On 14/12/2012 3:26 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:

>>
>> Things must be quite different here Jill. Where bacon is sold at the
>> meat counter it is usually cheaper than the packaged stuff and its
>> always a superior product. In fact, I am surprised that people buy the
>> packaged stuff if there is the option to buy it at the counter. I get
>> all my bacon fro the local Dutch butcher. No one else's bacon comes near
>> the quality, and it is at least $1 per pound cheaper than grocery store
>> bacon.
>
> Many food items cost less in Canada than in the US, especially cured
> meats... and labor is paid less which is why deli sliced bacon costs
> less. Whenever I went to Canada I was suprised that most delis, if
> not all, sold already sliced meats, from a large pan in the counter
> fridge, price marked per gram... I didn't see any delis that sold
> sliced to order.


I only see ready sliced cold cuts at the grocery store deli counters,
and that is a relatively recent thing.... within the last 5 years or so.
A local butcher/deli has pre cut cold cuts only when they are on
special, and are cut and laid in wax paper in one pound lots. When we
are officially metric, most people still order meat by the pound. Deli
items are priced by the 100 grams, not by the gram, 100 grams being
roughly 1/4 pound.



> Sliced bacon was sold either packaged or previously
> sliced.


Of course. Otherwise, it would not be sliced bacon. I go to several
local meat shops that have slabs of side bacon that they slice for you.
My Dutch butcher, whose bacon is so good that I never buy it anywhere
else, always has slabs of side bacon. He is only open for retail 2-1/2
days a week usually has only a half dozen packs of vacuum packed sliced
bacon in his cooler. If I get there and there are no packages left, or I
don't like the look of what is left, he slices some for me.