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  1. I was at the country store last night and the clerk asked if I'd ever tried the pre-cooked bacon. I
    said no and he gave me a pack to try. Said if it's any good it sure would help him out, being a
    bachelor with a tiny kitchen.

    Okay, I'm going to try this this morning. I plan on boiling some eggs and was going to bake a pan of
    bacon (leftovers go into soup!) and toast an English Muffin.

    The brand is Tyson (like the chicken). I've had pre-cooked sausage links (Hormel) and pre-cooked
    sausage patties (Jimmy Dean); not bad. So how bad can pre-cooked bacon be? I'll find out shortly.
    --
    Jill, Persia & Peaches the Nyasa lovebird

  2. "jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    I was at the country store last night and the clerk asked if I'd ever


    tried

    Quoted message said:

    the pre-cooked bacon. I said no and he gave me a pack to try. Said if


    it's

    Quoted message said:

    any good it sure would help him out, being a bachelor with a tiny kitchen.

    Okay, I'm going to try this this morning. I plan on boiling some eggs and was going to bake a pan
    of bacon (leftovers go into soup!) and toast an English Muffin.

    The brand is Tyson (like the chicken). I've had pre-cooked sausage links (Hormel) and pre-cooked
    sausage patties (Jimmy Dean); not bad. So how bad can pre-cooked bacon be? I'll find out shortly.
    --
    Jill, Persia & Peaches the Nyasa lovebird


    It seems like a soultion without a problem? As long as you have a nuker it is easy to do bacon. I
    don't eat bacon often so I just buy a pack and separate it and put it in the freezer. If you eat
    bacon frequently skip the freezing part. When I want bacon I just wrap it in a couple paper towels
    and nuke. It produces perfect, crispy low grease bacon.

  3. "jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:REfFb.6536

    Quoted message said:

    ...asked if I'd ever tried the pre-cooked bacon.

    Quoted message said:

    ... So how bad can pre-cooked bacon be? I'll find out shortly.

    I use the OM pre-cooked bacon all the time. First, I find no difference in the flavor. To me it is
    preferable to home cooking standard bacon: quick, cleaner, and easier to control the crispness for
    different uses. Price is about the same per slice.

    And, it saves fuel. :-)

  4. George said:


    "jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    I was at the country store last night and the clerk asked if I'd ever


    tried

    Quoted message said:

    the pre-cooked bacon. I said no and he gave me a pack to try. Said if


    it's

    Quoted message said:

    any good it sure would help him out, being a bachelor with a tiny kitchen.

    Quoted message said:

    It seems like a soultion without a problem?

    That's funny. Well put. In my mind, I put precooked bacon right up there with frozen premade peanut
    butter sandwiches, but whatever.

    Jill, how'd they turn out? And why is the country store guy flirting with you, obviously he could
    just try them himself if he really wanted to know. (smile)

    nancy

  5. In article <[email hidden]>, "George"

    Quoted message said:

    "jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    I was at the country store last night and the clerk asked if I'd ever


    tried

    Quoted message said:

    the pre-cooked bacon. I said no and he gave me a pack to try. Said if


    it's

    Quoted message said:

    any good it sure would help him out, being a bachelor with a tiny kitchen.

    Okay, I'm going to try this this morning. I plan on boiling some eggs and was going to bake a pan
    of bacon (leftovers go into soup!) and toast an English Muffin.

    The brand is Tyson (like the chicken). I've had pre-cooked sausage links (Hormel) and pre-cooked
    sausage patties (Jimmy Dean); not bad. So how bad can pre-cooked bacon be? I'll find out shortly.
    --
    Jill, Persia & Peaches the Nyasa lovebird


    It seems like a soultion without a problem? As long as you have a nuker it is easy to do bacon. I
    don't eat bacon often so I just buy a pack and separate it and put it in the freezer. If you eat
    bacon frequently skip the freezing part. When I want bacon I just wrap it in a couple paper towels
    and nuke. It produces perfect, crispy low grease bacon.

