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24kGold
06/01/2013 11:11PM
  
quote Swampturtle: "Go ahead and freeze it, in my local stores they put it in a dry display next to the cold stuff..but it is essentially unrefrigerated. I find the Oscar Meyer bacon the thinnest and least meaty of these types of products. The hormel mentioned above and boars head are heartier and meatier.
We have repackaged it in the past into vacuum seal bags, but then you end up with a welded together hunk of bacon...that's not necessarily a bad thing...;)"


Tyson brand precooked bacon is also thinly sliced like Oscar Meyer, you can see through it. I switched to Hormel and have never looked back.


Terry
 
9th Bearded Infantry
05/21/2013 10:52AM
  
oscar mayer fully cooked bacon

Hi folks,

I have a question about the bacon I have linked here. I just purchased some in advance of our trip on June 21. I thought the shelf life would be much longer. However, it arrived yesterday and is only good until 5/31. Since it's meat, I have no intention of keeping this until then. That is, unless, I can freeze it then take it into the BW and it'll be OK.

My suspicion is you can't freeze or keep this in the fridge and hope it'll survive 2-3 days in the BW. In addition to Amazon, it's sold in my local grocery store, but it's kept in the cooler section. Thus, I'm worried about it being chilled then maintaining itself for multiple days without refridgeration.

Just wondering if anyone here has experience with this stuff?
 
dicecupmaker
05/22/2013 03:23AM
  
Have brought this for years. Always have fresh,peppered, thick bacon for the first morning also.
 
bojibob
05/21/2013 11:27AM
  
We take it every trip and keep it with the frozen items for the first few day and have had no trouble eating it on Day 8.


If you have a Sam's Club card you buy the Hormel Pre Cooked Bacon 72 piece for $9.29 We buy 2 for 3 guys for an 8 day trip because bacon rules the world.

Hormel® Black Label® Fully Cooked Bacon - 72 ct.
 
Swampturtle
05/21/2013 12:28PM
  
Go ahead and freeze it, in my local stores they put it in a dry display next to the cold stuff..but it is essentially unrefrigerated. I find the Oscar Meyer bacon the thinnest and least meaty of these types of products. The hormel mentioned above and boars head are heartier and meatier.
We have repackaged it in the past into vacuum seal bags, but then you end up with a welded together hunk of bacon...that's not necessarily a bad thing...;)
 
keth0601
05/21/2013 06:19PM
  
Read the date carefully. You can still eat food after the "Sell by", "Best if used by", and "guaranteed fresh" dates. Even after the "Use by" date you usually have some time before the food might actually be bad.
 
h20
05/21/2013 06:45PM
  
Hey..It's bacon! Already pre smoked and cooked. Just don't let it get real warm and you'll be fine. Expiration dates are just suggestions.
 
mirth
05/21/2013 12:24PM
  
It'll keep just fine, especially if you don't open the inner bag until you want to use it.


Put it in the freezer and take it out the day you leave. Just don't forget it!