The Tomato Scare - is Bacon The Answer?

By Rocco "Boss Hog" Loosbrock

I have been featuring the wonderful bacon of Broadbent Hams over the past two years. They have come top of mind with the recent Tomato scare. After all as an official bacon freak I need my daily BLT for Lunch. Well with no tomatoes how am I supposed to make a Bacon Lettuce and Tomato sandwich? Ah at last the solution hit me, the wonderful bacon of Broadbent Hams, Sun Dried Tomato. This bacon has a uniquely sweet tomato flavor and is a must for the low carb dieter.

Broadbent Hams has been in business since the mid 1960's. Since 1999 they have won the Kentucky State Fair over 5 times, including the Fancy Food Show of New York twice. Rodney Drennan states that, "They try and make the best bacon they can" I guess he doesn't like to brag. They also hold the current record for the largest raffled / auctioned Grand Champion Ham at $500,000.00 dollars - that ham sold for $29,000.00 a pound - what a great donation to charity!

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I also really enjoy their nitrate free bacon which is cured with just salt and sugar. If you want organic bacon - this is one to try! I asked Ronny why his bacon is so darn good and he told me that, "He wants to make the best bacon he can by doing things the old fashioned way. Everything thing they do is done by hand and each package is packed by hand."

Rocco Loosbrock runs a food and wine company in Los Angeles, California. Visit http://www.cvwine.com to learn more.

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