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Bacon without the white stuff

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  • DawnW
    DawnW Posts: 7,495 Forumite
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    some supermarkets do dry cured bacon - our sainsburys sell it loose at their butchers counter. It ain't cheap, but I would agree with previous posters who have said you need to use far less of it - it doesn't shrink by half (all that yucky salty water coming out of it) for a start!
  • msb5262
    msb5262 Posts: 1,619 Forumite
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    Hello OP,
    I agree with all the posters above about getting dry-cured bacon from your nearest butcher or farm shop, but that's not always possible depending on where you are.
    My local Tesco's does dry-cured bacon made by Richard Woodall - expensive but worth it. No wet goo.
    HTH
    MsB
  • champys
    champys Posts: 1,101 Forumite
    Or come to France :-)! Legend has it you can't buy bacon here, but that is a myth, and what you get is lovely and never oozes any white gunk. It doesn't come pre-packed though, and isn't called 'bacon' either. You have to go to the butcher or the fresh deli counter and get it sliced. But that way you also get them to slice it the thickness you want.
    "Remember that many of the things you have now you could once only dream of" - Epicurus
  • lelboy05
    lelboy05 Posts: 1 Newbie
    Nasty racist comment! Why "the Muslim Mob" - why not the "Yid Mob" if you live in North London? Sod all to do with bacon - just nasty!
  • Blackbeard_of_Perranporth
    Blackbeard_of_Perranporth Posts: 7,605 Forumite
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    Rule of BoP. Chapter 34 verse 6

    Do not buy meat from the emporium.
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,135 Forumite
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    Lily-Lu wrote: »
    .... so often just one rasher per person will do :)


    OMG!! Are you mice???? lol

    My OH had 6 slabs of butcher-bacon in sandwiches the other day.. and my 16 y/o has 4!
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  • msb5262
    msb5262 Posts: 1,619 Forumite
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    If you are struggling to find bacon without the white stuff, you can improve whatever bacon you've got by boiling it very briefly (1-2 mins) in water before you cook it. Use the minimum amount of water and dry the bacon on kitchen roll before frying or grilling. HTH.
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