Food That Time Forgot: Canned Bacon
Published by Joel February 1st, 2008 in Meat, Survival. Share This
Before it was popped open, its insides splayed out for the world to see, this was one of the last known samples of Canned Sliced Bacon (Product of Hungary). This particular can was about twenty years old, but the bacon inside was still as fresh as a New Jersey breeze.
Memorial Page [Canned-Bacon.com]
absolutely horrifying.
I didn’t think there was a line I wouldn’t cross for bacon…until now.
Ooh, ooh, does anyone know where I can get some canned bacon—preferably not 20 years old. I have fond memories of having it on camping trips as a kid. Bring back canned bacon!
Oh yeah! I remember this from my boy scouting days. We often took canned bacon because it didn’t have to be refrigerated. The only place that we could get it was at K-mart — what does that tell you?
After you opened the can, you’d find the bacon wrapped in paper. The paper was completely saturated in lard and could be a real asset in starting your campfire.
K-mart also had little cans of Danish ham that weren’t too bad. And of course, we also made good use of Spam!
Sid
I STILL HAVE AN UNOPENED CAN WITH THE KEY ON THE BOTTOM AND THE ORIGINAL PRICE TAG STILL AFFIXED. WOULD BE WILLING TO SELL IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT. LOOKING FOWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU
That was absolutely the best bacon I ever tasted! It did have an unusual brownish color. So glad you showed the pictures.
As an advertising/brand enthusiast, I love the brand name: Celebrity.
Implies that the bacon is made from a celebrity. It’s a product of Hungary, and hungry…hungry Boy Scouts, evidently.
as a kid in saranac lake new york this was the best bacon you could get and very cheap as the locals did not know what it was.if it is still made please post where i can get it .
Someone please let me know if anyone still makes a canned bacon. I truely
did thank that the celeberty canned bacon was better than any bacon I have
eaten.
Thanks,
Barb.
The canned bacon is back - just under a different label and precooked this time; http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/the-364/Yoder%E2%80%99s-Celebrity-Canned-Bacon/Detail
30+ years ago, I use to buy canned bacon at a gourmet shop in McLean VA and I agree that it was the best tasting bacon ever. Wish they still sold it.
I fed my family on canned bacon for years. It was cheaper and good tasting, too. The brand I bought at the stupidmarket was from Denmark, as I recall. I haven’t seen any for years!
Kitkat- Ready Depot is located not too far from you in Winchester VA. They also carry canned hamburger and canned butter.
can celebrity bacon be bought at all anymore? it was a part of life at my home in alaska.