This article comes courtesy of Business Insider .
My motto is, “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” Well, that and, “If the Baby/Puppy/Parent (lol) is sleeping, DON’T WAKE IT!” Rebecca Harrington of Tech Insider got this one exactly right, so enjoy this great little piece on how to preserve that delicacy which makes just about everyone (sorry to those who don’t eat swine) happy, bacon!
I’ve always stored bacon in the fridge. It’s what my mom and dad did.
But by the time I get to the end of the package, that bacon isn’t very fresh anymore.
Turns out there’s a better way.
America’s Test Kitchen chef and food science expert Dan Souza told Tech Insider that the freezer is actually a better place to keep bacon.
“It can help it last longer without going rancid,” Souza says.
Rancidity is what happens when fats start to break down, giving foods an unpleasant taste or smell.
That’s why the freezer is a great place for all kinds of fatty foods, Souza says, from butter to chicken stock.
“It’s dark and cold in there,” he told Tech Insider. “So it slows down rancidity, which is a problem with really fatty things.”
To keep your glorious bacon from going rancid before you can eat it all, it’s best to stick it in the freezer.
But if you freeze it as one big chunk, you’ll never be able to tear a single slice off. Souza says to roll it up and bag it so it doesn’t get stuck together.
Read the original article on Tech Insider. Copyright 2016.
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