Brown Bacon

I always stop at what I call the meat “ throw a way” bin the market. I live in perpetual hope that I will find the bargain to end all bargains. Usually there are no bargain there to speak of but sometimes I get luck. Yesterday was such a day. There under the hamburger rolls, porterhouse steaks( cut in half but still ridiculously high in price to justify were three of four pounds of sliced bacon at $1.00 a piece. The bacon looked pretty hammered but a dollar. It looked like the seals had been violated somehow and air had gotten into the product causing the bacon to brown. I felt and sniffed and agonized over the decision for at least fifteen minutes. The meat smelled OK and since the meat was still in the meat section, the meat was being kept quite cold so I finally shrugged and three of the best looking packages into the basket. I figured if I got home and the meat seemed tainted I was only out three bucks. We are not so desperate...yet, to worry about three bucks, or maybe I should say we are so desperate that we would risk a gamble of three bucks-- anyway I bought the bacon.

I cooked the bacon this morning—I cooked a whole package. I always do. This way I have protein all day if we need it or just to have round to snack. When Auni, the grandaughter is with us, she loves to have the bacon round. Today, I figured it was the wisest thing to cook the meat and by doing so basically cure the meat to the point of extended usability. I am pretty funny when I cook stuff like this I am always sniffing-if it smells the least bit tainted—I will agonize of a decision then throw th whole mess out. This morning I cooked the amber pork to the point of almost charing and it was OK. The flavor was not the brisk, hickory flavor fresh bacon, rather, I felt, the bacon tested “tired” old but not that sweet tangy flavor of meat “too far down the road”. Wheat toast, fried eggs and bacon , sandwich style was acceptable and almost delicious.

Update on the Jazzy—of course the guys at Magic Rest did not have the materials to jet my power chair back on the road. I left the chair at the shop while they checked to see if the chair was under warranty and manufacture what the cost would be. The right motor is toast-I figured as much. I am holding out the chair will be3 covered but still I will have to cough up at least $60.00 for labor. $60 would be four one hour of labor. I cannot see how the cost would be more but I am always and never surprised at how bad people with disabilities can get screwed. I have been without a chair all weekend but was not too bad. I took my manual yesterday shopping and this morning I had Dianne get my old chair—the “beast off the deck and have the chair charging now. I was pleasantly surprised when Dianne relayed the chair still had power in the batteries. What a shock( excuse the pun). So, I'll use the “Beast” till I find out what is going to be or not be covered on my other Jazzy. It just never stops.