Australian Bacon Week, March 7 - 13, 2011

I am very disappointed that it has taken me until today to find out that it is Australian Bacon Week! Time to make up for lost time and get my bacon on over the weekend...



http://www.australianpork.com.au/pages/images/Wake%20Up%20and%20Smell%20the%20Bacon.pdf

Good to see the best bacon is from SA!

Australia’s Barossa Fine Foods
Best Bacon Schulz Butchers
Elizabeth West SA

stunned i was unaware

stunned i was unaware

This. Although I've had bacon about 3 times this week anyway.

This. Although I've had bacon about 3 times this week anyway.

I've dabbled

Ive also emailed that site to see if they'll send me one of Subbo's  pork shirts

Ask for 2

u reckon when they get contacted about possible apparel they just presume XXXL?

Strong possibility.

Merge this with the vegetarian and pets threads?

Merge this with the vegetarian and pets threads?

 

I am very disappointed that it has taken me until today to find out that it is Australian Bacon Week! Time to make up for lost time and get my bacon on over the weekend...



http://www.australianpork.com.au/pages/images/Wake%20Up%20and%20Smell%20the%20Bacon.pdf

Good to see the best bacon is from SA!

Australia’s Barossa Fine Foods
Best Bacon Schulz Butchers
Elizabeth West SA

low fat bacon, wtf?

low fat bacon, wtf?

Sounds almost as bad as soy bacon!


Here's an interesting article relating to Bacon Week. The comments as usual, are the highlight. Hippies vs. bacon-lovers! I do feel for the farmers in a way but it really shouldn't cost more for something grown in your own country than something imported...

http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-sizzling-crispy-salute-to-bacon-without-the-porkies/

You guys will be happy to know, that in honour of ABW, I wrapped my stuffed chicken breast with bacon (mad fat, fuck low fat bacon, wtf is that bullshit?) before putting it in the oven.

Yes, it was awesome.

stuffed chicken breast

I hope bacon was in the stuffing.

lol I made lasagna
added bacon

lol I made lasagna
added bacon

Actually that sounds like a good idea, layering it with the sheets or something.

Yeah, replace the pasta with bacon. Who needs pasta in lasagne anyway?

ham and egg plant is good for layering, bacon tends to be pretty over powering

big breakfast this morning, with extra bacon

"Sir, it already comes with bacon"

"Oh, I know"

u reckon when they get contacted about possible apparel they just presume XXXL?

LOL

I say it should be Bacon and Blow job week 

I say it should be Bacon and Blow job week 

and the thinking man could quite easily combine the 2 for the lucky lady

^ LOL

Turbaconducken recipe FTW!!!: http://bacontoday.com/turbaconducken-turducken-wrapped-in-bacon/

from the pets thread

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A bird in a bird in a bird in a bird in a bird in a pig.

^ LOL

Turbaconducken recipe FTW!!!: http://bacontoday.com/turbaconducken-turducken-wrapped-in-bacon/

I think my one maybe trumps it on bacon week! Every level gets wrapped in bacon!   

You gotta watch the rest of the Epic Meal Time creations.  

"are we in heaven? 'cause it's snowing bacon"

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0:39 Jack Daniels Bacon Grease Egg Nog  

but it really shouldn't cost more for something grown in your own country than something imported...

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Yes, sometimes, it really fucking should. This is not a problem though. Comparative Advantage being the amazing wealth creator that it is.

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I agree.

I agree.

I've heard or read that sentence of Glock's a little too much lately. It tends to elicit emotional reactions.

I've heard or read that sentence of Glock's a little too much lately. It tends to elicit emotional reactions.

Yeah it gets around lol.

My main train of though is instead of farmers/hippies/"conscious" consumers whinging about the big companies pricing out the farmers by offering ridiculously low prices and cheap imported produce, something needs to be done to make Australian products more competitive don't you think? (The big chains engaging in less profiteering would be a good move...)

As long as something seems to be of comparable quality I'll take the cheap one in most cases! As would many others.

It seems to be working over here, local stuff is dirt cheap and imports are crazily expensive. Of course the farmers still complain that they want more money for their produce (a recent one in the news is a bump in rice prices) but I think it's a little more justified over here as they work a lot harder due to mostly using manual labour and minimal mechanical equipment.

When compared to Thailand, Australia is not able to utilise what is essentially slave labour, which generally means things made/produced/grown here are more expensive. For the farmer here producing bacon, his/her power, water and fuel costs are far higher, as is the cost of feed for the animals. The land the farm is on is costing them more as is the farming machinery they use to operate the farm. Everybody who handles the product inbetween the primary grower to the consumer is getting paid far more than their Thai counterparts etc... etc...

Its like how Kia/Hyundai and the like are able to build a car in Korea for bugger all, have it exported to Australia and still easily undercut the locally made products.

When compared to Thailand, Australia is not able to utilise what is essentially slave labour, which generally means things made/produced/grown here are more expensive. For the farmer here producing bacon, his/her power, water and fuel costs are far higher, as is the cost of feed for the animals. The land the farm is on is costing them more as is the farming machinery they use to operate the farm. Everybody who handles the product inbetween the primary grower to the consumer is getting paid far more than their Thai counterparts etc... etc...

Its like how Kia/Hyundai and the like are able to build a car in Korea for bugger all, have it exported to Australia and still easily undercut the locally made products.

Good point. I didn't think about that aspect of it.

Surely one of the biggest costs is the transport costs from grower to shop though. If it's coming from a local source and using less fuel to get there shouldn't that drop the price a little?


Edit: Yep, I've definitely showing my ignorance here...of course that's the reason why the imports can be cheaper from China, the US, etc. Their production costs are lower in the grand scheme of things. So it's basically the fault of the big players like Coles, etc. who want to make more money damn them!

The selfish part of me wants to say fuck it though, as long as the quality is not completely shithouse - the cheaper the better.

The selfish part of me wants to say fuck it though, as long as the quality is not completely shithouse - the cheaper the better.

That's the spirit! You aren't completed messed up in the head after all!

So is there good bacon in Thailand?

That's the spirit! You aren't completed messed up in the head after all!

So is there good bacon in Thailand?

Pork is the most consumed meat here. By a mile. Chicken is next and then there's beef but not many people eat it (it's a Buddhist thing).

So there is a large variety of pork related delights; plenty of homemade pork skin crackling snacks, pork steak, Chinese red BBQ pork & crispy skin pork, pork ball noodle soup with minced pork and pork strips.

You get the idea.

Bacon doesn't have such a huge following over here but it is widely available and quite cheap. There's plenty of different styles too thanks to varied expat tastes, so you can find genuine British, US and Canadian style rashers around.

Good point. I didn't think about that aspect of it.

And that's without even delving into the tax side of things.