Canned Bacon is Back!!!

[Rick]

You can find it here:

http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/the-461/Yoder%E2%80%99s-Celebrity-Canned-Bacon/Detail

[Smok]

Thank You ....Rick ....Its Not:spam:...Happy Days are Here Again

[Pal334]

Glory be!!!! Now I know there is hope for mankind :)

[vthompson]

You can also find it here:http://beprepared.com/product.asp?pn=FS%20B050.

[Rick]

Just so you know. I ordered a can. I'll let you know how it tastes.

[Alpine_Sapper]

Just so you know. I ordered a can. I'll let you know how it tastes.

I'm curious...

The website said this stuff has a 2-10 year shelf life, at, if I'm not misreading it, 1 can, 50 slices, for ~$14. The salt cured smoked bacon Beo posted about a year ago goes for $4/lb, with no refrigeration necessary.

http://www.turkeyfootllc.com/driededibles.html

Seems a lot cheaper, but not as viable for a food storage program as the canned bacon, unless the shelf life is at least the same.

Anyone know what the shelf life of the salt cured smoked bacon is?

[Schleprok]

Seems to me the ready to microwave, precooked, bacon at my local grocery is a much better option. Canned bacon is way expensive for what you get. I could buy two MREs for what one can would cost.
But, I do love my bacon. Gonna have to order a can, just for research ya know....

[Ken]

I've tried it. A bit greasier than the old variety from Denmark, but it's still bacon!

[crashdive123]

Anyone know what the shelf life of the salt cured smoked bacon is?

About one week in my house.

[hoosierarcher]

I( can make it myself. I've made my own SPAM and spamlike canned meat with wild boar, bear and venison. Grind the meat mix it with spices pack it into canning jars with 3/4 to an inch of free space and pressure cooker can.
bacon would be fry it; place drained cooked bacon on wax paper; layer completed sheets, roll several up together place in canning jar and use hot water bath canning method. Bt the way, self life of canned goods is not 2 - 5 years as most put on labels, canned goods from the 1920s and 1950s have been discovered in peoples basements and have tested perfectly safe to eat. After 50 years they do lose some of their color and a mite of their flavor but just a small percentage of their nutritional value. I had a long spell of unemployment and had to use up my larder to feed myself. I did that before dumpster diving this past Fall. This year I am rebuilding the larder and root cellar.

[Rick]

Spam like meat? That's a bit out there even for me. I mean, spam is like meat so spam like meat. Whoa. Gives me cold chills just thinkin' about it.

[crashdive123]

Out of curiosity, how was your larder constucted?

[Rick]

I wanted to follow up and provide you with a Quality Assurance review. I'll be handling the review because the QC department is on vacation this week.

First, the canned bacon arrived as scheduled. Total cost was $11.95 + $7.60 shipping for a total of $19.55. While that sounds high, consider you will pay around $4.00 per package for bacon at the store and have about 15 slices. MRE Depot advertises the canned bacon is between 40-50 slices. Let's say 45 for an average. At $11.95 a can, that comes out to $3.76 for 15 slices about the same you pay at the store. Even with shipping included, you still pay $4.34 for 15 slices. I assume if you buy more than one can you will improve your margin on shipping. A case sales for $119.95. Any way you slice it (that's a pun) 540 slices of bacon is a little bit of heaven. (12 cans X 45 slices per can).

The bacon is fully cooked, placed on paper, rolled up and inserted in the can. If you've ever bought canned bacon you know the drill. It's greasy when you open it. I used a dinner knife to insert along the side between the bacon and the can and wringed the knife around the bacon to remove it from the can. Once removed and unrolled it looked just like....bacon.

I've had more flavorful bacon but it certainly wasn't bad. It had a very mild bacon flavor. It was sliced very thin and very lean. I sliced two pieces of home made bread, laid on the bacon with a side of home made pickles. Okay, I actually had two sandwiches. Mmmm Mmmm good.

