Ahhhh. Kids, foie gras, missing pizzerias: I'm on a roll. What next? Fava beans and chianti? How about more roll, and more liver:
What happened to this stuff? (Click image to get product information.) It seemed to disappear off the shelves of all the supermarkets at the same time. The last place I saw it was King's Red & White. I should check to see if they have it in now. But it's gone everywhere else. It's gone enough that replacement products are showing up: I found this stuff at a Kroger yesterday.
NB: The bacon seems to have disappeared out of the ingredients for the Oscar Meyer stuff. I remember its having bacon on the ingredient list, but maybe I'm wrong.
Perhaps some of you remember a couple years ago when I went ape over one of my favorite crackers disappearing from a local supermarket chain. I couldn't find it anywhere. I even had a commenter volunteer to bring me some from Virginia (yet another way I've learned *my readers are awesome*). But I never did find them again locally, and finally started buying another brand. Too bad.
The problem: I usually just give up without realizing it. Sometimes it's a particular brand of something, or a particular format. But sometimes it's an entire freaking product. So, I present: The Missing Product. Maybe it's that I just don't go to the right stores, and someone can enlighten us. Perhaps it really has disappeared. Perhaps one can only buy it in Ruritania. Anyway, if I find it, I'll let you know. If you find it, I hope you'll let me know. If you're missing it, chime in and say you miss it too. Feel free also to make suggestions of your own missing products.
So, for the first official installment of "The Missing Product": slab bacon. Skin on or not, I seem to be unable to find any anywhere. I think the last time I had any was when I made it myself, not even counting the back bacon I made. And to add insult to injury, I'm starting to notice some brands of bacon being sold at a premium merely because they're sliced more thickly. That's like buying a loaf of Wonder Bread and paying double because the slices are twice as thick. And it doesn't help you if you actually want chunks of bacon, not strips.
So: Slab bacon -- anyone seen it lately? If so, where?
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