A cafe at my uni sells muffins with a centimetre thick slice of bacon in.
I was curious if it’s possible to buy bacon that thick as a consumer, and where. The local butchers either don’t have any, or just have the same thing slices Coles and Woolworths have.
Even a good deli or butcher will have bacon that’s sliced to order so you can get it as thick as you want. Nothing beats bacon sliced when you ask for it
Sometimes fick bacon appears at Aldi on special. Colesworth also sometimes have ‘ham steaks’ which can be tweaked to function as bacon for muffin purposes. However YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED that the worst, the absolute WORST case of food poisoning I’ve ever had came from ham steaks that hadn’t been properly stored. I’m talking hospitalisation level of food poisoning. With a drip to counter dehydration. Do not recommend. So embarrassing.
Good butcher should be able to carve off some thicker bacon off the pig if needed. As per CEO below. Or buy a chunk of kaiserfleisch from a deli and chop it into slices yourself. This costs more but is very good.
EDIT: Psarakos supermarket in Thornbury (not the vegie section) will cut cured meats of amazing variety to your specifications. Price can be eyewatering, but worth it for exactly what you want.
Where do you buy thick bacon?
A cafe at my uni sells muffins with a centimetre thick slice of bacon in.
I was curious if it’s possible to buy bacon that thick as a consumer, and where. The local butchers either don’t have any, or just have the same thing slices Coles and Woolworths have.
Even a good deli or butcher will have bacon that’s sliced to order so you can get it as thick as you want. Nothing beats bacon sliced when you ask for it
Sometimes fick bacon appears at Aldi on special. Colesworth also sometimes have ‘ham steaks’ which can be tweaked to function as bacon for muffin purposes. However YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED that the worst, the absolute WORST case of food poisoning I’ve ever had came from ham steaks that hadn’t been properly stored. I’m talking hospitalisation level of food poisoning. With a drip to counter dehydration. Do not recommend. So embarrassing.
Good butcher should be able to carve off some thicker bacon off the pig if needed. As per CEO below. Or buy a chunk of kaiserfleisch from a deli and chop it into slices yourself. This costs more but is very good.
EDIT: Psarakos supermarket in Thornbury (not the vegie section) will cut cured meats of amazing variety to your specifications. Price can be eyewatering, but worth it for exactly what you want.
You gotta ask for it to be cut thick at a good butchers.
Try a search for “melbourne continental smallgoods manufacturer” and see what’s near your place.
I got some that thick by accident getting a bulk packet from CBM.