I didn't know what thread to put this is
I chose this one as Father's ends and pieces were mentioned here.
I decided to re-supply my Ham / Bacon ends and pieces
last year i went w Fathers , and was happy with their product.
this year I decided to try Broadbent , as it has had some recent excellent reviews
Benton's , is my Country Bacon ' Home ' , [ as my sister sent me some of their wonderful stuff a while ago , which i still use and enjoy ]
at
https://www.broadbenthams.com/Seasoning-Sampler_p/productinfo/527/
I got the seasoning sampler x 2 , as shipping is a significant charge for all of the Country Pork products
this is what I got :
Country Bacon seasoning ends , front and back
Country Ham smoked seasoning pieces ( 2 lbs packs ) the R item is not as fatty as it looks here
Ham Smoked seasoning pieces , premium very little fat
and smoked hocks , > 1 LBS each
when the box arrived , this AM , the neighborhood did not smell that smoky .
all the packs came intact . a few of the Fathers hock had popped a small leak in transit , easily emitted w my Chanber Vac Sealer.
I open one of the packs from Broadbent : plenty of smoky goodness Ill say.
I very happy w this sampler. i didn't compare weights and prices between F's and Broadbent.
I think that Broadbent does a better job w their sealer , and might be using use thicker plastic in their Vac'ing.
I can't be sure of the later as I have not measured this plastic for thickness.
anyway , I happy Im trying this.
I spoke to them over the phone, and they assure me if I cut a piece of their Country Bacon Pieces to the ' bacon cooking ' thickness
it would be identical to their bacon slabs and vac'd cut bacon.
I think your cannot go wrong with either Fathers or Broadbent for these trimmings. Broadbent included lean ham pieces.
to be clear , there are 6 packets / single order 2 orders = 12 packets
all are a pound except the country ham seasoning pieces which is 2 lbs / pack.
you get two 1 lbs Hock packs and two 1 lbs country bacon pieces = over 7 lbs / order.
please also note : that a double order of this sampler is an awful lot of smoky goodness.
I plan to pass around a few packets to friends to try
and can always re-seal packs as i have a Vacmaster
and freeze the rest for years of use.
