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You are being monitored. The Great Bacon Powers didn't get great by letting reactionary anti-baconist factions run around saying whatever they please. Watch your six.

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OK sooo....where is the Bacon p**n???
This thread is disappointing.

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Something about bacon/pork and cigars...

Here's a pic of the makeshift grill at a herf last winter. This was after we had cooked all the bacon and moved on to the left-over Thanksgiving ham. MMMMM, good stuff.

http://gallery.me.com/jlcrumley/100016/IMG_1023/web.jpg

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that was a delicious night wasn't it?

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Just about to put some bacon on the griddle to have with my steel cut oats which have been cooking all night in my crock pot.

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I like the "Hickory Smoked" from Fresh Market! Thick cuts with just the right Hickory Smoked Flavor! Wish I had some right now!:dr:dr:dr

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Western Diamondback coiled in the background? I hear they grill well, too.

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They do :D. But that's a garden hose.

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When are we "grilling" again? It's been cold enough the last couple of nights.

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I dunno, but I found my lighter, so no more matches!

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When I was camping last year, I got so pissed off at the frying pan and the bacon not coming out of the slab right, that I just dumped it out in a ball, and I WAS SURPRISED that by the end of the fry, it had all gotten done to a turn. It is a huge mess in the beginning, but it sorts itself out soon enough. BUT like the OP said, I AM more of a linear strip guy, sometimes it just gets out of hand, at least withthin bacon. Trying to peel it off sometimes it stretches all to hell and back. That's when I dump. :)

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Thin bacon may have a place with non-smokers and, sometimes, on camping trips when grocery choices can be limited. I am happy your scrawney bacon-wad worked itself out but I take your saga to carry an explicit warning: thin bacon causes rage.

All my bacon-related threads, with and without nitrites, are fully committed to "thick" bacon. Lets all wish OLS a Happy Thanksgiving and, at this moment, take a few seconds of silence to think how his tragedy could have avoided or, worse yet how it could have been our own.

(tap tap tap tap tap)

So, that said, protect yourself and your loved ones this holiday season (and all the time, really). Let everybody with sense enough to be in this thread keep their eye on the ball. Stick with the thick cut stuff.

Happy Thanksgiving.

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Oh take my word for it, I LOOOVVE me some thick bacon. In fact, there really is no other kind of "bacon" is there.

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Visited my go-to place for bacon--Coursey's, in St. Joe, Arkansas. In the past, I've ordered over the phone, having received a gift parcel of 5 lbs from my grandmother some 5 or 6 years ago and loving it ever since. But before this last week, I'd not actually *been* to Coursey's, which is a fairly out-of-the-way place in North Central Arkansas. From my visit I learned that they not only do an *amazing* job of smoking their bacon, but they also make some of the best smoked cheddar and smoked swiss I've ever had. Period. In addition to what I picked up (photo below), I also snagged some of their smoked cheddar, seasoning meat for ham'n'beans, and a few road sandwiches featuring their smoked ham and turkey. Just amazing. If you find yourself on HWY 65 somewhere between Branson, MO and Little Rock, I highly recommend finding this place.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/Courseys.jpg

That's the "new" sign out front...

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...rane/Bacon.jpg

Five lbs of the best bacon I've ever had...

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Wow. Just wow. Raw bacon pictures...

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The smoke on this stuff is so pungent, cooking it fills the house for *days* with the sweet scent of fried bacon. It's cut real thick, too. We save the grease for doing up the green beans real nice...

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That sir, is a beautiful sight...

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Yep yep! I'm a man who knows his bacon (as my incredible fatness will attest), and Mike's bacon is FANTASTIC :dr

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Bacon is very tasty between 2 pieces of toast that have been coated with extra crunchy peanut butter

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Seems like this might be a good place for this link.

http://bacontoday.com/


Mmm, bacon. The finest of the meats. I'd say the best I ever had was a random package of "Bacon Ends" I stumbled across at a meat market in the city I grew up in in. It was so good. Every time I would go back there I would look for more of it but they only ever had it the one time. It was very sad.

Now I'm in a land (South Korea) where the availability of bacon is pretty hit or miss. Some stores have stuff they call bacon but it really isn't the same. At the moment i have found a source of pretty good bacon but I will be moving from here at the end of the week so who knows what I'll be able to get next :(

It's too bad because they eat tons of pork here. Whole restaurants dedicated to pork consumption, especially the bits that in a logical world would become bacon. It's called Samgyeopsal and it's pretty good in it's own right but every time you eat a piece you can't help but think that it is really kind of a waste.

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I am a serious bacon lover... I usually don't mind what kind I buy, because in my opinion it's all about how you cook it...

I don't like my bacon too crispy...firm would be a better word with a bit of stiffness to it, but I love chewy bacon!!! When I shop for bacon I probably piss off the poor meat aisle workers... feel free to ask ToddziLLa, who I cook for on occasion, I literally inspect the whole section looking for a good meat to fat ratio.... that's one key. The marble, if you will, can be great on some trips and others just so so.

Cooking it is the key, as I said earlier. I am a big fan of black pepper, so I put a lot of it on my bacon. The temperature of the stove is what counts most for bacon how I like it. On most stoves that means just under medium heat. I can fill up the pan and it still turns out ok now days... at first I didn't cook too much at once.

