Bacon

[highflyingrealtor]

So I'm a little concerned about a report I heard regarding bacon. Carnival reports a bacon shortage causing them to only serve it every other day on cruises. They say they'll run out if served every day. We're on Princess in early February so please lord, don't let this affect us.

(Truly a first world problem and my comments are meant in jest)

Seriously though, if pbj's are all that's left on board, I'm fine with that and off to the big pond I'll go...🙂

[Sea Hag]

We just got off the Majestic yesterday, and there was no lack of bacon. It was just like it always is - always available at breakfast and as an add-on for burgers and such throughout the day. You don't need to worry. 😁

[Thrak]

Depends on where Princess purchases their bacon. There is a bacon drought predicted for California due to a law passed a while back that requires certain living standards for the animals involved if the meat is to be sold in California.

[CineGraphic]

With Carnival at a lower price point, you can expect things like bacon rationing due to recent price jumps.

[sfaaa]

Definitely a national crisis. Bacon price at my local supermarkets has all gone up.

[getting older slowly]

First Butter in MDR..... now Bacon... what is the world coming too....

 

English Bacon and Eggs over-easy for breakfast... is a must....

 

Don

[wowzz]

I'm assuming that hopefully no bacon on European cruises will be American.  

[Tedferg]

11 hours ago, getting older slowly said:

 

English Bacon and Eggs over-easy for breakfast... is a must...

Don, we do not get English Bacon on Princess, nor at home unless we use British Food supplier 🙂

[Sea Hag]

14 minutes ago, Tedferg said:

Don, we do not get English Bacon on Princess, nor at home unless we use British Food supplier 🙂

This is true. We get what the British think of as "streaky bacon."

[KeepCalmBearOn]

Q: What is the difference between a chicken and a pig in an eggs and bacon breakfast?

 

A: The chicken is involved in the breakfast, the pig is committed.

[chrysalis]

1 hour ago, Tedferg said:

Don, we do not get English Bacon on Princess, nor at home unless we use British Food supplier 🙂

I have often seen, and eaten, English style bacon on Princess ships in Europe and the Caribbean.

 

[donaldsc]

3 minutes ago, chrysalis said:

I have often seen, and eaten, English style bacon on Princess ships in Europe and the Caribbean.

 

 

English style bacon is much better than American style bacon.  Maybe not as crispy but much less fatty and you can trim some of the fat off English bacon.

 

DON

[wowzz]

And of course, British bacon is produced from pigs that have lived in humanitarian conditions, and haven't been stuffed full of antibiotics. 

US pork is banned in Europe.   

[brisalta]

7 hours ago, Sea Hag said:

This is true. We get what the British think of as "streaky bacon."

 

No you get what the British consider to be pig fat not suitable for eating.

[brisalta]

6 hours ago, donaldsc said:

 

English style bacon is much better than American style bacon.  Maybe not as crispy but much less fatty and you can trim some of the fat off English bacon.

 

DON

 

English bacon tends not to have fat at all. It is meat not low quality fat.

Edited September 8, 2021 by brisalta

[KeepCalmBearOn]

Freakin' A, how can people turn a lighthearted  topic into an attack on another country's style of food.

[Martjay66]

On 9/7/2021 at 8:08 AM, wowzz said:

I'm assuming that hopefully no bacon on European cruises will be American.  

On our recent Seacation on Regal, there was a choice of ether English or American!!

[Daniel A]

15 hours ago, wowzz said:

And of course, British bacon is produced from pigs that have lived in humanitarian conditions, and haven't been stuffed full of antibiotics. 

US pork is banned in Europe.   

Is all U.S. pork banned or is it just pork from ractopamine-fed pigs?  JBS, Tyson and Smithfield have stopped using the substance in order to compete in international markets.

 

I fully support anybody's decision to refrain from eating 'American' bacon....more for me!  😅 🐷 🥓🥓🥓

[Steelers36]

12 hours ago, brisalta said:

 

English bacon tends not to have fat at all. It is meat not low quality fat.

Hey!! I thought it was called Canadian Bacon by the US!!  (UP here they call it Back Bacon).

[USCcruisecrazy]

37 minutes ago, Steelers36 said:

Hey!! I thought it was called Canadian Bacon by the US!!  (UP here they call it Back Bacon).

There are actually three separate bacons:  Canadian bacon is cut from the loin on the back, American bacon is cut from the belly side, and English bacon is actually a combination of the two.  Canadian bacon always seemed closer to American ham.  I prefer good old American bacon cooked up crispy and served on toast with lettuce, tomato, and mayo!!

Edited September 8, 2021 by USCcruisecrazy

[CineGraphic]

Once you make your own bacon, it's hard to eat the commercial stuff.

I stick with the link sausage when cruising.

[hapster85]

First we get swapped from Sapphire to Royal and now there might not be enough bacon?! Have they no humanity? Lol

[geoherb]

3 hours ago, CineGraphic said:

Once you make your own bacon, it's hard to eat the commercial stuff.

I stick with the link sausage when cruising.

 

 

 

Nice. But you could say the same about once you make your own sausage:
 

[CineGraphic]

40 minutes ago, geoherb said:

 

Nice. But you could say the same about once you make your own sausage:
 

 

 

That looks wonderful, but It's bad enough already that I'm probably the only Jew in Georgia who makes his own bacon.

[Steelers36]

4 hours ago, CineGraphic said:

Once you make your own bacon, it's hard to eat the commercial stuff.

I stick with the link sausage when cruising.

 

 

Nice looking.  And it makes me think how we buy a lot of premium (ie. healthy/organic) meats and such and of course you never get that dining out (generally) or certainly not when cruising, so try and think about that, but largely not much you can do.  I do wonder if I will see in my life-time a resort or cruise type environment where they offer all top end foods like non-GMO, organic, naturally-raised, etc. 

 

Bacon is one of may things we pay premium prices for to get the better-made stuff.