Bacon? Or something like it? (pepper, great, smoke, sliced)

[Debsi]

The rind description sounds like the salt pork that's sold sliced like bacon, but in shorter pieces.

[Moonlady]

What you are describing sounds like the bacon I buy from a local smokehouse. It has a totally different texture than the commercially sold bacon you buy in the grocery. When it cooks, it's all crisp - no chewy fat. The edges have a rind-like texture and taste to them. Perhaps you were just lucky enough to get fresh home-style bacon.

[Jasmin71]

Side Pork

[Capt. Cave Man]

Home made canadian bacon is my guess. THAT is good stuff right there, I don't care what you like.........it's good!

[Rcm58]

maybe it was fatback

[buckhead]

Originally Posted by Rcm58

maybe it was fatback

I guess we should have asked wheter it was just salty or had the sweetness found in most bacon, because it could have been fried fatback or streak o' lean.

[cordae]

I agree that it is Sizzlean. I remember this from back in the 80's. Not as good as yummy bacon though, but I am sure better for you! Can't live without my bacon though. LOL

[OzzyRules]

Originally Posted by buckhead

It could have been bacon, just the slab kind that can be cut to whatever thickness is desired. Sometimes slab bacon still has a definite rind on it which is by nature hard or tough. You are especially likely to see that in a meat market or country store.

Probably. The edge (or rind) was kind of tough. The meat was neither fat or salty like bacon is. I get the feeling true bacon lovers might not have liked it as much as I did.

[andreaspercheron]

I suggest you join the bacon of the month club and eat bacon until you find your childhood bacon love. LOL Yes, there really is a Bacon of the Month club and no, I don't belong LOL You probably had Canadian bacon and it was just cut up instead of round.

[case44]

I love bacon. I'll take hickory-smoked bacon. I'll have it crispy. Or thick-sliced -- it's a great taste. And I even love pepper bacon!! Yes. It's the bomb.