On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 1:52:34 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-12-22 1:24 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 12:04:59 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> I was spoiled when we had that Dutch butcher in town. He and his son
> >> made the best bacon around. It was a little more than the grocery store
> >> stuff, but infinitely better. He retired a few years back and died a
> >> year or two ago. I did find a good bacon at the convenience store it
> >> town, though much more expensive. There were rumours that the store was
> >> going to stop carrying it because of the shipping charges. It came from
> >> a town about 20 miles away, so my friend and I got into a routine of
> >> riding our motorcycles there and getting a few pounds at a time to stock
> >> up.
> >>
> >> I went made the trip yesterday and got 5 pounds, three for me and two
> >> for him. I asked about peameal but they didn't have any. The woman
> >> waiting on my said they will have some Monday if wanted to come back. I
> >> said no and explained that it's too far to drive back, that I had been
> >> stocking up. She said that was a good idea because they are closing.
> >> For the holidays? I asked. No. They are closing for good at the end of
> >> the year.
> >>
> >> Damn it. There goes my source for good bacon. The only other places
> >> around that had good bacon were getting it from them.
> >
> > Google "artisanal bacon Ontario Canada". Of course, Google might
> > assume Ontario for you.
> >
>
> Not much luck there. There is a place in Whitby but that is about a
> 2-1/2 hour drive for me, and their bacon is $9.95 a pound. Ouch.

That's about what I pay, or maybe a little less.

OTOH, I don't eat bacon very often, so I'm willing to pay for what
I like.

Cindy Hamilton