How do you like your Bacon Cooked ?

zippyt · 02-03-2010, 10:25 PM

Here we go , the Great Bacon debate ,
How do you like your bacon Cooked ??

lumberjim · 02-03-2010, 10:29 PM

by a naked woman in a frilly apron

classicman · 02-03-2010, 10:33 PM

. . . oh and what Jim said except insert "my" otherwise one could end up with . . .

skysidhe · 02-03-2010, 10:58 PM

laughing out loud

ZenGum · 02-04-2010, 03:06 AM

I was gonna go for the sexy woman line myself... maybe you should redo the poll.

Sundae · 02-04-2010, 05:33 AM

Our bacon is different than Merkin bacon. I like mine still slightly soft with crispy rinds. When it gets all concertina'd up.
And in a white bread sandwich with brown sauce

DanaC · 02-04-2010, 07:41 AM

We do have streaky bacon here (which i believe is the same as American bacon). But for the traditional cooked breakfast it's usually back bacon.

classicman · 02-04-2010, 07:58 AM

Looks more like ham to me.

Pie · 02-04-2010, 08:07 AM

If it's gooood bacon, I like it a little chewy. If it's regular or inferior bacon, I prefer it crisp-to-the-shattering-point.

Trader Joe's has Niman Ranch bacon. Worth every penny. I save the grease in a jar in the fridge to use in sautes, etc.

DanaC · 02-04-2010, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Looks more like ham to me.

Texture and taste are nothing like ham ::P

The word bacon comes from an old German word meaning buttock or behind. What you call 'bacon' and we calll 'streaky bacon' is cured slices of belly pork.

What we call bacon (or back bacon) is similar to what you call Canadian-style bacon. And is taken from the rump.

The curing method is pretty much the same, so it tastes very similar ((though with differences like smoked, or maplecured etc) and has a similar texture. the rind on backbacon if done to a crisp tastes very much like the streaks of fat in streaky bacon, and has a similar texture.

I most often get back bacon; but I do like to vary that and eat streaky bacon sometimes. If I'm having streaky bacon I have it very well done and crispy.

Pico and ME · 02-04-2010, 09:49 AM

I voted medium well if that means that the meat has some tooth to it and the fat is crispy and juicy at the same time.

Cloud · 02-04-2010, 01:00 PM

crispy but not burnt. bacon with limp fat still on it is gross.

Sundae · 02-04-2010, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

Looks more like ham to me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

Texture and taste are nothing like ham

I understand American ham = English gammon.
Texture and taste still different, but not by as much.

DanaC · 02-04-2010, 01:44 PM

Ahhh.....I see.

What would they call our ham then, I wonder?

monster · 02-04-2010, 03:39 PM

ham

View Poll Results: How do you Like your Bacon Cooked ?
Raw	0	0%
With some tooth ( Slight chewieness )	14	36.84%
Medium Well	18	47.37%
Burnt to a crisp	6	15.79%
Voters: 38. You may not vote on this poll

02-03-2010, 10:25 PM	#1
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02-03-2010, 10:58 PM	#4
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02-04-2010, 05:33 AM	#6
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02-04-2010, 08:07 AM	#9
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	If it's gooood bacon, I like it a little chewy. If it's regular or inferior bacon, I prefer it crisp-to-the-shattering-point. Trader Joe's has Niman Ranch bacon. Worth every penny. I save the grease in a jar in the fridge to use in sautes, etc. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

02-04-2010, 09:49 AM	#11
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I voted medium well if that means that the meat has some tooth to it and the fat is crispy and juicy at the same time.

02-04-2010, 01:00 PM	#12
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	crispy but not burnt. bacon with limp fat still on it is gross. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

02-04-2010, 03:39 PM	#15
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