In news:rec.food.cooking, Omelet > posted on Thu, 18
Mar 2010 12:34:47 -0600 the following:

> In article >,
> Damaeus > wrote:
>
> > I once made my own bacon bits. It's amazing how little bacon you end
> > up with after you cook a whole package, then put the strips in the
> > food processor to make them into "bits". It was like some of the
> > matter was converted to energy, which then floated off into the
> > aether. I felt like I got three tablespoons of bacon bits from a
> > whole package of bacon.
>
> That is why I quit trying to make them. I found that the pre-made ones
> were cheaper.

I don't even like the premade bacon bits, especially not the imitation
ones. I like it crispy. I just continue to fry my own bacon, and I'll
just break strips into pieces and drop them on my potato soup.

Damaeus