On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 9:30:38 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Dec 2019 13:18:01 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
> >On 12/22/2019 12:06 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> I was spoiled when we had that Dutch butcher in town. He and his son
> >> made the best bacon around.Â* It was a little more than the grocery store
> >> stuff, but infinitely better.Â* He retired a few years back and died a
> >> year or two ago.Â* 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.Â* 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.Â* 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.Â* There goes my source for good bacon.Â* The only other places
> >> around that had good bacon were getting it from them.
> >>
> >
> >I feel your pain. I do buy Wrights bacon, thick sliced. Best store
> >bacon. Sometime after the holidays I will be ordering from Nodines.
>
> I got a couple of packages of bacon in my meat Christmas present. From
> a ranch in state, smoked and approx. 3/8 inch thick. It reminds me of
> pork belly. The slices are overall huge.
> How do I cook this bacon? Big frying pan? Sheet pan in the oven/ A
> lot of fat -- I'm afraid that I will smoke up the oven and house if I
> do it in the oven. Help please.
> Janet US

Dredge the bacon in flour and fry in pan with a good amount of oil at medium heat until golden brown. There's no smoking involved.