As much as we all love our bacon butties, there is so much more to this scrumptious ingredient!
What most of us don’t realise is that there are many varieties of mouth-watering quality bacon cures now available for us to try – with flavours ranging from black treacle to cherry, mustard and black pudding.
And these exciting bacon cures are perfect for a whole range of meals, from after work pastas, to dinner party dishes, and of course lazy weekend brunches. You can even make bacon ice-cream or bacon flavoured chocolate!
This year Bacon Connoisseurs’ Week kicked off on 16th March and the British Pork Executive has teamed up with the Shropshire Star to giveaway four luxury hamper bacon sets to tempt you to free your bacon from the buttie!
Each luxury hamper bacon set is worth over £80 and includes utensils and cooking equipment to cook bacon recipes and risotto, spaghetti and fruit chutneys, and the bacon recipes themselves.For your chance to win simply answer the question below:Q: What is the key ingredient used to flavour Maple cured Bacon?Write your answer on the back of a postcard or envelope, add your full name, address and daytime telephone number and send to Bacon Competition, PO Box 40, Ketley, Telford, TF1 5PD to reach us no later than Monday, March 30.Tempted to celebrate Bacon Connoisseurs’ Week? Log onto www.lovebacon.info to find out more.And remember, when shopping in supermarkets make sure to look out for the Quality Standard Mark (QSM).
This way you can be sure that the bacon you are buying has been produced to exacting quality control and welfare standards, and of course you will be supporting the very farmers who uphold them.
Terms and Conditions
Employees of Shropshire Newspapers Limited, the promoters, associate companies and their immediate families are not eligible to enter.
The winners will be the first five correct entries drawn at random after the closing date. There is no cash alternative to the prizes.
The winners must be prepared to take part in any publicity. The Editor’s decision is final and no correspondence can be entered into.
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