I love bacon. I've had a lot of it in my life, in many shapes and sizes, and cooked in many different ways. But I have never seen anything like the above -- especially from a store-bought brand. I tried to pull a piece out of the package, and it just wouldn't separate from the clump. After a few moments of struggle, I realized why -- that entire clump was the end of one piece of bacon.

The above picture doesn't completely do the bacon justice, but one end on each of the 3 pieces I pulled out was huge. The top two strips came in at about a centimeter thick, while the biggie was even bigger. In fact, the chunks were so huge that I chopped a lot of the thick parts off (which almost filled a ramekin) to make a soup with later, while still having more than enough for my meal. But best of all -- a good portion of the big chunks is all meat. Not fat.

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Good lord, do I ever feel like a fat ass.