Which Bacon is Best?

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March 30, 2021

For all of the bacon fans out there, you may not realize it, but here at Riemer Family Farm, we offer 5 different types of bacon. Five different kinds? That's right! Have you tried them all? Which is your favorite? Learn the differences between each and which might suit you best, by reading below.

1. Original Bacon

Tried and true, original bacon is a classic, customer favorite. Cut to standard thickness, you can bake it or fry it to perfection and serve alongside eggs or pancakes. You can also use it to add extra flavor to other meals by wrapping turkey, chicken, asparagus in it, or topping a burger with it.

**Also available in 1/2 pound packages if you don't quite need a whole pound of bacon at a time.

2. Thick Cut Bacon

A step up from our original bacon, thick cut offers a denser, meatier version of the familiar favorite. Excellent on its own or in recipes.

3. Bacon Ends

A secret delight! Bacon ends are the "scraps" leftover after the original and thick cut bacons are sliced. They vary in size, shape, and fat content, which makes them a cheaper, but just as flavorful alternative to traditional bacon. We highly recommend using these in recipes where the shape of the bacon doesn't matter because you're just going to chop it up anyways, such as in soups, baked beans, salads, and more.

4. Cottage Bacon

Cut from the shoulder of the pork, cottage bacon is circular in shape and the leanest of the bacons. Cottage bacon is meatier than the other bacons, making it perfect for sandwiches or enjoying on its own if you're not a fan of fat, but love the bacon flavor.

5. Jowl Bacon

Cut from the jowls (or cheeks) of the pork, jowl bacon is unique in its flavor from the rest. Jowl bacon is the fattiest of the bacons and has a rich, almost smoky/sweet flavor different than traditional (from the pork belly). While they can be enjoyed cooked up as is like the other bacons, I personally love using jowl bacon as I would bacon ends, and cook with it. Jowl bacon is my secret ingredient to the BEST baked beans from scratch!

Which bacon is your favorite? How do you love to use it in recipes? Comment below, we'd love to hear! Thanks! :)

Where to Find Riemer Family Farm Eggs!

Just look for the PINK carton at a grocery store near you! The egg business has been crazy lately to say the least! It seems like every third news story is about the price of eggs and shortages and even thievery of eggs! Who knew there could be so much drama around the humble chicken egg? We partner with a young farm family to produce our seasonally pastured eggs. These hens have a pretty posh life, non-GMO feed, plenty of space, never any cages and are out and about during the growing season. The bird flu outbreak is just another bit of evidence that the industrial food system is very broken! One of the solutions is MORE farmers on the land raising livestock at a family scale and not more concentrated factory agriculture in the U.S. Barns of tens and even hundreds of thousands of chickens are the ones primarily affected by the bird flu for all the obvious reasons! When 150,000 or more birds are together in a barn when one or a few get infected it's a matter of hours before the whole flock is infected and all must be destroyed. Family farms came through for customers during Covid and are proving to be resilient during this current egg problem too! While we are still learning and don't claim to be perfect, we are more sustainable and adaptable than the factory model of farming. Thank you for standing by our farm and other regenerative farms in your area! If you would like to purchase (or dine on) our eggs you can find them at many stores and restaurants! Including: South Central WI: Brodhead Piggly Wiggly Gempeler's Market-Monticello Roy's Market-New Glarus Evansville Piggly Wiggly Oregon Hy-Vee Fitchburg Hy-Vee Cadre restaurant (and others through a distributor) Sunrise Cafe-Monroe N. Illinois: Bull Valley General Store Daily Project Cafe-Algonquin Duck A Diet, Ready to Eat Meals-Huntly Forest Green's Juice Bar-Lake Bluff Just look for the PINK carton. With all the egg shortages from the industrial farms and spiking prices from a fragile industry, our eggs are quite affordable. We will never price gouge. We seek to provide a fair price for both our customers and us. As always you can pick up your eggs on the farm. Please place an order on our website and we will have them ready for you within a day. Make sure that you have Riemer Family Farm as your pickup location.

Which Bacon is Best?

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