You made what out of what now?
It’s rare for me to see something featured in a dish on an episode of Iron Chef America, only to have it end up in my kitchen shortly afterward. Recently was one of those rare times. As anyone who followed my daily progress in February knows, my breakfast consists mostly of bacon and beef. It intrigued me then to find out that there was such a thing as a bacon like breakfast meat made of beef. As luck would have it, my wife then discovered such a thing was on sale at one of the local Halal markets, so I asked her to pick some up. Little did I know that there was a miscommunication between the supplier and the market, meaning that the only size package available was 5lb.
Of course, now I had 5lb of a strange meat product in my fridge and I’m no Iron Chef. Off to the almighty Googles I went and searched for this wondrous new meat stuff. I discovered that it needs a little more attention than its piggy cousin, but can be prepared in much the same way. As far as taste goes, it’s definitely both beefy and bacony. Luckily, those are both flavors I happen to like quite a bit. Is it an acceptable substitute for regular old bacon from pigs? Not a chance. Is it another delicious meat product to add to my regular rotation? You bet!
