Is bacon.... Overrated?

[Reploid Productions]

Crappy Bacon is 99% fat. You'll never get rid of it, unless you get rid of it entirely.

Fixed that for you. And yeah, a lot of mass-produced bacon you find at the market is thin-sliced low-quality fatty garbage. The best bacon is thick sliced, smoked, and just lightly fatty. Applewood smoked isn't bad, but the mahogany smoked stuff I can get at this one niche smokehouse in California has it beat hands-down. =9 Plus they sell it in uncut slabs so you can cut it as thick as you'd like.

[Gauthier]

Then you obviously haven't eaten well/correctly cooked bacon.

And you dare to call it bad when you haven't eaten it correctly, for-shame on you. *Nod*

Unless American bacon does not call itself, "bacon", my position still stands.

Accepting factory-made "bacon" as American bacon is like accepting American piss-water as beer. They do have damn good bacon in the States.

[Gim]

Crappy Bacon is 99% fat. You'll never get rid of it, unless you get rid of it entirely.

Fixed that for you. And yeah, a lot of mass-produced bacon you find at the market is thin-sliced low-quality fatty garbage. The best bacon is thick sliced, smoked, and just lightly fatty. Applewood smoked isn't bad, but the mahogany smoked stuff I can get at this one niche smokehouse in California has it beat hands-down. =9 Plus they sell it in uncut slabs so you can cut it as thick as you'd like.

Man, I need to lay hands on that high-quality bacon. I mean, there must be a reason many are praising the presence of bacon.

[New Luckyland]

When I became veggie it was the hardest thing to give up.

[USS Monitor]

What is the point of putting two different types of oil, especially if one of them is bad enough to cause cardiac diseases?

I'm not sure

I suppose that some chefs feel that the effect of the oil from the bacon is not the same (nor sufficient) to enhance the dish as the oil from the olive oil

Also, its kind of hard to cook the sauce if you're doing it on a frying pan with just the oil from bacon. You would need to pour some kind of an oil and I would imagine olive oil is the standard pick.

That depends on what bacon you are using. If you are using prepackaged bacon bits, you should probably add a little olive oil. If you buy strips of bacon (the thin and greasy American ones) and cut them up yourself, you can just use the bacon grease.

[USS Monitor]

I'm not sure

I suppose that some chefs feel that the effect of the oil from the bacon is not the same (nor sufficient) to enhance the dish as the oil from the olive oil

Also, its kind of hard to cook the sauce if you're doing it on a frying pan with just the oil from bacon. You would need to pour some kind of an oil and I would imagine olive oil is the standard pick.

Honestly, bacon fat wouldn't be good on cold pastas, since the grease will solidify, creating an unwanted white blob in the middle of the dish.

Why are you eating it cold?

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Honestly, bacon fat wouldn't be good on cold pastas, since the grease will solidify, creating an unwanted white blob in the middle of the dish.

Why are you eating it cold?

You've never had cold pasta salad or something similar?

[Reploid Productions]

Fixed that for you. And yeah, a lot of mass-produced bacon you find at the market is thin-sliced low-quality fatty garbage. The best bacon is thick sliced, smoked, and just lightly fatty. Applewood smoked isn't bad, but the mahogany smoked stuff I can get at this one niche smokehouse in California has it beat hands-down. =9 Plus they sell it in uncut slabs so you can cut it as thick as you'd like.

Man, I need to lay hands on that high-quality bacon. I mean, there must be a reason many are praising the presence of bacon.

Best bet is to look for small local places, not the mass-production crap. Yeah, it tends to cost more than the cheap crap (2 pounds of the mahogany smoked stuff at the place in Cali I mentioned before runs me almost $30, for example) but it's worth it for the higher-quality meat and the small batch smoking process.

[Imperial Esplanade]

No. Bacon is proof that if there is a God, he exists. Bacon is the supreme food.

We've gotten the 'body of Christ' wrong this entire time........

*Is a Catholic*

[Gim]

Honestly, bacon fat wouldn't be good on cold pastas, since the grease will solidify, creating an unwanted white blob in the middle of the dish.

Why are you eating it cold?

It's an excellent menu during summertime.

[Hoffenland]

No. