Makin' Bacon Just Keeps Getting More Expensive

On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the cost of pork bellies, which are used to produce bacon, has risen by more than 65% in the last 12 months and the wholesale price of pig product hit $1.35 per pound last week – its highest on record.

mmmmmmmm.....bacon.......

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Food has gone to crap! I'm not to proud of it, but I was feeling lazy last week and bought a box of Banquet chicken. These are the drumsticks that came in it:




For reference that is a roll of quarters.

I'm somewhat disturbed by the thought of what kind of chicken these came from.

Truly you don't get what you pay for anymore.

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I'm glad I had those pork belly tacos (@Nada in Cinnci) when I did! I love me some pork belly products! I've got a new goal for my change jar.

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Jeezus, that's disgusting. You ate that crap?

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That was my thought, too, Randy . . .

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Reluctantly- it was late, I was tired. More of a Whole Foods shopper (or Kroger natural foods since it's largely the same brands without rhe Whole Foods tax)

My point though was that's where the nitrite laden bacon is headed, same price for half as much and worse quality. ;-)

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You would have been better off eating the plastic & coins !!

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LMAO - There would have been more flavor and far better nutrition, not to mention they would have been cleaner than any crap produced by ConAgra. ;-) Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if and/or why there has been such an increase in the demand for bacon?

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1990 Volvo 780 - 273k
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Because it's the most delicious food in the world!

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Maybe my recipe for bacon stout is catching on....

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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Hog farms cut back their herd sizes over the last two years due to grain prices and that idiotic swine flu scare. For a while there pork was almost free in the grocery stores. Reduced supply + increased summer demand = pay thru the snout.
Chicken, in all it's industrial forms, is a poisonous tragedy, especially when raising your own is so easy, even in a small back yard.

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Right now (as of last night) the price for a pound of bacon (sliced anyway) is running about $4.00 (+/- $0.25).

That's for the cheap chit (pun intended).

The premium? Try around $5.50 or more...

I'll be dreaming of bacon...unless someone is handing it out as a sample someplace...

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These Guys Are on My Next Farmer's Market Visit

Artisinal Bacon, Here I Come.

For the love of God, please don't take away my BACON.

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