Friday, December 17, 2010

Feeding an Addiction

I have a few different recipes that I make that call for bacon bits, and I love fryin' up the fresh ones cause they are soo much better and they are soo easy to do.

I use a pair a kitchen shears to do the cutin' and...


....then throw them into the skillet and cook them on medium heat and that's all there is too it. I usually use a slotted kitchen spoon to do the stirring and removal of them and then Caleb and I gobble them up!!

YUMMY!!

I ran into a slight problem the last time I went to buy some bacon. Ya see I usually get the 3lb package of bacon cause we will go through it and I really like the thick sliced bacon.

I had been buying the 3lb package for around $10. I wasn't thrilled with that price, but it was cheaper than buying 3 - 1lb packages. Well when I went to buy bacon again this last time the price went from $10 to $14....in a relatively short time.

4 bucks....seriously

Well my jaw dropped.

That's just expensive. A $4 jump on something that was only $10 to start with is a lot!

Well while I was standing there trying to decide what to do I saw this package....



of bacon end pieces. It is a 3lb package too, but it was only $3.50. I was a little hesitant about this at first but I thought I would give them a try for bacon bits. And if I didn't like them then they were only $3.50 and not $14.

Well I love them!! They work great for bacon bits or for putting in green beans....they are wonderful.

Now if we are going to have eggs and bacon I use the "good stuff" but for all the rest I use these end pieces and Caleb and I can keep feeding our bacon addiction and not feel to bad about it.

So if you see these in the store don't be afraid to use them cause for a 1/4 of the price they are defiantly worth it. Especially if you have a love affair with bacon and can't always afford it.

*I got a good question from Mama Koch about where I got these end pieces and here's the skinny....I got them at Wal-Mart they were sittin' right there next to the bacon. They are the Wright Brand, which is the same brand of the bacon that I buy.

Good Luck...

JP

4 comments:

  1. You are SO smart! Did you get these at a chain store or a local market? I've never seen them.

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  2. Oh good question...I got them at Wal-Mart they were sittin' right there next to the bacon. They are the Wright Brand, which is the same brand of the bacon that I Buy.

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  3. I've never seen these! I'll have to look next time I go to Wally. Oh my word, it's crazy how high groceries are getting! Butter is ridiculous. I usually get our bacon at Sam's when I have an extra 12 bucks, we like the thick peppered stuff. And man can we go through it! I prefer sausage, and it's cheaper. But hubby loves bacon. ;)

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  4. My Hubby is a bacon snob, and only likes Wright or Blue and Gold bacon. But I like to buy the nitrate free stuff. And dadgum, it is high!

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