Heavenly Bacon?
HEAVENLY BACON? I have written about bacon before on a previous blog called My Love of Bacon but why do it again? Because it's bacon!!! Some of you may not know the history of bacon but at one time it referred to all pork products. To most people Bacon refers to Pork (belly of the Pig) and a small percentage of us now know that it can be any meat that is cured and smoked. There is Lamb Bacon , Turkey Bacon, Beef Bacon and several other cousins varieties. Canadian Bacon which comes from the eye loin which comes pre-cooked. There is bacon square that comes from the jowl of the pig also called Guanciale. How about the Italian version called Pancetta which is cured but not smoke and is rolled like a salami. Bringing home the bacon is a common term that refers to bringing home a paycheck and or money but that was not always the original meaning. In the 12th ...