The Thick, Crispy Bacon Thread

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by OLS

When I was camping last year, I got so pissed off at the ... bacon ... sometimes it just gets out of hand ... with thin bacon.

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.

[OLS]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

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.
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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.

[muziq]

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.



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



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

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by muziq

Visited my go-to place for bacon--Coursey's, in St. Joe, Arkansas.



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

Wow. Just wow. Raw bacon pictures...

[muziq]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Wow. Just wow. Raw bacon pictures...

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...

Originally Posted by muziq

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

That sir, is a beautiful sight...

[captain53]

Originally Posted by muziq

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.



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



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

That is some beautiful stuff right there! I have driven by that place many times and never gave it a thought but will sure be stopping in for some bacon when I go to Shreveport in January. Glad to learn about it.