I bought a bunch of cans of Yoder's Canned Bacon roughly a year ago, but I haven't gotten around to trying it out until today. For those who have not heard of it, this product stores for 10 years, is pre-cooked, and is nearly indistinguishable from bacon you cook yourself. It costs $11 or $12 per can, and each can contains 50 slices. That may seem expensive, but it works out to around the same price you'd otherwise pay for bacon you have to cook yourself when you compare number of slices. And let's face it, who really wants to go through the apocalypse without bacon? Those beans and rice are going to get boring real fast with no way to flavor them up.
Here's the can, which is surprisingly small... just in case you were expecting a #10 can:
Can opened up:
Meanwhile, I'm preparing rice and also have the eggs ready to go to scramble on the frying pan:
At this point, the contents did not just slide on out. So, I opened up the other end and easily pushed the whole thing out, all neatly wrapped in wax paper with a light coating of lard (mmmm lard):
OK, great... now what? Never having done this before, it wasn't immediately apparent as to the best strategy here. I only wanted 5 pieces for now, with as little mess as possible. Let's try unrolling it....
Okay... still not easy to pull a piece out without making a mess. It looks like the roll was folded in half, so I unfold it:
Now we're making progress... I wanted 5 slices, so I pull off what looks like 5 slices, each is folded in half:
Meanwhile, I roll up the remainder as best I can, put them in a ziplock bag and put back in the fridge. I wonder how long they'll keep (I'm guessing a month is a safe bet):
Back to the 5 slices... I unfold them and find a couple were stuck together, so I have 7 slices. I'll be more careful next time:
Looks just like real bacon to me. And, the cats are obsessively following me around too... they've never had bacon, but they instinctively know they want it. I broke off a piece and tried it -- tastes wonderful! I microwaved them for 20 seconds (hardly even necessary... I love cold bacon too).
Meanwhile, I finish up with the rice and scrambled eggs, plus some salt and pepper. Dump them all together, and I have lunch:
Incidentally, the rice has been stored since 5 years ago. I highly recommend this product... it is better than I expected. And, I am now officially ready for the zombie apocalypse.
Here's the can, which is surprisingly small... just in case you were expecting a #10 can:
Can opened up:
Meanwhile, I'm preparing rice and also have the eggs ready to go to scramble on the frying pan:
At this point, the contents did not just slide on out. So, I opened up the other end and easily pushed the whole thing out, all neatly wrapped in wax paper with a light coating of lard (mmmm lard):
OK, great... now what? Never having done this before, it wasn't immediately apparent as to the best strategy here. I only wanted 5 pieces for now, with as little mess as possible. Let's try unrolling it....
Okay... still not easy to pull a piece out without making a mess. It looks like the roll was folded in half, so I unfold it:
Now we're making progress... I wanted 5 slices, so I pull off what looks like 5 slices, each is folded in half:
Meanwhile, I roll up the remainder as best I can, put them in a ziplock bag and put back in the fridge. I wonder how long they'll keep (I'm guessing a month is a safe bet):
Back to the 5 slices... I unfold them and find a couple were stuck together, so I have 7 slices. I'll be more careful next time:
Looks just like real bacon to me. And, the cats are obsessively following me around too... they've never had bacon, but they instinctively know they want it. I broke off a piece and tried it -- tastes wonderful! I microwaved them for 20 seconds (hardly even necessary... I love cold bacon too).
Meanwhile, I finish up with the rice and scrambled eggs, plus some salt and pepper. Dump them all together, and I have lunch:
Incidentally, the rice has been stored since 5 years ago. I highly recommend this product... it is better than I expected. And, I am now officially ready for the zombie apocalypse.
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lots of hispanic (Caribbean) and asian dishes include rice w / eggs... hell, "good" fried rice always has eggs in it... ![[laugh]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/012.gif "Laugh [laugh]")
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