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by Myracle on 31 August 2010 - 06:08
www.seattlepi.com/local/425767_bacon29.html
The price of bacon, largely determined by the pork belly futures market, is slowly edging upward. A pound of pork belly cost about 50 cents more this month than it did in June.I don't eat the stuff [although I have tried the "Baconaise" mentioned in the article. Shockingly, its Kosher], so I don't understand the... popularity of it?
And a pound of the meat retails for about $1 more than last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
It seems like bacon is almost a meme these days.
The current generation of children are the first in many, many decades projected to live shorter lives than their parents.
1 in 4 children today will develop diabetes.
What gives, and what the heck are we going to do to fix it?
by Two Moons on 31 August 2010 - 07:08
LOL.......
Great topic.
To a country boy, bacon is one of the things that if it was missing, life would no longer be worth living.
I was meant to eat meat.
I could track frying bacon through a snow storm.
The price goes up like everything else effected by all kinds of things.
Plus I'm sure there is a bit of price fixing that goes on.
What needs fixing is the FDA.
Been keeping up with the meat and the eggs.
I've stopped buying either at Wally World.
Too much crap in our food supply and too much crap in our drinking water.
Lets start with our government who we pay to protect our health and demand higher standards.
Lets break up the monopolies that control our food supply.
Lets stop polluting our water.
Living longer isn't as important as living better.
Great topic.
To a country boy, bacon is one of the things that if it was missing, life would no longer be worth living.
I was meant to eat meat.
I could track frying bacon through a snow storm.
The price goes up like everything else effected by all kinds of things.
Plus I'm sure there is a bit of price fixing that goes on.
What needs fixing is the FDA.
Been keeping up with the meat and the eggs.
I've stopped buying either at Wally World.
Too much crap in our food supply and too much crap in our drinking water.
Lets start with our government who we pay to protect our health and demand higher standards.
Lets break up the monopolies that control our food supply.
Lets stop polluting our water.
Living longer isn't as important as living better.
by raymond on 31 August 2010 - 13:08
Living longer isn't as important as living better ( says Two Moons) Perhaps a detailed explaination of "living better " would set america in the right direction? would living better mean us setting standards for which govern our conduct! Or does it mean a wide screen tv in every home? A cadillac suv in every driveway! A pool in every back yard! Oh yes TM please tell us of your idea of "living better"! familiar with this premise
CAUSE- EFFECT
The boy kicked the ball.
The ball rolled.
The girl teased the cat.
The cat growled.
Sally studied hard for a test.
Sally earned an A on her test.
Joe became really tired.
Joe went to sleep early.
CAUSE- EFFECT
The boy kicked the ball.
The ball rolled.
The girl teased the cat.
The cat growled.
Sally studied hard for a test.
Sally earned an A on her test.
Joe became really tired.
Joe went to sleep early.
by yellowrose of Texas on 31 August 2010 - 20:08
FDA is a federally controlled organization..
they do not want us to find out about anything that will stop money flow to and in and from any company , half of them own sstock in and the pharmachutical is the same.
"What they do not want us to know about natural cures" by Kevin Trudeau 5 books found at Barnes and Noble or Walmart or on Ebay.
THEY refers to government FDA or any inspection agency they use until someone dies or sues a company for death of a relative over a new dangerous chemical in our food or the non inspection of companies who pay their way thru our systems of hook and crook., or a new drug that proves to have been pushed thru by the BIG BROTHER
they do not want us to find out about anything that will stop money flow to and in and from any company , half of them own sstock in and the pharmachutical is the same.
"What they do not want us to know about natural cures" by Kevin Trudeau 5 books found at Barnes and Noble or Walmart or on Ebay.
