When I first bought some of this bacon from the farmer's market a month ago, I fell head over heels in love. Gelderman Farms is in Abbotsford, BC and is a family-run farm. The pigs live in these nice uncrowded naturally ventilated & lit pens. Also, the Gelderman family actually blend their own feedstock for the pigs right on their farm with all vegetable components. Which, y'know... is pretty reassuring, knowing what I know about what most corporations will do to save a buck. (Also, the Geldermans totally recycle all the sawdust the pigs sleep in into compost for all kinds of gardening... which is pretty creative and awesome.)
My secret recipe for cooking bacon... just stir it up in a cast iron frying pan. Don't worry about laying it in strips. It'll all cook eventually. It does help to have a fabulous enameled cast iron frying pan, mind you.
Works every time. And let me tell you, this bacon is absolutely incredible. Sweet, crispy, chewy, perfectionary. I heartily endorse this product, and/or service.
My secret recipe for cooking bacon... just stir it up in a cast iron frying pan. Don't worry about laying it in strips. It'll all cook eventually. It does help to have a fabulous enameled cast iron frying pan, mind you. 
Works every time. And let me tell you, this bacon is absolutely incredible. Sweet, crispy, chewy, perfectionary. I heartily endorse this product, and/or service. - Aug 15 - Location Not Decided Yet
- Aug 19 - Main St. Station at Thronton Park
- Aug 22 - Trout Lake Farmers Market
- Aug 22 - Abbotsford Farmers' Market
- Aug 29 - Haney Farmers Market, Maple Ridge
The thickness of the bacon, along with the high consistency of the meat, made it amazing! The only hard part is trying to air out the kitchen so it doesn't smell of bacon all weekend long!
ReplyDeleteIt's also nice to know that the bacon comes from piggies who were running around, not all locked up in tiny little pens!
The pig? Not a filthy animal. He does not root or sleep in shit - pigs are one of the few animals that make a point of not shitting where they eat and sleep! So there, Jules!