First you catch a bacon..........
jacqui{JB} wrote:
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>> How are Bacon Bits made?
>> What are the main ingredients?
>> Do they actually contain meat?
>
> Maybe; read the label. If it's real meat, then it's cooked and
> crumbled or chopped. If it's not real meat, then it's extruded or
> rolled and chopped or crumbled.
>
>> Can people make them at home?
>
> You can certainly crisp-fry thinly sliced bacon and crumble it; a far
> superior solution, particularly if you use decent bacon with minimal
> additives (Smithfield dry-cured bacon comes to mind).
>
> Some amusing and informative links on the subject:
> http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/bacon/bacon.html
> http://www.montrealfood.com/baconbits.html
> http://www.smithfieldhams.com/bacon/
>
> -j