THEY refers to government FDA or any inspection agency they use until someone dies or sues a company for death of a relative over a new dangerous chemical in our food or the non inspection of companies who pay their way thru our systems of hook and crook., or a new drug that proves to have been pushed thru by the BIG BROTHER
by BabyEagle4U on 31 August 2010 - 21:08
I dunno what the big deal is about pork belly prices rising. This is a good thing for our domestic farmers. You know what else and prolly why ... is more people are making their own bacon because of the store bought price of bacon is roughly 2.69 - 7.99 a pound depending on cure and type wood of smoke.
I never did understand why people would buy bacon in the store for that price, when you can buy a 10-16 pound raw pork belly for under $6.00. It takes 7 days to cure in the fridge (cut into quarters) and then 4 hours to bake or 2 hours to smoke. It's really simple and prolly the best tastin' most meaty bacon you'll ever eat.
I think it's a good thing. Maybe the wood and meat slicers will go up in price too.
I never did understand why people would buy bacon in the store for that price, when you can buy a 10-16 pound raw pork belly for under $6.00. It takes 7 days to cure in the fridge (cut into quarters) and then 4 hours to bake or 2 hours to smoke. It's really simple and prolly the best tastin' most meaty bacon you'll ever eat.
I think it's a good thing. Maybe the wood and meat slicers will go up in price too.
by raymond on 31 August 2010 - 21:08
You know what buying pork that way one could save enough money to by a good hobart slicer and cut and smoke the bacon yourself for about 1,4 the price of store bought! Smokers are relatively cheap these days unless it is Two Moons who is doin the smokin
by Two Moons on 31 August 2010 - 23:08
Hello Raymond,
Living better?
What I meant was better diets, cleaner air and cleaner water might actually improve health.
Less medications and visits to doctors and dentists. Maybe less cancer if we had better control over what we are exposed to on a daily basis.
More quality time, it takes too many man hours to just get by, but that has more to do with the economy than Pork Bellies.
Less stress from again our economic problems.
My list of things that could be improved is endless.
I smoke with apple wood and hickory.
My grand parents smoked and cured their own meats from animals they fed and raised themselves, fed by crops they grew mixed by them into various feeds for everything from chickens to the hogs and cattle including dairy cows.
It was a lot of hard work.
When you compare what they got for their labor to what we get today, we're getting screwed.
How about just a little quality.
Moons.
Living better?
What I meant was better diets, cleaner air and cleaner water might actually improve health.
Less medications and visits to doctors and dentists. Maybe less cancer if we had better control over what we are exposed to on a daily basis.
More quality time, it takes too many man hours to just get by, but that has more to do with the economy than Pork Bellies.
Less stress from again our economic problems.
My list of things that could be improved is endless.
I smoke with apple wood and hickory.
My grand parents smoked and cured their own meats from animals they fed and raised themselves, fed by crops they grew mixed by them into various feeds for everything from chickens to the hogs and cattle including dairy cows.
It was a lot of hard work.
When you compare what they got for their labor to what we get today, we're getting screwed.
How about just a little quality.
Moons.
by Myracle on 01 September 2010 - 02:09
Living better for me would mean that today's children would have a life expectancy at least as long as their parents, if not longer.
Instead, for the first time in history, a generation is expected to live shorter lives than their own parents.
We're moving backwards.
Living better would mean that 1 in 4 of today's children would not develop diabetes.
Living better would mean that our food didn't consist almost entirely of corn.
Living better would mean that we weren't experiencing what amounts to a pandemic of obesity.
Living better would mean that at a minimum it would cost the same to feed my child healthy, wholesome foods as it does junk- if not cost less.
Living better would mean that schools actually fed children healthy meals, so that the children of economically disadvantaged households weren't eating two of their three meals from schools who feed them absolute crap.
Many of the children in this country depend on the food services at their school for the bulk of their nutrition through free or reduced lunch programs. If my taxpayer dollars are going to buy them lunch, i'd prefer not to poison them, so less of my tax payer dollars have to go to buy their insulin when the lunch I buy causes them diabetes.
