PORK
Once turned into bacon or ham, pork must be the equivalent of Heaven on Earth. Bacon is one of the few foods where even if it’s bad, it’s still better than none at all. What other food can you say that about? About 5 or 6 years ago I grew weary of grocery store bacon. I knew that there had to be something better than purely profit driven, mass produced, “better food through chemistry” bacon.
I tried about a dozen mail order bacon brands that all had great reviews and faithful devotees. Some were great and some were no better or even worse than grocery store bacon. The last one I tried was made by Allan Benton. You could smell it through the shipping box even though the bacon was vacuum packed in plastic within.
Before it even went into the pan I wanted to eat it. The aroma of it cooking is enough to revive the dead and the flavor of the finished product was like a bomb going off in your mouth. All other bacon I’ve ever had doesn’t even equal a shadow of Benton’s Bacon. It’s a real masterpiece in my opinion. His hams are sublime.
This short ten minute video reveals that his products are the result of pure love. He’s a neat guy. There’s a small trove of interesting short videos on youtube about him as well.
If you place an order, ask for a ham bone or two for your bone broth.
