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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-09 08:57 PM
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I found the best bacon in the world!
This is "country bacon" made by a "dry cure" process in Smithfield, NC. (The famous Smithfield hams are from Virginia. The not-quite-as-famous Smithfield hams are from Smithfield, NC, and I think the NC hams are better than the VA ones.) Get some of this bacon. You will not regret it.

http://www.countrycuredhams.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=7

This bacon can be mailed. The place I get it from just displays it on the shelf--no refrigeration required until you open it, but it slices easier (this is SLAB bacon--you must remove the bacon rind and slice it yourself) if you chill it overnight in the fridge before cutting into it. It is awesome bacon.
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many a good man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-09 09:21 PM
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1. Mmmm...bacon!
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-09 10:23 PM
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2. Bacon is the king of foods, and this is the king of bacons
It doesn't shrink while cooking, for one thing.
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-09 10:45 PM
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4. You'll like this.......
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-09 10:43 PM
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3. Is Smithfield that anti-union meat packer?
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-09 11:59 PM
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6. Just because they abuse their employees doesn't mean we can't enjoy bacon
The Smithfield Packing Company in Tar Heel, North Carolina, is the world's largest hog processing plant. Each day, some 5,500 workers slaughter and cut up over 30,000 hogs. Meatpacking is dirty and dangerous work. But in the Tar Heel plant, Smithfield has made an already difficult work situation much worse. A high risk of injury and mistreatment of injured workers, inflamed racial tensions, and illegal anti-union activities make some workers say: "they're not killing hogs, they're killing people." In 1994 and 1997, workers attempted to vote on whether to form a union in order to address these issues. But both times, the company engaged in widespread and egregious illegal activity to invalidate the vote. The workers need support in their struggle for workplace justice.

http://www.ucc.org/justice/worker-justice/smithfield.html

In all fairness, I don't know if Johnston County Hams, located in Smithfield, NC, is part of the Smithfield Packing Company. :shrug:
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-09 10:45 PM
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5. Is it covered in chocolate?
:P
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-09 12:00 AM
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7. "This bacon can be mailed." I've definitely never read that sentence before.
:rofl:
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