[at-l] wilson bacon bars

[icw@xxxxxxxxxxx (Clark Wright)]

I never found bacon bars on my 2001 hike, but I did find pre-cooked
bacon slices in vacuum packed plastic in several grocery stores, and
that has become one of my favorite "power foods" of all time for long
distance hiking, serious mountaineering trips, etc.  It's not cheap, but
precooked bacon is an awesome energy and flavor boost.  Several times
when we were in a hiker town, I'd also buy a pound of uncooked bacon and
cook the entire thing that night in the motel room [bacon grease went
outside in the bushes or grass away from everything], and then store it
in a ziplock, wrapped in a couple of paper towels - yum yum!

thru-thinker

Chase Davidson wrote:

> Hi Gang,
>
>     Reading my Rodale stories I see many of the hikers consumed "Wilson
> Bacon Bars". As a bacon lover I want bacon bars! I wonder if they are
> still available. Maybe some of you "old" hikers hehe have seen them. I
> do enjoy Oscar Myer bacon bits added to my grits also. Sometimes I use
> the "shelf bacon" I call it, when camping. This is bacon that does not
> need refrigeration. Sometimes you can find shelf bacon in round slices
> (for burgers) and packaged 4 to a pack. Years ago we sometimes used
> canned bacon. There Wilson Bacon Bars sound like they might be an
> energy type bar in addition to just being bacon.
>
> chase
>
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