Defining “Natural Bacon” Labels

[ocean59]

I remember Laura saying that you can get some of the nitrates out by parboiling the bacon first. I would think that goes for the celery juice as well.

Well now, there's something I never thought about... paraboiling. If I choose to buy the regular bacon (chemical nitrates/nitrites) and hopefully it doesn't come down to that, then i'm sure going to look into that process.

I've searched the forum a couple of times, and was unable to find any reference to parboiling to remove nitrates - does anybody know where this info is located, or a more detailed explanation of the process?

 

[Mrs. Peel]

USwellnessmeats introduced a sea salt only bacon recently. Here's the link

Somebody has been buying a lot of bacon, they are out of stock!!

 

[truth seeker]

USwellnessmeats introduced a sea salt only bacon recently. Here's the link

Somebody has been buying a lot of bacon, they are out of stock!!

Dagnabbit! Well that serves me right for waiting. :D Fyi, I called and they said they may be restocked by next Friday (3/11) for possible shipment on the following Monday.

 

[CelticWarrior]

Dagnabbit! Well that serves me right for waiting. :D Fyi, I called and they said they may be restocked by next Friday (3/11) for possible shipment on the following Monday.

Miss Seeker, I believe you meant 5/11/2012. Good luck on your bacon hunt ;)

 

[truth seeker]

Dagnabbit! Well that serves me right for waiting. :D Fyi, I called and they said they may be restocked by next Friday (3/11) for possible shipment on the following Monday.

Miss Seeker, I believe you meant 5/11/2012. Good luck on your bacon hunt ;)

Oops, yes, guess I'm living in the past (in more ways than one ;) )

 

[seek10]

USwellnessmeats introduced a sea salt only bacon recently. Here's the link

Somebody has been buying a lot of bacon, they are out of stock!!

Recently they are in the Jack Kruse recommended vendors - Means lot of paleo diet including beef tallow, bacon disappearing fast.

 

[3DStudent]

Here's the quotes from Laura:

Also keep in mind that nitrates, while they are definitely undesirable, are a lesser evil to many other things that get put in meat. You can often parboil some things to get most of the nitrates out, pour out the water, and then fry them.

Of course, DO AVOID processed meats like cold cuts, etc. Most of them have MSG in them. But you can quickly parboil bacon and then fry it. That removes most of the nitrates.

At the moment, the bacon is not sold out. But maybe it will say so if you add some to the cart. I've also had that "asphyxia feeling" before. Like I have to breathe rapidly through my mouth because I am out of breath. I can't remember if I had my celery bacon that day though.

In any event, I parboiled mine last week and drained the water then fried. It actually tasted better, even when I got it crispy, which I usually don't like.

Edit: Yeah they are out of stock for the bacon, I tried to add some to the cart. :P

 

[LQB]

USwellnessmeats introduced a sea salt only bacon recently. Here's the link

Somebody has been buying a lot of bacon, they are out of stock!!

That was partly us Mrs. Peel. We were going to get beef tallow as well, but they were out, so I ordered extra bacon! On the tallow (and maybe now the bacon) you have to be fast. I got an e-mail late one Fri that beef tallow was in stock. By Sat when I went to see, it was all gone. Maybe we could use a forum thread to report when some of these sites have new stock.

 

[truth seeker]

Edit: Yeah they are out of stock for the bacon, I tried to add some to the cart. :P

Just fyi, it also says it on the page itself :) :

Sugar-Free Pork Bacon
1.5 lbs Sugar-Free Hickory Smoked Pork Bacon
Price: $16.45
This item is out of stock

http://www.grasslandbeef.com/Detail.bok?no=1186

 

[sitting]

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Cultured Celery Extract: To replace the pure chemical nitrites of old, many organic meat producers have been substituting celery juice or a powdered extract. Turns out celery powder can be a volatile source of nitrites, so levels vary.

Thank you for the heads up. I've made bacon a part of my daily diet so this is important information. Like so many things, what looks good on the surface may turn out to be the complete opposite. Hence the value of networking.

 

[fabric]

Hmmm, didn't know that about celery salts either, thanks for the info.

We normally buy bacon from either Wellshire Farms or Beretta Organics. The Wellshire has: Pork, sea salt, raw sugar, white pepper and Beretta I think is similar. I'll need to check on the Beretta once I get home. I'd like to try the USwellness one but they don't deliver to Canada.

 

[Mike]

Here is another good read on bacon and nitrites from a blog on Weston Price page

Save Your Bacon! Sizzling Bits about Nitrites, Dirty Little Secrets about Celery Salt and Other Aporkalyptic News

http://www.westonaprice.org/blogs/kdaniel/2012/03/29/save-your-bacon-sizzling-bits-about-nitrites-dirty-little-secrets-about-celery-salt-and-other-aporkalyptic-news/

 

[Nancy2feathers]

Thanks Bear for the Weston Price article. Now I`m totally confused! I LOVE BACON!!! I buy the uncured pastured bacon. I`ll have to double check the label for celery juice.

 

[Voyageur]

Here is another good read on bacon and nitrites from a blog on Weston Price page

Save Your Bacon! Sizzling Bits about Nitrites, Dirty Little Secrets about Celery Salt and Other Aporkalyptic News

http://www.westonaprice.org/blogs/kdaniel/2012/03/29/save-your-bacon-sizzling-bits-about-nitrites-dirty-little-secrets-about-celery-salt-and-other-aporkalyptic-news/

Will have to consider this, nitrates, Vit D etc. A little confused too.

Bacon’s smell and taste are so seductive that many vegetarians fear it as “the gateway meat".

No confusion in that :D There is just something so darned great about bacon - and please do save the fat.

Thanks Bear.

 

[Voyageur]

Just realized Bear that this was mentioned by LQB in this forum thread back in Dec 2012, and so it seemed familiar somehow and now i know why.

Anyway, it is interesting and a few things make sense:

The ‘bates should not be in our food supply if we want to remain healthy.

But not sure how to take this:

Levels of nitrite naturally increase in the body to help boost oxygen when people live at high altitudes, and such people are often considered among the healthiest in the world. 63 In short, nitrites are not a problem, provided our diets are rich enough in antioxidants to facilitate the conversion of nitrites to NO and to prevent nitrosation reactions that convert nitrites into carcinogenic nitrosamines.

Understand via reference to altitudes sickness and nitrogen/oxygen molecules dropping, so nitrite levels increase oxygen at elevation.

Has anybody read the book referenced:

The Nitric Oxide (NO) Solution by Nathan S.Bryan, PhD and Janet Zand

Product Description Eighty-one million Americans have cardiovascular disease, the arterial damage that leads to the heart attacks and strokes that account for 36 percent of all deaths in the U.S. But few people know that by boosting the body’s levels of a single molecule—nitric oxide (NO)—you can help prevent, control and even reverse cardiovascular disease.

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The book includes dozens of easy-to-follow tips for increasing NO levels, using NO-boosting foods, supplements, easy exercise, and other natural methods like deep breathing {like EE Breathing}, naps, hot baths, acupuncture—even watching movies that make you laugh!

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