bacon rind

[nannybooby]

where has it gone?......It used to be my favourite bit all crispy and nice. Has it been declared off limits b the EU or what!

[HBETTY8]

I still buy rind on bacon at Morrisons

[bednobs]

have you tried the butchers on the bridge in Newbury?

[nannybooby]

No Bedknobs , but I will, you sound as if you live local too.

[bednobs]

yep. that butchers usually has a queue out of the door and i've never had a bad bit of meat from there. it's called griffins

[LoftyLottie]

I just love bacon rind. I used to pinch it off the plates of people who left it!!

[bednobs]

i love it too

[EcclesCake]

Bacon from farmers markets and farm shops is often a good bet for bacon with the rind on.

[nannybooby]

thanks for the info Bednobs I will def. give them a go.:-)

[Graham-W]

Make sure you get "Dry Cured" bacon. Crisps up much better than the water laden cardboard must shops pass off as bacon.

[Graham-W]

^^most^^

[nannybooby]

Don't you just hate that kind of bacon or ham we call it slippery not nice I agree .

[Tilly2]

My butcher told me that they take the rind off to stop it curling up when you cook it. It still curls up though.

[nannybooby]

You have to snip it to stop it curling babe.

[Hopkirk]

No rind or fat on mine please.

Regards, Jack Spratt.

[nannybooby]

Hopkirk ....I'll have yours then pass it over

[Hopkirk]

Jack Sprat could eat no fat
His wife could eat no lean
And so betwixt the two of them
They licked the platter clean

Jack ate all the lean,
Joan ate all the fat.
The bone they picked it clean,
Then gave it to the cat

Jack Sprat was wheeling,
His wife by the ditch.
The barrow turned over,
And in she did pitch.

Says Jack, "She'll be drowned!"
But Joan did reply,
"I don't think I shall,
For the ditch is quite dry."

[Tilly2]

I do snip it nanny, but obviously not enough. When I turn it over on the grill, I have to flatten it out with my asbestos fingers.

[nannybooby]

You have to lay it with the lines of the grill not against it ,also try a pair of tongs saves the fingers.