Cheap Bacon!?

cybermum

We buy both streaky and regular.
Get our regular from our local butcher,it doesn't turn the pan sopping wet with water when you cook it and good proper slices.
Streaky usually from M&S.

spadoosh

Makro sell 2.5kg of bacon for £5.50ish, good think cuts and doesnt shrink too much, think you get about 40 rashers out of it and they sometimes do bogof

baconboy_2

How long does 2.5kg of bacon last?

spadoosh

in our house about a month, 4 adults (2/3 times a week)

bakedbeans_2

sainsburys is on offer atm 12 slices £2 danepak

baconboy_2

thanks baked beans - smoked or unsmoked?

Ferrero

We seem to get through about ten packs a day at mine, it costs a fortune! :eek:
Has anyone thought of any ways of re-using bacon?

:money:

baconboy_2

Crispy bacon can be left in a bag and then used as a 'snack' like crisps.

Ferrero

My youngest won't eat the fat on regular bacon so I've been accumulating it and now have about a shoebox full but can't think of any use for it.
On another note (notes and queries:)) does anyone know why bacon is called bacon? My neighbour says it's from an anglo saxon word meaning 'pig portion' but I think he's wrong.

baconboy_2

you can ensure your youngest gets the benefit of the fat by letting it go hard and then grating it on their favourites like Weetabix and Coco-Pops.
As for the derivation of bacon (QI - lol), it is Anglo-Saxon but comes from the "back of" pig - now its simply 'back-on' - hope that helps!