"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
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> notbob wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > 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.

i got the same thing where i live, but its actually cheaper than the grocery
store. 2.69 a pound sliced or not. there is nothing better than getting a
slab of bacon and cutting it to size yourself, or even just frying up a big
thick hunk of it <g>

randy