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[cornemuse]

I fix eggs: In a smallish mixing bowl, healthy pinch of salt, 2 TBS powdered milk, (fresh milk does not last, dont even need a glass!), wisk, 2 jumbos, wisk, 1 oz cream cheese cut into smallish cubes/triangles, cook slowly in 'toasted sesame oil'.

Lots of people find 'TSO' too intense, I happen to love it!

 

[cornemuse]

Are any of you still able to buy freshly sliced bacon?

A few markets around here sell rashers of bacon sliced as thick or thin as one desires.

-c-

 

[Computer semi-expert]

How to get freshly sliced bacon:

• Kill pig.
• Slice bacon!

 

[trimis]

Are any of you still able to buy freshly sliced bacon?

For some years now, have only been able to get the pre-packed stuff, which oozes white snot when you cook it.

Mine is all "pre-packed stuff" but it only oozes pork fat. There are butcher shops all over Frisco, Berserkeley and Oakland that sell unpackaged bacon...I assume freshly sliced, since they also sell pork belly. Starting at around $10 a pound, I save that for the rich yuppies. My packaged stuff is around $2 to $4 for 12 ounce pack. It works for me when I can find hickory-smoked bacon, but occasionally I have to settle for that gawd-awful sweet applewood-smoked crud from Canada. Which is why I keep Wrights Liquid Smoke around.

 

[cornemuse]

Few weeks ago I bought two nice pieces of pork belly (8 lb = @ $4.99) to make 'char siu' which traditionally is made with pork belly. Takes 10 minutes of a low boil so's its not like eating pure fat.

So, trimis, you're from San Francisco? I'm from San Diego, well SD north county.

 

[trimis]

Few weeks ago I bought two nice pieces of pork belly (8 lb = @ $4.99) to make 'char siu' which traditionally is made with pork belly. Takes 10 minutes of a low boil so's its not like eating pure fat.

So, trimis, you're from San Francisco? I'm from San Diego, well SD north county.

Can't even get pork belly at supermarkets here. Safeway will special order a goose year-round, but pork belly never. Only butcher shops have it, and its like twice the price of their bacon. Mutton is another thing MIA here.

I'm near the Berkeley/Oakland border...just barely outside the CrazyZone proper. I go to Frisco for shopping, but only as last resort. Its a pigsty.

 

[trimis]

How to get freshly sliced bacon:

• Kill pig.
• Slice bacon!

Or slightly easier...buy pork belly. slice it, cure it, and smoke it. Less squealing and mess!

 

[cornemuse]

A blast from the past!! Dilbert from 1996

 

[Ryrykyky]

Are any of you still able to buy freshly sliced bacon?

For some years now, have only been able to get the pre-packed stuff, which oozes white snot when you cook it.

It is exactly the same for me... which is really sad

 

[cornemuse]

New dozen eggs, first 3 were double yolks!

 

[Ryrykyky]

What about the Coronavirus where you guys are living ? Is it going crazy ? In France it is right now..!

 

[BlueBeastie]

Are any of you still able to buy freshly sliced bacon?

For some years now, have only been able to get the pre-packed stuff, which oozes white snot when you cook it.

I thought I would go ahead a advertise a store I used to work at called Williams Brothers. It's a nice little country store in Philadelphia, Mississippi, US that sells fresh cut meat. It's actually what the place is known for (and it's farm and rodeo equipment). The bacon is delicious, as is the bologna.

 

[cornemuse]

Latest 12 eggs, 4 of 10 doubles! Two to go for breakfast in a little while.

 

[priscus]

What about the Coronavirus where you guys are living ? Is it going crazy ? In France it is right now..!

Bare shelves at supermarkets in UK. Not been able to buy ANY eggs for a few days now!

 

[Elizabeth23]

bare shelves here also, Florida, was able to get eggs,

 

[cornemuse]

Here, (San Diego county), 'Costco' has set aside 8a to 9a for seniors two days a week. (Today) I got there about 8a. The line went around costco, all the way past a BMW dealership, then south as far as I could see. There were 100's of people in line, I turned around & went home. Maybe these people will be getting their fiber eating toilet paper, , , ,

 

[Elizabeth23]

this has gone pretty far overboard, I would just love to be able to shop for my weekly supplies!

 

[MistrrE]

Yup! I don't even go near the stores...we have enough to last a month in my household. Thank goodness we , stocked up on TP, papertowels. and Pet food (trust me they eat VERY good for pets). My knees are shot and standing is just not a opt for this ole fella

 

[trimis]

I love bacon and eggs!

Ham is an okay substitute for bacon. I put one in the oven a few hours ago, just ate breakfast, but the smell already has me distracted, and it will only get worse in the next three hours. Ain't nothing like the smell of baking ham!

 

[trimis]

Explain to a Brit, will you please.....the meaning of the term 'over easy', when referring to how eggs are cooked? I've seen this expression so many times over the years, and it just doesn't 'mean' anything to me.....

And what ARE 'hash browns'..?

My usual breakfast consists of porridge; I think you guys on t'other side of "the Pond" call it 'oatmeal'? I'm a light eater in the first half of the day; can't really face food till after lunch-time, at the earliest.

@ priscus:- I've got to the stage where that extra bit of middle-age 'spread' simply WON'T shift any more. Regular as clockwork, I used to put on half-a-stone (7 lbs or so) over the course of the winter, yet during the summer the following year it would all come off again. I varied from 11-11 and a half stone, year in, year out.

Until I reached the stage where that half-stone wouldn't disappear one year... Grrr!! That was a few years ago now..... Heigh-ho. That's life, I guess..!


Mike.

Over easy: fry the eggs on one side, flip them over, fry on the other side til they stop sticking to the pan...about twenty seconds. The goal is to solidify the whites while keeping the yolk runny.

I use brand-name hash-browns:

I tried all the recipes, and never could make at home any half as good as these.