FoodBanter.com - View Single Post

T[_5_]

In article >, ost
says...
>
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:53:33 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:46:46 -0500, T wrote:
> >
> >> I like going to the local meat market because they have slab bacon that
> >> they'll cut to your specs. I usually go 1/8th inch. I like thick cut
> >> bacon.
> >
> > 1/8th is industry standard cut bacon. 16 1-ounce slices to the pound.
> > Thick bacon is 10-12 slices to the pound. Oscar Mayer is even
> > experimenting with a 7-9 slices to the pound bacon ("Super Thick"),
> > but its slightly wider than normal bacon. At least the packages I
> > had.
>
> Now that I read this again, I was having a brain fart in mathematics
> and bacon geometry. You're right - 1/8th is considered thick cut.
> I've been buying thick cut so long I forgot how thin regular cut bacon
> really is.
>
> -sw

Yup, it's how I get my bacon cut at the local meat shop. 1/8" You do get
slightly more chewy bacon that way but I like it that way.

I also like the apple smoked bacon they sell at Trader Joe's.