Bacon Disappointment

[Mr Evilwrench]

Yes, you read that right, and yes, I'm pimping for some sympathy. I just cooked up a pack of my favorite brand (Indiana Kitchen, am I far off base?) and I don't think I've ever had a pack of bacon that was as nearly meat free in my life. It was almost like frying slices of pure pig fat. Now, I know there's fat in bacon. A lot, in fact. That's expected. But this whole pack fried down to a small ziploc of not much. You couldn't tell from the outside; they'd put what meat there was visible. I hope it was just a coincidence. I just feel kinda let down. Had to let that out.

 

[jetmechG550]

The Marsh over here has bacon in the service meats case and it's regularly on sale for $2.99/lb It's some of the best bacon I've had. I will put this out though that the Marsh in Plainfield does have some of the best meats in the area that I have found and seems to run sales that are different from other Marsh stores in regards to meat.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Yeah, I've been looking for a good meat market around town. Everyone I ask talks about Talbot St but I can't seem to find a butcher there

 

[hip shot]

Yeah, I've been looking for a good meat market around town. Everyone I ask talks about Talbot St but I can't seem to find a butcher there

go to Kinkaids (sp) on Illinois, plus he's a shooter!

 

[Roadie]

I have heard good things about Claus' in Fountain Square, if you are down that way..

 

[handgun]

Turkey

Bacon you wont have that problem bahahahahahahhahahahaha

 

[Roadie]

Turkey

Bacon you wont have that problem bahahahahahahhahahahaha

 

[handgun]

I thought I made that purple

 

[mydoghasfleas]

I have heard good things about Claus' in Fountain Square, if you are down that way..

+1 for Claus'. They seem to be a real German butcher shop.

 

[Roadie]

I thought I made that purple

Even jesting about turkey bacon is a serious offense..

 

[tv1217]

I had Turkey bacon once. Tasted like someone bacon flavored a rectangular piece of old balogna.

 

[williamnewman1]

I had Turkey bacon once. Tasted like someone bacon flavored a rectangular piece of old balogna.

, my wife one time picked up bacon for me , ...........well she got turkey bacon , because "it was on sale" she says ........well we almost got divorced

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

the local grocery store once had beef bacon. tasted like crappy pastrami. still ate two pounds of it.

 

[melensdad]

yummy yummy pure pig fat

 

[$mooth]

I actually like Turkey "Bacon". It isn't bacon, though. As long as you know that, it's a fine side item. They're not comparable, however. Bacon is of course preferred.

I'm glad negative rep is gone.

 

[tv1217]

I actually like Turkey "Bacon".

He's a witch!

 

[bluewraith]

My one and only experience with turkey bacon was terrible.. I cooked it and cooked it and cooked it and it never got crispy.. Figured that was the nature of the beast, so I ate one slice and was down with food poisoning for about a week. Yeah, I'm never touching the stuff again.

 

[BGDave]

TURKEY BACON?????????? What in the wide world of sports is that. BTW. Remember when fried chicken meant fried in pork lard. That's got a little bacon in it.

 

[ocsdor]

Back to the OP for a second:

I, too, have had a few lots-o-fat packages of Indiana Kitchen Bacon. However, it hasn't become frequent enough (yet) for me to switch. Every now and then, I get some with large slabs of pig meat too.

 

[PeaShooter]

I was told this past weekend that Aldi has good thick cut bacon...I'll give it a try and let everyone know what it is like.