    Are we talking pre-cooked bacon (as in fully cooked) or partially cooked? Many years ago ('bout 50)
    the US Navy developed partially cooked canned bacon, an excellent product regardless it was
    'affectionately' refered to as "petrified bacon".

    ---= BOYCOTT FRENCH--GERMAN (belgium) =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- Sheldon
    ```````````` "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."

  6. Quoted message said:


    Okay, I'm going to try this this morning. I plan on boiling some eggs and was going to bake a pan
    of bacon (leftovers go into soup!) and toast an English Muffin.

    The brand is Tyson (like the chicken). I've had pre-cooked sausage links (Hormel) and pre-cooked
    sausage patties (Jimmy Dean); not bad. So how bad can pre-cooked bacon be? I'll find out shortly.
    --
    Jill, Persia & Peaches the Nyasa lovebird

    I use the precooked bacon a lot. It is fast and easy in the microwave, I nuke it for about 10
    seconds per piece, it is a lot better and easier to throw away a paper towel than to clean a greasy
    pan. Tastes good too, tho I really enjoy the thick cut bacon more, I have not see it in the
    precooked form ... yet.. Rosie

  7. "George" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:eIiFb.3906

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:


    It seems like a soultion without a problem? As long as you have a nuker


    it

    Quoted message said:

    is easy to do bacon. I don't eat bacon often so I just buy a pack and separate it and put it in
    the freezer. If you eat bacon frequently skip


    the

    Quoted message said:

    freezing part. When I want bacon I just wrap it in a couple paper towels


    and

    Quoted message said:

    nuke. It produces perfect, crispy low grease bacon.

    It seems a small problem, 'tis true. But, to get to the same place (eating bacon), you have to
    handle yours twice, as opposed to once. Additionally, the net weight of a pack of pre-cooked is
    about 2-3 oz., as opposed to a full pound of standard pack. The only difference is the fat. The US
    produces about 8 million metric tons of pork products every year, and a good chunk of that is bacon
    (no pun intended). Three-quarters of the weight of every standard bacon shipment is wasted weight.
    How much fuel does that burn?

  8. Quoted message said:

    Are we talking pre-cooked bacon (as in fully cooked) or partially cooked? Many years ago ('bout
    50) the US Navy developed partially cooked canned bacon, an excellent product regardless it was
    'affectionately' refered to as "petrified bacon".

    How would you use this partially cooked canned bacon? What was it's condition after being canned?
    Did it crisp up? Do you think they still use this product? Goomba

  9. John Gaquin said:

    It seems a small problem, 'tis true. But, to get to the same place (eating bacon), you have to
    handle yours twice, as opposed to once. Additionally, the net weight of a pack of pre-cooked is
    about 2-3 oz., as opposed to a full pound of standard pack. The only difference is the fat. The US
    produces about 8 million metric tons of pork products every year, and a good chunk of that is
    bacon (no pun intended). Three-quarters of the weight of every standard bacon shipment is wasted
    weight. How much fuel does that burn?

    You're making an environmental argument? Sure, it'll be more efficient to move the cooked bacon than
    the raw stuff. Less fuel, and less refrigeration required. Also, it'll be more efficient to cook it
    in multi-ton batches than a pound or half-pound at a time. And, collecting the waste fat for
    recycling will be more likely when the bacon is cooked at centralized bacon-cooking factories than
    in millions of individual kitchens.

    The time saved by the individual consumer could be devoted to building a better, more efficient
    society. Other activities such as raising children could be conducted more efficiently in state-run
    facilities. Read about it here:

    authentichistory.comv17 02 08.html

  10. Nancy Young said:
    George said:


    "jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    I was at the country store last night and the clerk asked if I'd ever tried the pre-cooked
    bacon. I said no and he gave me a pack to try. Said if it's any good it sure would help him out,
    being a bachelor with a tiny kitchen.

    Quoted message said:

    It seems like a soultion without a problem?

    That's funny. Well put. In my mind, I put precooked bacon right up there with frozen premade
    peanut butter sandwiches, but whatever.

