Ground pork is always cheaper than hamburger.

But...bacon is ALWAYS more expensive than hamburger, unless we're talking about very lean hamburger!

What's going on?

Also, for what it's worth, I don't THINK pork chops are much more expensive than ground pork - maybe because those include bones, even if they have less fat. (But then, I have yet to use ground pork anyway - I don't know if it tastes as good as sausage or not.)


Lenona.

On 3/13/2017 2:19 PM, wrote:
> Ground pork is always cheaper than hamburger.
>
> But...bacon is ALWAYS more expensive than hamburger, unless we're talking about very lean hamburger!
>
> What's going on?
>
> Also, for what it's worth, I don't THINK pork chops are much more expensive than ground pork - maybe because those include bones, even if they have less fat. (But then, I have yet to use ground pork anyway - I don't know if it tastes as good as sausage or not.)
>
>
> Lenona.
>

I don't know specifically about bacon, but pork prices have been
depressed quite a bit lately. I saw boneless chops in the store today
for $1.99 instead of the usual $4,29 or so. Boneless loins are $1,79,
same as about 15 years ago.

If you have 20,000 hogs reaching optimum size and sales are down, you
have to do something to move them along. Sell for cheap to gain market
share.

As for ground pork make your own bulk sausage. Just add seasoning.

On 2017-03-13, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> On 3/13/2017 2:19 PM, wrote:

>> I don't know if it tastes as good as sausage or not.)

> As for ground pork make your own bulk sausage. Just add seasoning.

I've been making a lotta sausage n' biscuits, lately. Sausage
definitely has "seasoning" in it. I use "breakfast" sausage instead
of plain ground pork.

nb

On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 11:19:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> Ground pork is always cheaper than hamburger.
>
> But...bacon is ALWAYS more expensive than hamburger, unless we're talking about very lean hamburger!
>
> What's going on?
>
> Also, for what it's worth, I don't THINK pork chops are much more expensive than ground pork - maybe because those include bones, even if they have less fat. (But then, I have yet to use ground pork anyway - I don't know if it tastes as good as sausage or not.)
>
>
Are you asking for recipes that use ground pork?



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On Monday, March 13, 2017 at 3:30:37 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

>
> As for ground pork make your own bulk sausage. Just add seasoning.


What kind? (I prefer sweet sausage.) Thanks.

On Monday, March 13, 2017 at 4:25:03 PM UTC-4, sf wrote:

> >
> Are you asking for recipes that use ground pork?
>

If you have any recipes that other people have asked for, sure.

On 2017-03-13 3:30 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> I don't know specifically about bacon, but pork prices have been
> depressed quite a bit lately. I saw boneless chops in the store today
> for $1.99 instead of the usual $4,29 or so. Boneless loins are $1,79,
> same as about 15 years ago.

I don't know much about meat prices these days because I don't do as
much of the shopping as I used to. We used to deal with the Dutch
butcher in town and I used to bicycle over (weather permitting) to pick
up out meats, but now we deal primarily with an Italian grocery in a
nearby city. I only do it about once a month.

>
> If you have 20,000 hogs reaching optimum size and sales are down, you
> have to do something to move them along. Sell for cheap to gain market
> share.

It costs money to keep them. When they are young they grow quickly. The
bigger and older they get the more it costs to feed them and their
weight does not increase as much as the cost of feeding so the farmer
has to deal with diminishing returns.



> As for ground pork make your own bulk sausage. Just add seasoning.

My niece married a guy from North Carolina. From what I have heard, home
made sausage meat is breakfast staple. That does not happen around here.

On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:20:06 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> On Monday, March 13, 2017 at 4:25:03 PM UTC-4, sf wrote:
>
> > >
> > Are you asking for recipes that use ground pork?
> >
>
> If you have any recipes that other people have asked for, sure.

I have recipes. I was asking you if you wanted recipes for ground
pork. If you didn't, then never mind.


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What I REALLY want to know is why bacon is so expensive!

On 3/15/2017 1:22 PM, wrote:

> What I REALLY want to know is why bacon is so expensive!

There isn't a lot of it on a pig, it has to be processed and
packaged differently than chops, too. And people will pay it.

nancy

On 2017-03-15 2:35 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 3/15/2017 1:22 PM, wrote:
>
>> What I REALLY want to know is why bacon is so expensive!
>
> There isn't a lot of it on a pig, it has to be processed and
> packaged differently than chops, too. And people will pay it.
>
>

The price of bacon varies lot from one brand to another and one store
to another. The butcher shop where usually get our bacon (bulk) for $4
per pound. Another sells a similar bacon for about $6. We often get it
from a convenience store for closer to $8, but the stuff is incredible.

In article >,
says...
>
> What I REALLY want to know is why bacon is so expensive!

It's a specific part of the carcase, and it's been cured, which means
more time and labour cost.

Ground pork is non-specific raw uncured meat from any part of the
carcase; maybe scraps from different bits.

Janet UK

wrote:
>
> What I REALLY want to know is why bacon is so expensive!

It's not really 'so expensive' compared to other good meat.

On 3/15/2017 2:51 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-03-15 2:35 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 3/15/2017 1:22 PM, wrote:
>>
>>> What I REALLY want to know is why bacon is so expensive!
>>
>> There isn't a lot of it on a pig, it has to be processed and
>> packaged differently than chops, too. And people will pay it.

> The price of bacon varies lot from one brand to another and one store
> to another. The butcher shop where usually get our bacon (bulk) for $4
> per pound. Another sells a similar bacon for about $6. We often get it
> from a convenience store for closer to $8, but the stuff is incredible.

I'll never get my money's worth at a buffet brunch but I try my
damnedest at the bacon station.

Generally I don't eat enough bacon to worry about the price, I
get what looks best. Especially during tomato season.

nancy