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Default please help identify this food


"tert in seattle" > wrote in message
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>>tert in seattle wrote:
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http://www.ftupet.com/upload/WTFood.jpg
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>>> it looks like bacon that was made from rubber
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>>> wtf?

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>>Definitely cooked and shelf stable real bacon (Like Jill said) or
>>a vegetarian bacon (like Julie called soy bacon). I've seen and
>>tasted bacon like that. Either real bacon from a Hormel shelf
>>stable box or Morning Star veggie bacon looks about the same.
>>
>>That on the plate looked like it hadn't been heated up yet.

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> I ate one piece and couldn't tell what it was. Didn't taste as bad as
> I thought it would. But it was not bacon. I suppose it could have been
> turkey or soy but I have no idea. The texture is kind of weird.
>
> Yeah the "sausage" was a maple flavored meat product of some sort.


Soy bacon actually tastes like bacon but it is very crisp. If you don't like
crisp bacon, you won't like it.