Saddle up! Crisis at hand!

[Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L 556]

America’s Pile of Uneaten Bacon Is the Biggest in 48 Years

[Pat Riot, SASS #13748 12,305]

I admit, I have not been doing my part. I will work on this.

[Cat Brules 542]

Well, I think we can put a sizable DENT in it, anyway!   >:-(

 

Cat Brules   :-)

[Sedalia Dave 6,007]

Maybe this wil help

 

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More than 40 million pounds (18,000 metric tons) of pork bellies, the cut used for bacon making, were sitting in refrigerated warehouses as of Sept. 30, according to U.S. government data released Tuesday. That’s the most for the month since 1971.

 

[Subdeacon Joe 14,636]

OK, is it because we are slacking off? Or is it because the packing houses have increased production?

[Trailrider #896 1,105]

While I will occasionally have a couple of strips of bacon with two eggs over easy and hash browns, I don't eat a lot.  However, it is good that you posted this as I will stay away from frozen pork belly futures as an investment!

[Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 709]

I probely didn't eat more than a pound by myself last week,,, But I will try and do better this week ....

 

Jabez Cowboy

[Pat Riot, SASS #13748 12,305]

My guess is people are sick and tired of bacon this and bacon that on every freakin menu from coast to coast.
Sometimes I just want a plain old fashioned hamburger, not a triple bacon, pepper jack, shriracha , chipotle burger on a chiabatta, Kaiser, brioche, onion bun with some chef’s named secret spicy sauce on it. 
 

I am baconed out...and I won’t be doing my part after all...unless they have pepper bacon. I love pepper bacon... 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935 3,855]

I average four slices a day and have for years.  Can't handle any more than that and my doctor is having conniption fit over how much I am eating now.

[Trigger Mike 473]

Partly could be China had a swine flu outbreak so some pork was banned from import 

[Fence Cutter 225]

3 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

My guess is people are sick and tired of bacon this and bacon that on every freakin menu from coast to coast.

Yep.   For several years bacon has been the flavor of the week in everything from sunflower seeds to beer.....

With a so called "baconfeast" on every other corner of the nothing better to do world........ 

Get a life..........

Edited October 23, 2019 by Fence Cutter

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 4,331]

It’s because of retaliatory tariffs. The Chinese stopped buying pork bellies 

[Dantankerous 2,957]

When I eat bacon I do so with a side of bacon.

 

 

[Painted Mohawk SASS 77785 728]

I say eat more pork just to p*ss off you know who !!!

[Pat Riot, SASS #13748 12,305]

1 hour ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

It’s because of retaliatory tariffs. The Chinese stopped buying pork bellies 

Ah...that makes sense. 
 

I guess we know what MREs will be coming out soon. 
 

“Okay guys listen up! We got MREs. Who wants Bacon ala King, Bacon in spaghetti, Bacon in Red Sauce with Bacon, Bacon wrapped burger patty, Bacon wrapped pork patty, bacon wrapped bacon and we have Bacon and eggs?”

 

[Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 1,366]

Could we send it to hungry, third world countries?

 

Imis

[Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme 729]

3 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

It’s because of retaliatory tariffs. The Chinese stopped buying pork bellies 

This one.

[Smoky Pistols 482]

I've been told that I do more than my part in the consumption of this commodity.  That being said, I am more than willing to up my game if need be.  Because----- 'Merica  ---that's all the reason I need!

[Rye Miles #13621 3,794]

Well I will certainly do my part, going to do some grocery shopping today!

[Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 4,148]

I've been noticing some bacon is too salty lately.

[Cat Brules 542]

Well, they sure’s hell won’t be sending very much bacon anywhere in the Middle East, ‘cept to the gringo hotels and such.

 

i do agree with Allie Meaux (hi Allie) though.  I’ve noticed some brands are much more salty (too salty) than others.

 

And, most restaurants overcook bacon.  You have to warn them at the time you order.  Too many illegals employed as “cooks”.  Walking out instead of just eating the slop, or waiting for them to cook it right, gets their attention, as well as the short lecture they get.   (Pet Peeve....overcooked bacon.). They do the same thing with eggs....crispy bottoms and edges.  

Grrrr.  

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 4,331]

Most non-Jewish, non-Muslim countries have a preserved pork belly product that Is loved in the local culinary. Cured like we do in the USA is not a universally loved flavor. In Ukraine it is usually consumed cured but uncooked and only fat no muscle
 

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At first glance it could be a hard sheep’s cheese or a smoky mozzarella. But the slabs are actually cold, white pork fat – Ukraine’s national dish, known as salo. It is best served covered with garlic, onion and pickles (or something picante), and almost always washed down with a shot of vodka.

The dish is not recommended for those watching their waistlines. The calorie counter on My Fitness Pal says that one serving of pig fat amounts to 900 calories, just under half of the recommended daily intake for women and slightly less for men.

 

[Raylan 768]

Read because of China suffering high loses in domestic hogs due to swine diseases that American hog farmers have been ramping up production in anticipation of increased exports to China - which given recent progress having to do with agricultural goods visa via a partial deal trade with China looks like a good bet. 

 

China consumers are hurting what with the currency devaluation to off set tariffs and agricultural and pork losses, with the swine disease there has been an increased demand for dog meat in China. Given the economic pressure being paid by the average chinese family and the unrest in Hong Kong, I imagine the totalitarian communist rulers are feeling some pressure to do what they can to not add more potential for unrest amongst the citizenry.  

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 4,331]

Eventually the government will just have another Tiananmen Square or react the way that did to eliminate the opium addicts.

[Cat Brules 542]

It tariffs hurt the Chinese and cause prices here to escalate, well then in my opinion (there’s that pesky word again), we should just understand that it’s necessary for the security of the US.  I can do just fine without the junk from China and their thieving way.  They are like colonies of huge, bloated ticks, parasitically infesting some poor, sick hound dog’s ears.  Gone unchecked, they’ll kill us economically.  And, cutting them off, could trigger an attack from them.  We’ve been there before.

 

Cat Brules