I had bacon with both breakfast and dinner last night, I'm doing my part.

I braised the hell out of a pork shoulder (with chiles, orange and lime, online, garlic and red pepper) to make pork tacos yesterday.

I'm doing my part as well.

Pork thread!

How to make Puerco Pibil (^), or in other words, the best pork dish ever invented.

Shostie: I braised the hell out of a pork shoulder (with chiles, orange and lime, online, garlic and red pepper) to make pork tacos yesterday.

Although, that sounds yummy, too.

i'm torn because pork is really really cheap lately.

I ate bacon yesterday and probably again tonight.
/Doin' my part.

Unfortunately, "your friendly pork producer" is, 99% of the time, some megafactory-farming huge agribusiness conglomerate like Smithfield Foods, Hormel, or Cargill, so I'm pretty sure they can weather the storm regardless of whether a few more fatties continue eating bacon 7 days a week. And if not, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if a little less pig shiat winds up in the water supply for a couple of years.

I get my pork and beef for that matter from a farmer within five miles of my house, so I'm really getting a kick....

make me some tea: Pork thread!

How to make Puerco Pibil (^), or in other words, the best pork dish ever invented.

Looks great, and with bonus Roberto Rodriguez goodness too.

OregonVet: I get my pork and beef for that matter from a farmer within five miles of my house, so I'm really getting a kick....

I'll bet it's awesome, too.

I had bacon-wrapped-beef at a wedding on Saturday, and it was delicious.

OregonVet: I get my pork and beef for that matter from a farmer within five miles of my house, so I'm really getting a kick....

I've never had "local pork". I've heard good things, though.

make me some tea: How to make Puerco Pibil (^), or in other words, the best pork dish ever invented.

Damn, that sounds awesome. I love cochinita pibil, but have never made it myself--I'll have to give that recipe a try for my next big party.

There's got to be someone they can suuuuueeeeeeeeeee

make me some tea: I've never had "local pork". I've heard good things, though.

It's pretty great. Especially the beef. Besides the quality I like how I can specify each cut and the price can't be beat- it was less than $3# which may be a little high for hamburger but it's more than made up for by the roasts, steaks, and tenderloin. I can't remember the price per pound of the pork, but it was like $60 for a half. The bacon is meatier than any I've ever had in my life.

I'm eating bacon on my fat laden double cheeseburger right now. So, I'm really getting a kick....

Uses for Bacon:
° Breakfast
° Lunch
° Dinner
° Midnight snack
° Midday snack
° Fissionable material
° Breast milk substitute
° Aphrodesiac
° Sleep aid
° Negotiation tool

OregonVet: It's pretty great. Especially the beef. Besides the quality I like how I can specify each cut and the price can't be beat- it was less than $3# which may be a little high for hamburger but it's more than made up for by the roasts, steaks, and tenderloin. I can't remember the price per pound of the pork, but it was like $60 for a half. The bacon is meatier than any I've ever had in my life.

Sounds awesome. I can get a lot of homemade pork products here, lots of ethnic butchers that make their own bacon, ham, dried/smoked sausage etc., but I'm not sure where the pork comes from, I'm sure it's a commercial producer.

Grandpa: Well let me tell you something now, Johnny. Last Thursday, I turned 95 years old. And I never exercised a day in my life. Every morning, I wake up, and I smoke a cigarette. And then I eat five strips of bacon. And for lunch, I eat a bacon sandwich. And for a midday snack?
John: Bacon.
Grandpa: Bacon! A whole damn plate! And I usually drink my dinner. Now according to all of them flat-belly experts, I should've took a dirt nap like thirty years ago. But each year comes and goes, and I'm still here. Ha! And they keep dyin'. You know? Sometimes I wonder if God forgot about me. Just goes to show you, huh?

I am thinking of making sweet and sour pork chops for dinner tonight.

Or grilled cheese with bacon and tomato soup.

ExJerseyGirl: I am thinking of making sweet and sour pork chops for dinner tonight.

Or grilled cheese with bacon and tomato soup.

My gf made a yummy ham and cheese omelette yesterday. Mmmm ham and cheese.

make me some tea: Sounds awesome.

Biggest drawback: unless I'm in a $100/plate steakhouse, I can't enjoy their food. Too big of a difference.

I know its cliche but isnt this a repeat from - oh I don't know - every 2-3 year interval going back to the begining of recorded history?

Seems to me theres always a story about too much pork (or beef) due to: overproduction, good weather, bad weather, record high prices, record low prices, record feed prices etc etc.

hyperdream: There's got to be someone they can suuuuueeeeeeeeeee

Hahaha.

Had bacon with breakfast this morning myself.

Cyberluddite: Unfortunately, "your friendly pork producer" is, 99% of the time, some megafactory-farming huge agribusiness conglomerate like Smithfield Foods, Hormel, or Cargill, so I'm pretty sure they can weather the storm regardless of whether a few more fatties continue eating bacon 7 days a week. And if not, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if a little less pig shiat winds up in the water supply for a couple of years.

this.

I porked my wife last night, so I'm doing my part.