression that what Americans called
Canadian bacon was our peameal bacon, but then I saw "Canadian Bacon" in the
local grocery store for the first time and tried some. It is not like peameal
bacon. It was smoked, not brined, and definitely not processed meat.

"Shaun aRe"

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"limey" wrote >>

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> How about e-mailing me some, Shaun? <G>

Sure - see the link I posted earlier, heheheh!

You're even more of a scoundrel. "Only shipped within the UK". I know
where you live and I'll get you.

That could be fun >',;~}~

That's the problem though (re: shipping) - meats like those don't ship
well.
The main point is that it's never seen a freezer or the inside of a sweaty
plastic wrap, and has been prepared in comparatively small batches.

Believe me - if I could post you some, I'd do it!

Shaun aRe >

You're exonerated! Looks like I'll have to come home to London to have it.
BTW, three cheers to the Londoners right now - those b***ers won't get
people down.

Dora