James Silverton wrote:
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>I seem to remember breakfast when I was growing up in Britain. Both
>fried bacon and fried ham might be served. Bacon was very fatty and was
>normally cooked until crisp. Ham had much less fat and I greatly
>preferred it.
I do like Canadian bacon, it's lean and not smoked. I like naturally
smoked fish and it's eaten cold, n0t cooked so produces no smoke at
home, but I really don't like the stench of American bacon frying, has
an awful chemical smoke smell even when naturally smoked due to it
being primarilly smoked fat so when fried and it shinks all that
stench is concentrated, and enven with a good exhaust fan there're
still lots of fumes produced. And I really don't see the point of
paying $5+/lb for what's mostly fat, that when cooked crisp as most
cook it that pound yields about 4-5 ounces and still mostly burned fat
(a proven carcinogen), and concentrated nitrates/nitrates, more
carcinogens.
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/carcinogens-in-the-smell-of-frying-bacon/
Market in town even has bacon on sale this week:
Hormel Black Label Sliced Bacon Original or Thick, 16 oz. pkg, $5.49.
Buy One, Get One FREE. Save with your TOPS BonusPlus.
Offer valid 12/07/2014 - 12/13/2014
I like pork but I don't eat much cured pork, mostly I eat fresh pork,
I roast fresh ham a couple three times a year and pork loin roasts on
the bone often... much better than thick cut pork chops and costs less
too. Mostly I eat pork and beef about equally, and some poultry... I
don't mind eating poultry but I really don't care to eat it after I've
prepared/handled it... something about handling raw poultry turns me
off of wanting to eat it.