notbob wrote:
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> Now, I buy bacon based on price. With bacon running around $6 lb, I won't
> buy unless it's on sale in the $3-4 range. So, when Bar S has a sale on
> bacon, like they did last week, I have no qualms whatsoever about going
> through half a dozen or more packages, ripping flaps like crazy till I find
> a good lb of bacon. Sure, I leave a trail of violated and strewn bacon
> packages but that's just too damn bad. If they want the packages to stay
> pristine, they'll remove the removable flaps so I don't have to. I guess
> they figure most folks, like those who will not pick and choose in produce,
> are afraid to rip those flaps off. Sorry Charlie. I be rippin'!
>
> nb

I gave up on pre-packaged bacon. I'm lucky enough to have an
"old-time" butcher in my area and buy slab bacon. They'll either
slice it to my specs. or "whack" me off a hunk and I'll slice it when
I get home. Cost more? Yup. Worth it? Absolutely.

--
Steve

Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye-opener.