I have never met a person who didn't like bacon. It has all the
qualities of a choice food, it is crispy, it is salty, it can be
sweet and you can never have enough. In resent years, a new,
pre-cooked bacon has shown up on the market. Pre-cooked bacon
offers advantages and disadvantages to traditional bacon.
Pre-Cooked Bacon Advantages:
* Ready to use- Pre-cooked bacon is ready to eat straight out of
the package. There is no microwave, oven or stove required. It
is truly an open, eat, and enjoy food.
* Easy to use- Pre-cooked bacon because it is a finished product
is easy to use when making a fast dish. This lends itself well
to busy families and hurried mornings.
* Less waste- When you open a package of pre-cooked bacon you
can use only what you need that day. The rest of the bacon can
be saved for use at a latter time.
Pre-Cooked Bacon Disadvantages:
* Price- Typically pre-cooked bacon will be higher in cost than
traditional bacon. This disadvantage may in reality be an
advantage when you consider that there is less waste with
pre-cooked bacon because you are able to use only what you need
and it has an extended shelf life.
Traditional Bacon Advantages:
* Less expensive- Traditional bacon is lower in cost because
there is less processing required for the finished product.
* Smell- There is something almost magical about bacon cooking.
The smell of cooking bacon wafting through the house brings the
kids, the husband and even the teenagers out of hiding.
* More choices- Currently there are more choices available on
the market for traditional bacon than for pre-cooked. You can
find thick sliced, thin sliced, maple, brown sugar, farmers cut,
center cut and a variety of other types of traditional bacon.
Both pre-cooked and traditional bacon can be used in sandwiches
such as a BLT, salads, on baked potatoes, on burgers and in
soups. So next time you are shopping for bacon consider what you
plan to use it for and choose which is best for you pre-cooked
bacon or traditional bacon.
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