Posted on 08/05/2014 8:21:13 PM PDT by dennisw
Bacon lovers are getting socked in the piggy bank.
City butchers and restaurateurs are beginning to squeal for mercy after the price of bacon rose to the highest it’s been in nearly 30 years — thanks to high demand and a shortage of healthy pigs.
“We’ve had to raise the prices in small increments in the last month,” said Vincent Santiago, an employee at Staubitz meat market in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
The pork surge began last year when a virus swept through US farms in about 30 states and killed millions of pigs.
Bacon prices have shot up around 10 percent this year alone and reached an all-time high of $6.11 per pound, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Santiago said a half-pound slab of bacon now costs about $3.99, as opposed to last month when they were about a dollar cheaper.
“We don’t like to raise prices, but this is what we do for a living,” he added. “People are still buying it.”
Thomas Perone, owner of Pig Guy NYC, said he’s not happy about the skyrocketing price of pig products, but is absorbing the costs of the increase for now.
“The price of pork is through the roof right now,” he said. “It’s ridiculous.”
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We sold the largest pork producer to China, just in time for a price hike.
Wonder if Smithfield’s farms and suppliers got hit as hard as everyone else, or is there Chinese foul play at hand.
had some turkey bacon lately
From my cold, dead fingers ... my bacon.
That lady, that bacon lady, Mr. Bratch. She, she, uh, uhhhhhh, Miss Pork. She makes me ... well, down there, you know. She makes my tummy growl.
louder!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
BRINGING HOME THE BACON
Should you find a great sale on this tasty treat, you might want to add a few of these to your recipe collection
BACON FREAK
http://www.baconfreak.com/bacon-recipes.html
BACON TODAY
http://bacontoday.com/
http://baconbuttercheesegarlic.blogspot.com/
http://baconshow.blogspot.com/
BACON CARAMEL POPCORN
http://candy.about.com/od/sugarcandy/r/Bacon-Caramel-Popcorn.htm
High prices cure themselves.
It is in with foodies these days/
Much of why bacon tastes good is lots of salt in the curing process
look up some recipes. But I would cook it in the oven in away that would let fat drip down and render out. Plus I would sprinkle some ssalt on the topside at the beginning or a few times while baking.
Also remove the fat dripping periodically.......might start an oven fire
Cooking low and slow on an outdoor BBQ grill would be safest
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