Canning Bacon Bits?

[sss3]

Anyone done this?  Just saw instructions.  Thought it said to put bits in jar and can dry.  Is this true.  Thanks.  Sandra Spiess

[merks]

I canned the whole strips, they turned out ok. But they don't cook up well as strips. I end up with bacon bits when cooked.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNffeMeJTxI

[sss3]

Pieces of bacon were cooked before canning.  This was on Rural Revolution's Country Living Series.

[claytonpiano]

I cook first. Have done pieces and bits. I like the pieces better because the pieces turn into bits when you reheat and the bits turn into crumbles.....at least that was my experience.

[sss3]

Original instructions said pints 90 mins.  Want to do jelly jars, still pc 90 mins?

[calliemoonbeam]

For meats, it's 90 minutes for quarts and 75 for pints.  I've never seen "official" instructions, but have seen many others say that you process half-pints for the same amount of time as pints.  Hope this helps.  

nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_05/strips_cubes_chunks.html

For those of you saying your whole bacon crumbles, are you using thick sliced bacon?  All the instructions I've ever seen say not to do it with thin sliced.  I've canned thick sliced bacon, and it comes out still in strips.  They have to be handled gently, but almost always stay together when reheating.  I lay the strips out on butcher paper and then fold it in half and roll it up before placing in the jar.  I don't do anything else special.  Maybe there's a difference in brands too?

[claytonpiano]

You know, Calliemoonbeam, I think mine was thin sliced. Pays to read instructions!!!!

[calliemoonbeam]

Well, maybe the instructions you used didn't say one way or the other, lol.  There are tons of different people giving directions out there.  Hope it helps!