Well, we are partly to blame. The chicken thighs work great in pellet smokers, because they tend to react well to the low and slow cooking method of smokers. They don’t dry out as fast and the darker meat picks up the smoke flavor really well. We have tried out a bunch of new recipes using chicken thighs. We have a great one using the smoker and Jalapenos and cream cheese, wrapped by chicken thighs and yes… bacon. Great stuff.
I heard a news story that said we have too much bacon and not enough pork chops. Their theory was that folks at home eat less bacon than when they go out to eat, but grill more foods like pork chops at home. Don’t know how true that is. Bacon, Bacon, Bacon… 😊 David Coudron From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 7:11 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: [AFMUG] OT - bacon That got your attention, didn’t it. Steve seems to be right, chicken thighs are hard to find in the stores. Why is that? I thought most of the world preferred every other part of the chicken including wings. I see legs, where are the thighs going? Are people buying them now because it’s the cut with the most meat for the money? Oddly, the store I stopped at today had Halal boneless skinless chicken thighs. I don’t think I’ve ever bought halal meat or even seen it except in specialty halal stores. Is some Muslim family going hungry because I bought their halal chicken? The other thing I noticed was they had a TON of bacon. I’ve never seen so much bacon. Many brands and types. Maybe big pork processors in various states are closing down due to Covid, but that doesn’t seem to be offsetting the bacon that isn’t being sold to restaurants, which is apparently where most bacon is normally consumed. Bacon, bacon, bacon.
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