Food No To Canned Bacon
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SouthernBreeze
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How was it canned? I was thinking about doing some, myself, to use as seasoning.
I didn't season it. I cooked and drained it on paper towels as usual. I lined the rashers out on parchment paper and covered them with the same piece of paper as I folded it over and rolled them up to fit in a canning jar. I canned them according to the directions for canning meat. I am really disappointed it didn't work. I am not going to chance it again and just wanted to share my experience with you all.
Tundra Gypsy
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Oh dear, and I canned up some bacon last fall. I'll have to open one now and give it a good 'smell.'
Glad you figured it out before somebody ate it.
Smoke
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I canned bacon one time, just put in jars raw after wrapping in parchment paper and processed them, turned out good. My one freezer just went out the last weekend and I canned ground beef, crumbles, meatballs and even did some sausage links, all were precooked prior to going into jars. Fat floated to top so hopefully it won't (shouldn't) go rancid.
SouthernBreeze
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I'm afraid my old 40+ year old freezer is going to go out anytime, so I've been canning meat like crazy already, before that happens. I have another freezer, and I'm trying to get it down, so I can transfer the rest in the old freezer into it.
school marm
Senior Member
The greatest risk with "rebel" canning is botulism, which cannot be detected through smell or taste (and even just a taste can give you botulism). Other types of food poisoning don't have as high a mortality rate.
Kathy in WV
Down on the Farm...
I always put 2 strips of bacon in the jar with pinto beans for flavor. So far so good. No spoiled ones yet.
Walrus Whisperer
Hope in chains...
Just can the bacon grease. Stays stable and full of flavor.
If you only want flavor for beans, peas, etc., you cannot beat Hormel real bacon bits and they have a long shelf life. I've used them a year or two past the expiration date. They are also good on tomato sandwiches and eggs. I only use the older ones for cooking beans and not sprinkling on ready to eat food.
DH got burned out on bacon. I love it but got tired of keeping it just for me...I couldn't eat it fast enough and threw away more than I ate so the real bacon bits work great for us. We use to cook breakfast once or twice a week but when the kids moved out, we got out of the habit. I do intermittent fasting so I rarely eat before afternoon anyway.
DH got burned out on bacon. I love it but got tired of keeping it just for me...I couldn't eat it fast enough and threw away more than I ate so the real bacon bits work great for us. We use to cook breakfast once or twice a week but when the kids moved out, we got out of the habit. I do intermittent fasting so I rarely eat before afternoon anyway.
SouthernBreeze
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I think I'll still keep all my bacon in the freezer, instead of risking canning it. I store all my extra bacon grease in the fridge.
SouthernBreeze
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I also use, and have stored lots of them, Hormel bacon pieces. Like you, I've used them a year or so past their expiration date. Still good. I like using them in salads, omelets, and in a pot of pinto beans.
When I cook bacon, I go ahead and cook the whole package. What's left after our meal, I put it in freezer storage bags and in the freezer they go. Since it's already cooked, it's a breeze to take out of the freezer, pop in the microwave, and use on sandwiches, or whatever.
nomifyle
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Speaking of bacon, I cut a package in half and then each half in half. I cook i/4th of a package at a time, the remainder goes in the freezer. I've done this for years. One thing its easier to cook that way and because I've always been a thrifty cook I consider it too expensive to cook the whole thing. DH complains but he is becoming more careful about those complaints because if he doesn't like the way I do it then he is welcome to do it himself. This is way he does all the frying (except bacon).
I was going through the 7 cuft freezer in the mud room because I knew I had a good amount of frozen vegetables in there, Surprise, surprise there was a lot more than I realized. A while back we got some birds eye meatless meals in commodities. DH would not eat them because it has nice healthy vegetables in it. I liked them so much that I even bought a few packages for me. I stopped because they got too expensive.
I found a package of nice looking center cut pork chops in that freezer. I use to cook a dish with pork chops and potatoes covered with mushroom soup. I think DH will like that. Pork chops on the bottom, potatoes layered over them and covered with the soup.
I was going through the 7 cuft freezer in the mud room because I knew I had a good amount of frozen vegetables in there, Surprise, surprise there was a lot more than I realized. A while back we got some birds eye meatless meals in commodities. DH would not eat them because it has nice healthy vegetables in it. I liked them so much that I even bought a few packages for me. I stopped because they got too expensive.
I found a package of nice looking center cut pork chops in that freezer. I use to cook a dish with pork chops and potatoes covered with mushroom soup. I think DH will like that. Pork chops on the bottom, potatoes layered over them and covered with the soup.
SouthernBreeze
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I cook the whole package of bacon in my oven. Cook all of it at one time, the rest goes in the freezer for use later. Nothing is wasted, and it costs less to cook the whole thing at once. But, that's just me. Most of the time, there's enough left over for another whole meal.
