Nitrate free bacon??

I would think Turkey Bacon would be nitrate free.

PJ

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"Snick" wrote in message
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Where do you find this stuff? That's all Atkins mentions and yet I have
talked to a butcher and he has never heard of such a thing. All bacon
is Nitrated in order to cure it. Does anybody have a thought on this?
And if so, where can I find it in Ontario, Canada? Thanks in advance.

Where do you find this stuff? That's all Atkins mentions and yet I have
talked to a butcher and he has never heard of such a thing. All bacon
is Nitrated in order to cure it. Does anybody have a thought on this?
And if so, where can I find it in Ontario, Canada? Thanks in advance.

Snick wrote:

Where do you find this stuff? That's all Atkins mentions and yet I have
talked to a butcher and he has never heard of such a thing. All bacon
is Nitrated in order to cure it. Does anybody have a thought on this?
And if so, where can I find it in Ontario, Canada? Thanks in advance.

They have this at health food supermarkets.
--
Jean B., 12 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

The butcher never heard of Nitrate free bacon. That is surprising. You
will have to go to a high end grocery to get it. Don't know if you have
Whole Foods in Canada, but where I am (Pittsburgh) I have a nice selection
of Nitrate free bacon. Some co-ops would have it too.

Curt

"Snick" wrote in message
...
Where do you find this stuff? That's all Atkins mentions and yet I have
talked to a butcher and he has never heard of such a thing. All bacon
is Nitrated in order to cure it. Does anybody have a thought on this?
And if so, where can I find it in Ontario, Canada? Thanks in advance.

I don't know what part of Ontario you are in, but they do have a Whole Foods
in Downtown Toronto. It's pricey though..

But here is the link for more info:
http://www.wholefoods.com/stores/toronto/


"curt" wrote in message
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The butcher never heard of Nitrate free bacon. That is surprising. You
will have to go to a high end grocery to get it. Don't know if you have
Whole Foods in Canada, but where I am (Pittsburgh) I have a nice selection
of Nitrate free bacon. Some co-ops would have it too.

Curt

"Snick" wrote in message
...
Where do you find this stuff? That's all Atkins mentions and yet I have
talked to a butcher and he has never heard of such a thing. All bacon
is Nitrated in order to cure it. Does anybody have a thought on this?
And if so, where can I find it in Ontario, Canada? Thanks in advance.

Trader Joe's carries some and sometimes the "health food" section in
the grocery stores. Read the labels, turkey bacon is no necessarily
nitrate/nitrite free unless it specifically says so.

BTW, it does seem to taste better and I just feel better feeding it to
my family.

Good luck finding it,

Kathy

I find it at my local Whole Foods store.

Debbie

"Snick" wrote in message
...
Where do you find this stuff? That's all Atkins mentions and yet I have
talked to a butcher and he has never heard of such a thing.

Snick wrote:
Where do you find this stuff? That's all Atkins mentions and yet I have
talked to a butcher and he has never heard of such a thing. All bacon
is Nitrated in order to cure it. Does anybody have a thought on this?
And if so, where can I find it in Ontario, Canada? Thanks in advance.

I would expect that, as in Boston, you can find few in the meat case
of some supermarkets, near the hams. Un-nitrited bacon and ham has
a greyish color, because the nitrites make them pink, instead of the
grey color of cooked pork. I've never seen it put in the case with
other packaged bacon, always in the meat case.

(I don't eat much bacon, though, so I go with the nitrited. I get the
Hormel precooked 60-slice pack from Sams Club.)

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

"Snick" wrote in message
...
Where do you find this stuff? That's all Atkins mentions and yet I have
talked to a butcher and he has never heard of such a thing. All bacon
is Nitrated in order to cure it. Does anybody have a thought on this?
And if so, where can I find it in Ontario, Canada? Thanks in advance.

When you say "Nitrate" free, does this also include "Nitrite" free? Are
Nitrates and Nitrites the same thing?

GT

Where do you find this stuff? That's all Atkins mentions and yet I have
talked to a butcher and he has never heard of such a thing. All bacon
is Nitrated in order to cure it. Does anybody have a thought on this?
And if so, where can I find it in Ontario, Canada? Thanks in advance.

There was a thread about this topic just a short while ago.

I just buy the cheapest bacon I can find, and soak it in water for
about an hour or so, then I cook it.

The nitrates (or most of them) soak out of the bacon, problem solved.

PoohBear