TRICK #1 Roll Package for Easy Separation
There’s an easy way to separate strips of bacon stuck together in a shrink-wrapped package. Simple roll the package lengthwise into a cylinder, then flatten it out again. Then open the package and remove the desired number of strips, which will now be less tightly packed.
TRICK #2 Glaze Your Oven-Fried Bacon
To add flavor to oven-fried bacon, give it a maple glaze. When the bacon has reached a nice golden brown shade and is almost done cooking, pour off most of the grease and drizzle maple syrup over each strip. Return the tray to the oven and continue cooking for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the maple syrup begins to bubble.
TRICK #3 Freeze Slices Individually
It can be difficult to use up a pound of bacon before it becomes rancid. Freezing is the best way to preserve it, but if frozen in the original package, it’s impossible to later remove just a few slices at a time. To solve the dilemma, roll up the bacon in tight cylinders, each with two to four slices of bacon. Place the cylinders in a zipper-lock bag and place the bag flat in the freezer. (Once the slices are frozen, the bag can be stored as you like.) When bacon is needed, simply pull out the desired number of slices and defrost.
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“It can be difficult to use up a pound of bacon before it becomes rancid.”
What Universe do YOU live in? : )
nice idea -rolling the slices that way. I’ve been just slicing some off the end (bacon bits, anyone?), and put the rest of the package in a big ziplock baggie in the freezer. Use a serrated knife to saw off frozen bacon as needed.
When you only have one or two people in the house, it’s hard to use it up, especially if you eat out a lot.
I freeze mine with parchment paper in between the layers. It peels off the parchment very easily.
I freeze my bacon as soon as I get it home to preserve its flavor. I use my chefs knife to cut it into desired sizes and cook it frozen. To use half a pound I cut it in half the shorter size fits great in sandwiches and to use it in salads I cut it in 1/4 inch thicknesses across then lay them flat and cut them in half again for perfect bacon bits.
If you are going to cook bacon, you might as well cook the whole pound in the oven until it is almost done and freeze what you are not using today.
When there is a sale on a tasty bacon, I buy 5+ pounds and cook it all in a day. All of the smells and clean-up are done and over with for the most part as the thawing and finish cooking leave only a tiny amount to deal with.
jdoors, people who LOVE bacon, but ALSO have Diabetes & don’t particularly care to die from a Heart Attack OR wish to have ANOTHER coronary stent put in, as the first one was a total & unwanted hassle. I grew up eating wonderful Bacon. Lettuce, & fresh garden grown Tomato Sandwiches staying with my Grandparents M-F every week while my parents worked. They were born in the early 1900s out in the country & taught me a lot. BLTs was just one thing & I hate wasting food, so this is a GREAT idea guys!