mpearce wrote:Japan the bacon dry country.
When I was In Osaka staying with a college friend and his family, it seemed like we had bacon all the time. It was definetly alot thinner and had a slightly different taste, but I figured it was how it was brined. Maybe I am wrong though.
EllisTX wrote:If you've never had homemade bacon, you haven't lived. Just like the difference between everything else that's store bought/homemeade, you realize "OMG, that's what it's supposed to taste like!".
This is one of the many reasons I love my in-laws. Every other year we raise and butcher, and package our own pork. Her grandparents are old school Czech so the day is spent drinking beer, schlichovich (some crazy Czech liqueur), and making crazy Czech sausages.