Final analysis. It was good. I expected it to be salty but it wasn't. A nice product with a good, albeit mild, bacon flavor. And no unpleasant after tastes. I think I'll pick up a case to have on hand just in case some emergency comes along ... like a bacon craving or something less serious. It would be a great take along for camping if you can use 40-50 slices or as part of your survival food preps. You do have to refrigerate it after you open it.

Hopefully our QC department will be back from vacation in time for the next assurance review.

[tacmedic]

Alpine- Cured salt pork will last quite a while (exactly how long I don't know, it never stays around that long when I have it), however it will eventually begin to grow mold on it. The nice thing is that you can usually just cut off the moldy bits and still eat the good part. The main enemy of salt pork is moisture. It has to stay very very dry or it will mold very quickly.

[edr730]

If you kill the hog and salt and smoke the pork in the fall, the bacon will last into the summer and will begin to taste old about then. The hams will last for a few years. I don't know why. Other parts not as long as the bacon, but they aren't usually smoked, just salted.

[Badawg]

"It's Like Bacon wrapped in lube!"

http://www.avclub.com/articles/taste-test-yoders-canned-bacon-and-oscar-mayer-ful,2481/?utm_source=search_results

[Rick]

What a couple of Bozos. It's called bacon grease you nimrods. If you cooked any bacon and grabbed a heaping handful out of the pan guess what you'd get....greasy hands! I'm going back to the cave. Someone call me when humanity smartens up. On second thought, call me when some other life form out evolves us.

[Alpine_Sapper]

Alpine- Cured salt pork will last quite a while (exactly how long I don't know, it never stays around that long when I have it), however it will eventually begin to grow mold on it. The nice thing is that you can usually just cut off the moldy bits and still eat the good part. The main enemy of salt pork is moisture. It has to stay very very dry or it will mold very quickly.

Muchas gracias.

[gryffynklm]

I'm guessing that the grease accomplishes two things. The grease keeps the bacon from shifting and breaking in transit and also helps preserve the bacon like a Confit.

From Wickipedia:

Confit (French) is a generic term for various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance (usually rendered fat from the meat preparation) for both flavor and preservation. Sealed and stored in a cool place, confit can last for several months. Confit is one of the oldest ways to preserve food[citation needed], and is a speciality of southwestern France.

[offgridbrandon]

Bacon wrapped in lube may not be the best advertising slogan, but it is certainly good for a laugh. Now that the bacon is back, I just need the canned cheese and butter! I have seen some good prices on ebay, but still think there are better prices out there.

[lanahi]

Seems to me the ready to microwave, precooked, bacon at my local grocery is a much better option. Canned bacon is way expensive for what you get. I could buy two MREs for what one can would cost.
But, I do love my bacon. Gonna have to order a can, just for research ya know....

The weight of the bacon before they put it in the can and cook it is 3 pounds. I found some cans for $11 each. So it isn't really that expensive when you figure that in.

It also has rave reviews on most of the sites I googled for it.

[lanahi]

Bacon wrapped in lube may not be the best advertising slogan, but it is certainly good for a laugh. Now that the bacon is back, I just need the canned cheese and butter! I have seen some good prices on ebay, but still think there are better prices out there.

Honeyville is a less expensive place than most in both price and shipping. (They have a $4.99 shipping charge for any size order) www.honeyvillegrains.com, I think it is. I also like their more detailed description of the product and in many cases customer's reviews.

You can also get freeze-dried cheese and butter which reconstitutes well. It is probably cheaper than canned butter or cheese when you consider the number of servings. And don't forget the freeze-dried whole eggs or scrambled eggs to go with it all!

[Ken]

And now, there's this stuff!

http://i15.ebayimg.com/04/i/001/2e/d7/30a7_12.JPG

[Rick]

I wouldn't give the bacon rave reviews but it's not bad.

www.mredepot.com (http://www.mredepot.com) has canned cheese, which I think is excellent. It has a nice sharp flavor that I like in a cheese. They also have canned butter that is great. They just offered canned cake. Is this a crazy world or what? Canned cake? I haven't tried it yet.