I drain mine on paper towels as most of you all do, but I don't remove it. As I take bacon off the stove I pile it in a mound over the existing. This helps keep the bottom dwellers from drying out too much and cooling down....

SO that's my bacon story... hopefully one day I can cook you guys a big mess of it at a herf.

Ben

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Don't we all?

Brilliant first post in a cigar and pipe forum. Welcome, Baconhead. :D

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I guess that is pretty bad this was my first post.... I posted in the new inmate area, but I saw bacon and had to bite on this one too!!!

Cooking is my true first love, and I just recently jumped into the world of cigars. Once I learn more about them I will be posting up a ton... as for now it will be limited to reviews and b/s on here I am afraid!

Ben

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Fresh side bacon smoked then fried in a cast iron skillet over an open fire is out of this world. Then take some thick sliced bread and fry it in the same skillet with the left over bacon fat unilt it's crisp.......:)

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Anyone ever try this?
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...ND20Famous.jpg

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There's a candy store in Austin that sells this...came really close to trying it, but the GF was so aghast at the idea of choco-covered bacon that I resigned to return on my own sometime and try it. What's not to love? Chocolate = good. Bacon = GOOD!

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The best bacon comes from a gentleman in NJ. His screen name is that of a shriveled grape. :)

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My wife's mother gave me the best gift I have ever gotten last Christmas, which was a membership to a bacon of the month club. What could be better than getting to try a new bacon that you have never heard of or tasted before. But now I have a problem, the best bacon that I tried during my membership was from Hudson Valley Smokehouse, but I can't find it anywhere on the net, their website worked back in march but not now. I know that they were in New York State, but I can't find any info on them, and I really what to get more of their bacon, It was so thick that you only got 8 slices per pound. So if anyone out there knows anything about The Hudson Valley Smokehouse I would greatly appreciate the info.

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Here is what I have been able to find out about the Hudson Valley Smokehouse: Address Hudson Valley Smokehouse
Post Office Box 1345
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590

Phone 1-(800)324-3119

Site www.HudsonValleySmokehouse.com

I was not able to get through on their website and have not had the time to call them. Maybe this information will help you though. You might also be able to get more information from the following site:
www.farmfresh.dutchesstourism.com

Both sites are down today. Might be due to severe weather in the northeast that includes power outages. Hope that this info helps. Paul

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I've managed to get a few cigars out of him but nay a slice of the coveted swine treat. Perhaps in time.

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that, sir, is simply gross:(:(

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Thank you for the info, I tried that phone # but it was not write maybe they went out of business.:sad

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I just emailed Dutchess County Tourism and asked if they are still in business. Their link is the second one that I gave you without farmfresh. The smokehouse is still listed on the Tourism site.

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I've stopped getting any kind of bacon burger because the bacon is rarely- make that NEVER- crispy- it's mostly soft and fatty and disgusting!

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Heliofire, got a response from Dutchess County, the Hudson Valley Smokehouse is out of business. Sorry to be the bearer of unfortunate news. Paul:(

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Well thanks for all your help Paul, I guess I will have to move on to a new bacon. So now the search begins....:hm

Kipp

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This is probably the greatest thread on any forum EVER!!! Bacon is truly the food of the gods...screw ambrosia....it's BACON!!!

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And it pleases the gods and it elevates bacon if it is eaten with a generous helping of steel cut oats!:ss

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I'm a HUGE fan of bacon but I'm about to piss most of you off......

I prefer it in the microwave.....

Just something about it. Cooks linear and get's just right. Not to burnt not undone. yummmmm

And if ever in Vegas do not order the bacon martini from the Double Down Saloon. DAMN NASTY!!!!! Try the Elf Piss instead, much better drink. ;)

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Awwww, shoot. We're not that way. Some guy even started a "I Love Folgers" thread in the coffee forum. Different strokes, right? We're very open minded here and this is a totally "no snob" zone.

Cook and eat your bacon how you like it - as long as it's thick crispy bacon. But do yourself a big favor and don't wash it down with Folgers.

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Yes, at Vosges in NYC - it was amazingly good! :tu

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Actually went back to Big Top and tried a slice this weekend. Not bad, but I was mistaken in that it was milk, not dark, chocolate, sprinkled with just a little sea salt to balance out the sweetness. Also, it was clear that the bacon itself wasn't anything special, tasting rather like the average store-brand bacon and nothing sourced with care. The flavors were intriguing enough to make me want to try using some of my Coursey's smoked bacon and a really good dark chocolate, like Valhrona or something, as an experiment.

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I am a Scharffen Berger man myself but Valrhona bacon sounds good to me. Standing by for your experimental report.

Had a toasted sesame bagel for breakfast with a light spread of Philadelphia Cream Cheese and two slices of thick, crispy bacon.

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Here's something you might find interesting. I know I did. Now if I only had an oven.

http://leenks.com/link138400.html

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Dag! That is outrageous! I am thinking about some trying something like that with a mixture of cheese, mashed potatoes and chopped green onion. Yum. Loaded bacon weave. Excellent.

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Yes, it's the implications of the bacon weave that really struck home for me. The possibilities are kind of mind blowing (and heart stopping, who are we kidding lol).

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oh man, that link looks awesome! Can't wait for my bacon sandwiches on christmas morning!

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Cook it like grandma used to,,dip the bacon in flour and then sprinkle pepper and other spices. mmmmm gooood!!

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Im trying cooking bacon in the oven for the first time.