I'd like for the "food pyramid" as taught in schools to be based an actual nutritional science, rather than on pushing those food products that receive the highest government subsidies. I'd like for my taxpayer money to go towards actually teaching children about nutrition, and providing it to them.
I'd like for it to be legal for public icons to criticize the food industry to a wide audience without risking a lawsuit for "defamation". I'd like for my taxpayer money not to be wasted on those lawsuits.
I'd like to have the right to actually KNOW what is in my food.
That, would be living better.
Instead, for the first time in history, a generation is expected to live shorter lives than their own parents.
We're moving backwards.
Living better would mean that 1 in 4 of today's children would not develop diabetes.
Living better would mean that our food didn't consist almost entirely of corn.
Living better would mean that we weren't experiencing what amounts to a pandemic of obesity.
Living better would mean that at a minimum it would cost the same to feed my child healthy, wholesome foods as it does junk- if not cost less.
Living better would mean that schools actually fed children healthy meals, so that the children of economically disadvantaged households weren't eating two of their three meals from schools who feed them absolute crap.
Many of the children in this country depend on the food services at their school for the bulk of their nutrition through free or reduced lunch programs. If my taxpayer dollars are going to buy them lunch, i'd prefer not to poison them, so less of my tax payer dollars have to go to buy their insulin when the lunch I buy causes them diabetes.
I'd like for the "food pyramid" as taught in schools to be based an actual nutritional science, rather than on pushing those food products that receive the highest government subsidies. I'd like for my taxpayer money to go towards actually teaching children about nutrition, and providing it to them.
I'd like for it to be legal for public icons to criticize the food industry to a wide audience without risking a lawsuit for "defamation". I'd like for my taxpayer money not to be wasted on those lawsuits.
I'd like to have the right to actually KNOW what is in my food.
That, would be living better.
by BabyEagle4U on 01 September 2010 - 02:09
And all that could happen if the government didn't regulate meat, dairy and grain crops. It's that simple.
Without the government involvement, schools could feed off local farms. Not imported, genmods and off the government chemical surplus wagons.
We really could have it soo good, but we don't. Unbelievable. Glad pakin a school lunch is still legal.
When did you ever see an obese farmer ? I can't even think of one around here. LOL
Seriously, why do you think they wanna ban raw milk ? Do you really think it's that bad for you ? Do you really think someone who raises cows for a living goes to the store to buy milk ? lol
Or maybe it's the health benefit they wanna ban ? Now the eggs ? How can an egg possibly be infected with salmonella ? I can understand if that egg was shipped around the country give or take a month with a crack in it and altering temperatures the whole time .. but who would do this to sell a non-cracked egg even ? ... and why would they have too ?
People are just stupid. I wonder what they did with all those "salmonella" eggs that were recalled. Ohhh ya, gettin ready for the next seasons flu shot. DUH !!! Now we know our government is BROKE !!!!!!
JMO.
Without the government involvement, schools could feed off local farms. Not imported, genmods and off the government chemical surplus wagons.
We really could have it soo good, but we don't. Unbelievable. Glad pakin a school lunch is still legal.
When did you ever see an obese farmer ? I can't even think of one around here. LOL
Seriously, why do you think they wanna ban raw milk ? Do you really think it's that bad for you ? Do you really think someone who raises cows for a living goes to the store to buy milk ? lol
Or maybe it's the health benefit they wanna ban ? Now the eggs ? How can an egg possibly be infected with salmonella ? I can understand if that egg was shipped around the country give or take a month with a crack in it and altering temperatures the whole time .. but who would do this to sell a non-cracked egg even ? ... and why would they have too ?
People are just stupid. I wonder what they did with all those "salmonella" eggs that were recalled. Ohhh ya, gettin ready for the next seasons flu shot. DUH !!! Now we know our government is BROKE !!!!!!
JMO.
by RatPackKing on 01 September 2010 - 02:09
I don’t know why Obama didn’t put the Muslim rumors to rest by publicly eating handfuls of bacon like I do everyday.
RPK
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