First Class Bacon
First Class Bacon
LITERALLY!
So following a random mid-week tweet I became aware of https://piggery-smokery.co.uk/ . You can read their back story for yourself. They are up near Foz so I will await the “That’s my mate / brother in law / ex colleague / secret lover” response.
So I had to. Because bacon.
I use a local butcher for ours normally - can’t stand the (invariably) water injected supermarket pish that excretes jizz in the pan, so my normal reference point is pretty high.
Nicely packed (yeah yeah) but when you open it the smell of smoke from the packing hits you in seconds. Mmmmm. This is a good introduction
It’s going to take some planning to get what you want. For this order I managed to grab the last packet of maple cured back bacon, a pack of streaky treacle cured (I don’t usually do streaky but it was the only option) and some of their n’duja paste.
Opened the streaky treacle stuff this morning. Tattie scone, bacon, proper farm free range egg.
All I can say is . That was really good. Like really good. At £5 a pack for 10 rashers, plus postage for whatever you get (possible exception there for [mention]Foz[/mention] ) you’re unlikely to buy it every time you want bacon. But as a special glimpse-of-bacon-heaven treat.....
I have no idea if this is normal / abnormal / first-order bonus or what, so your experience may vary, but this was included. No hints or tips. Just a number and a request for feedback. So this may be a family palate test laterz.....
And I’ll tag [mention]Nefarious[/mention] as this might interest him...?
So following a random mid-week tweet I became aware of https://piggery-smokery.co.uk/ . You can read their back story for yourself. They are up near Foz so I will await the “That’s my mate / brother in law / ex colleague / secret lover” response.
So I had to. Because bacon.
I use a local butcher for ours normally - can’t stand the (invariably) water injected supermarket pish that excretes jizz in the pan, so my normal reference point is pretty high.
Nicely packed (yeah yeah) but when you open it the smell of smoke from the packing hits you in seconds. Mmmmm. This is a good introduction
It’s going to take some planning to get what you want. For this order I managed to grab the last packet of maple cured back bacon, a pack of streaky treacle cured (I don’t usually do streaky but it was the only option) and some of their n’duja paste.
Opened the streaky treacle stuff this morning. Tattie scone, bacon, proper farm free range egg.
All I can say is . That was really good. Like really good. At £5 a pack for 10 rashers, plus postage for whatever you get (possible exception there for [mention]Foz[/mention] ) you’re unlikely to buy it every time you want bacon. But as a special glimpse-of-bacon-heaven treat.....
I have no idea if this is normal / abnormal / first-order bonus or what, so your experience may vary, but this was included. No hints or tips. Just a number and a request for feedback. So this may be a family palate test laterz.....
And I’ll tag [mention]Nefarious[/mention] as this might interest him...?
- Swervin_Mervin
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Looks good. You can't beat properly smoked bacon.
We get ours from Cheshire Smokehouse who also do a ton of other smoked meat products.
The only downer for me is that they apparently can't get skin on meat anymore so all the bacon is now rindless Still otherwise amazing stuff though
We get ours from Cheshire Smokehouse who also do a ton of other smoked meat products.
The only downer for me is that they apparently can't get skin on meat anymore so all the bacon is now rindless Still otherwise amazing stuff though
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They have a category I've never heard before
https://piggery-smokery.co.uk/collectio ... orts-bacon
Sports Bacon?
https://piggery-smokery.co.uk/collectio ... orts-bacon
Sports Bacon?
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You’ll need to be super-fast Marty - the stuff in that section goes really quickly.
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Ta very much. Indeed, right up my street - I'll look into it.
By way of return, I have only lovely things to say about this place: https://www.eastcoastcured.com/
Had some of their venison salami and some of their fennel salami, which were both excellent. I'm reliably informed that their Njuda is incredible too.
"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough"
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I prefer unsmoked bacon.
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Cheers Nef - fennel salami sounds superb.
[mention]duncs500[/mention] no eggs and unsmoked bacon? Mate.
[mention]duncs500[/mention] no eggs and unsmoked bacon? Mate.
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They look great. I bet they taste great as well.
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That stuff looks amazing, am going to order some tonight I think
Cheers,
Mike.
Mike.
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That looks nice, but my god that's expensive for bacon.
- Swervin_Mervin
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Very true. Hence I don’t think you could do it all the time. But I have learned there is bacon. And there is bacon.
Reminds me of (proper farm) free-range egg vs battery.
Or cheap black pudding vs my current favourite Farmers Son stuff.
See also cheap Haggis (puke) vs proper Haggis.
- Explosive Newt
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That looks amazing! I shall snap some up and report back. We go through bacon like no one’s business in the Newt household.
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I agree with all that. If you’re going to eat meat you should try and eat the best you can.mik wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:15 amVery true. Hence I don’t think you could do it all the time. But I have learned there is bacon. And there is bacon.
Reminds me of (proper farm) free-range egg vs battery.
Or cheap black pudding vs my current favourite Farmers Son stuff.
See also cheap Haggis (puke) vs proper Haggis.
However before I stopped eating animal stuff I had a perverse love of stovies made with canned haggis
ETA: Spoilt Pig and Ramsey’s both do pretty decent supermarket bacon.
An absolute unit
- ShockDiamonds
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The absence of pork-related gags in this thread is disappointing. As is the fact the I cannot think of any good ones. Although those bacon pics are giving me a lardon...
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I must say this thread has tempted me to order some - I'm sure it will smoke the normal supermarket stuff. Mind you I tend to leave my rasher decisions until later in the day.
Buying this kind of thing long distance mail order is also a bit of a pig in a poke kind of situation...
Buying this kind of thing long distance mail order is also a bit of a pig in a poke kind of situation...
Re: First Class Bacon
I thought this thread was about coppers on planes.ShockDiamonds wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 11:39 am The absence of pork-related gags in this thread is disappointing. As is the fact the I cannot think of any good ones. Although those bacon pics are giving me a lardon...
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Re: First Class Bacon
I hope you’re not looking to a porcine blame? Everyone is caught up in their daily rind.ShockDiamonds wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 11:39 am The absence of pork-related gags in this thread is disappointing.
And if you ask me whether we should trim the fat from this thread, I declare NO SIR RENDER!