Saving my bacon

[cjsmith]

I have three pounds (!) of sliced bacon. What should I do with it?

1) Cook a lot of it, crumble it, and freeze for later inclusion in whatever-all?

2) Freeze it as a block?

3) Get a lot of wax paper or parchment paper and separate the strips with that, then freeze, so that it can be cooked/used as needed?

4) Other??

Comments

[amaebi]

I would freeze it in packages each containing about the number of strips you would usually use at a go, and freeze them.

[ckd]

I'd probably cook a batch of exactly as much as I can fit on my baking pan & parchment (oven bacon is so much easier), freezing that as some mix of individual separated slices (for quick microwaving as sandwich toppings) and bacon bits (proportioned depending on what you would use). The rest I'd portion out and freeze uncooked as amaebi describes, to be made later.

[cjsmith]

nice! Hadn't thought of that. I, uh, really oughtta get my oven fixed one of these days.

[ororo]

I do this on a regular basis.

[cjsmith]

I literally never thought of this. I need to figure out how many bacon in one use! [head asplodey]

[cjsmith]

ooo! How many I usually... I have no idea. This is brilliant and I honestly don't know how many pieces is one go.

[lcohen]

i tend to do the "freeze it separated by pieces of waxed paper" thing, but i may be a maniac.

[cjsmith]

It's what I've done in the past, but I've never been fool enough to snag three pounds at a time. Oopsie.

[siliconshaman]

I'd split it 50/50 and do options 1 and 3, although a bacon butty would probably feature as well.

[labelleizzy]

Ohhhhhhhhhh bacon butty 🤤

[cjsmith]

I had never heard of this :-D
where have I been all my life?

[cjsmith]

[googling] ...ah. That does sound delightful.

[noelfigart]

I'm in favor of freezing it in portions you're likely to use up after thawing.

I tend to get through a pound of bacon before it is likely to go bad in the fridge (low carb. I eat a lot of bacon), so I freeze it in one-pound blocks.

If you really only make a couple of slices a week or something, then freezing it in those portions makes a lot of sense.

[cjsmith]

I'd eat a lot of bacon if I didn't find it annoying to cook. Hmm. Maybe I should get the full size oven fixed, FINALLY, and do a big batch of oven bacon...

[noelfigart]

FWIW, I usually make bacon 2-4 slices at a time in my toaster oven.

That does mean I do have to CLEAN my toaster oven more often than most people would, mind.

[cjsmith]

Heh, I bet. :-D Probably still worth it. If I make bacon on the stove, I have to clean at least that much surface area, even if I've got a spatter guard.

[minoanmiss]

It's tedious, but I recommend separating the strips with wax paper. I used to do that and it was vv useful to pull out precisely as much bacon as I needed.

[cjsmith]

I usually do this. I've never before been faced with three pounds... but I may go ahead and (mostly) do this.

[hitchhiker]

another vote for wax paper and freeze

[cjsmith]

three! pounds! though
But yeah. It's super handy. It's what I usually do.

Happy birthday!

[wcg]

You can celebrate with bacon, if you wish.

Re: Happy birthday!

[cjsmith]

LOL! Thank you :-D