    Jill, how'd they turn out? And why is the country store guy flirting with you

    (laughing) I dunno. He's single and about 4 feet tall. Also close to 60 years old. As for why he
    didn't just buy it himself, I imagine he makes about $6.00 an hour while I, as a consumer, am doing
    a tad better than that
    🙂

    Turned out okay on biscuits. I just heated it up in the microwave. Nothing to write home about.

    Jill

  11. "Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

    Quoted message said:


    You're making an environmental argument? Sure, it'll be more efficient to move the cooked bacon
    than the raw stuff.

    Not really trying to make "an environmental argument" in favor of pre-cooked bacon, just pondering,
    if you will, on the utility of trucking one or two million tons of bacon fat around the country
    every year when it is ultimately just going to be trashed anyway.

    Quoted message said:


    The time saved by the individual consumer could be devoted to building a better, more efficient
    society. Other activities such as raising children could be conducted more efficiently in state-
    run facilities. Read about it here:

    authentichistory.comv17 02 08.html

    Ah, yes, I remember "Treasure Chest" from grade school. I'm curious, though, as to why you would
    equate your kids with a pound of bacon.

    JG

  12. jmcquown said:

    (laughing) I dunno. He's single and about 4 feet tall. Also close to 60 years old. As for why he
    didn't just buy it himself, I imagine he makes about $6.00 an hour while I, as a consumer, am doing
    a tad better than that
    🙂

    He gave it to you for free. He could have just had it himself for the same price you paid. Wht does
    how much he make have anything to do with it?

    Sounds like more of the same blonde logic you're infamous for.

    -sw

  13. John Gaquin said:

    Not really trying to make "an environmental argument" in favor of pre-cooked bacon, just pondering,
    if you will, on the utility of trucking one or two million tons of bacon fat around the country
    every year when it is ultimately just going to be trashed anyway.

    All my bacon grease get recycled into other foods. Potatoes, beans, eggs, etc... None of it goes to
    waste. I probably wouldn't buy pre-cooked bacon as I would get less than 1/2 of what I paid for.

    -sw

  14. Steve Wertz said:
    John Gaquin said:

    Not really trying to make "an environmental argument" in favor of pre-cooked bacon, just
    pondering, if you will, on the utility of trucking one or two million tons of bacon fat around the
    country every year when it is ultimately just going to be trashed anyway.

    All my bacon grease get recycled into other foods. Potatoes, beans, eggs, etc... None of it goes to
    waste. I probably wouldn't buy pre-cooked bacon as I would get less than 1/2 of what I paid for.

    -sw

    Exactly. And don't forget cornbread.

    David

  15. "Steve Wertz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    All my bacon grease get recycled into other foods.

    Just so, but I'm guessing you do not represent the majority of American bacon users.

  16. John Gaquin said:


    "Steve Wertz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:PrmdnXxA-

    Quoted message said:


    All my bacon grease get recycled into other foods.

    Just so, but I'm guessing you do not represent the majority of American bacon users.

    But certainly not the only one.
    --
    Susan N.

    There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who do not.

  17. John Gaquin said:

    "Steve Wertz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:PrmdnXxA-

    Quoted message said:


    All my bacon grease get recycled into other foods.

    Just so, but I'm guessing you do not represent the majority of American bacon users.

    And I don't shop at Walmart, either.

    -sw

  18. "The Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >

    Quoted message said:


    But certainly not the only one.

    Of course not -- but we're talking about a mass-market food item.

    Quoted message said:

    There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary


    and those who do not.

    My son wears that T-shirt often. :-)

  19. "Steve Wertz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

    Quoted message said:


    And I don't shop at Walmart, either.

    ?????

  20. I cook my own bacon, a package at a time and put it in a plastic box (Rubbermaid) in the freezer. I
    take out what I need and heat for a few seconds in the microwave.

    I spread it on a cookie sheet, or a broiler pan, at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes. Keep an eye on
    it, and cook to your own taste.

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