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Hi gang.

                I bought a packet of this and it is as thin a fag paper and a complete waste of money.  Quite tasteless too.

                Lesson learnt don't take Tesco's finest as being any good.

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most supermakets buy to a budget.....its insipid and thin ..and cheap.....end of

go to your local butcher and pay a bit more for bacon........local butchers do vary...i get thick smoked streaky which needs no oil when cooked and with a couple of barn fresg eggs is to die for............also great for wrapping homemade faggots in :good:

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27 minutes ago, ditchman said:

most supermakets buy to a budget.....its insipid and thin ..and cheap.....end of

go to your local butcher and pay a bit more for bacon........local butchers do vary...i get thick smoked streaky which needs no oil when cooked and with a couple of barn fresg eggs is to die for............also great for wrapping homemade faggots in :good:

do you put ginger into the faggots

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1 minute ago, mgsontour said:

Jonty ( a member on here ) got me started making my own after a similar rant by me. Pretty easy to be honest once you know how if your interested?

some of the bacon over the years that some members have posted up on here looked totally mouth watering

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Makes me laugh when you see the label THICK CUT.  I by our bacon now...or my wife does... from our local farm shop and it is sourced locally  ...ok not dry cured but still genuine thick cut as bacon should be and choice of smoked or unsmoked.  ALL supermarket bacon is the same probably from the same factory as so much stuff is, just packed and labelled as required.

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2 hours ago, ditchman said:

some of the bacon over the years that some members have posted up on here looked totally mouth watering

I've never bought any since making my own, I make about a 1lb at a time and give a few slices to my neighbours so never feel over faced but can tell you the waiting around for the next batch when it is nearly ready is certainly a test of any mans willpower

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4 hours ago, derbyduck said:

do you put ginger into the faggots

You just had to mention the ginger didn't you 😄.

4 hours ago, ditchman said:

im the producer not the end user...all my ginger futures have been bought up by someone in Tipton...they like it up there

Like it up there what ???😁.

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4 hours ago, mgsontour said:

I've never bought any since making my own, I make about a 1lb at a time and give a few slices to my neighbours so never feel over faced but can tell you the waiting around for the next batch when it is nearly ready is certainly a test of any mans willpower

Really glad to hear you’re doing so well with the bacon production mate 👍

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22 hours ago, Jonty said:

Really glad to hear you’re doing so well with the bacon production mate 👍

Everyone likes it, don't do anything elaborate just the simple recipe and take the loin back to the butcher for slicing as you suggested.

Cheers again.

PS have been doing that reverse searing too with the steaks with marvellous success ( wife even impressed )

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The best bacon we have found  is Lidl's thick cut. It is genuinely thick cut compared to most these days and its really good.

Did you know that in the middle ages people used urine to cure their bacon? Salt was too expensive for most people.

It must have given it an interesting flavour.

So when you see bacon advertised as "traditionally cured"   be careful

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bought some streaky from the local butchers...(priors of dersingham)

i will be making faggots for sunday.....well they are more like "Has-fags"...cross between haslet and faggots...and will be glazed with a honey/recurrant mix glaze....then the juices will be added to the onion gravy..and served with mash and marrowfat peas......

i will be using chicken livers for the faggot mix with fresh cut herbs and loads of bread crumb mix...onions...blak pepper..keep it simple...

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26 minutes ago, Dave-G said:

Ginger reminds me: growlergate seems to have 'dried up' now the elections are done with. 🙂

they are on booze gate starmer now

with what they eat and drink dont they ever get the squits...............thenthere could be squitgate....then the police will be tracking down the offenders using anal swabs........and the SUN will be doing wizzo headlines and puns

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On 06/05/2022 at 20:19, ditchman said:

bought some streaky from the local butchers...(priors of dersingham)

i will be making faggots for sunday.....well they are more like "Has-fags"...cross between haslet and faggots...and will be glazed with a honey/recurrant mix glaze....then the juices will be added to the onion gravy..and served with mash and marrowfat peas......

i will be using chicken livers for the faggot mix with fresh cut herbs and loads of bread crumb mix...onions...blak pepper..keep it simple...

Was it good?? you made my mouth water with that.

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29 minutes ago, discobob said:

Was it good?? you made my mouth water with that.

i have just finished it..............definatly a great success this time...gravy was perfect....just used bisto oinion granuals and added the dripping from the faggot dish

i used half stuffing mix and half dried bread (crumbed).........if i had used all stuffing miss it would have been too herby........

dead chuffed with that...try it.........very very simple........50 mins in the oven at180 degs...:good:

use plain pork minze..

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7 hours ago, ditchman said:

i have just finished it..............definatly a great success this time...gravy was perfect....just used bisto oinion granuals and added the dripping from the faggot dish

i used half stuffing mix and half dried bread (crumbed).........if i had used all stuffing miss it would have been too herby........

dead chuffed with that...try it.........very very simple........50 mins in the oven at180 degs...:good:

use plain pork minze..

They sound superb Ditchy, did you wrap them in the bacon to impart moisture into the chicken livers and pork? I love faggots, funny enough since you mentioned them it came to my mind that I have not eaten any for years. Strange how you can just stop eating something that you once used to eat not too infrequently and forget about that food.

Ahh you done it now, I won't be satiated until I have some faggots. With buttery mash and pan fried carrots. Drool!

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18 hours ago, ditchman said:

i have just finished it..............definatly a great success this time...gravy was perfect....just used bisto oinion granuals and added the dripping from the faggot dish

i used half stuffing mix and half dried bread (crumbed).........if i had used all stuffing miss it would have been too herby........

dead chuffed with that...try it.........very very simple........50 mins in the oven at180 degs...:good:

use plain pork minze..

I would love to - but despite me continuing to be in the good books (and still checking my food for "extra flavoring") I can't even mention the word "faggots" around her

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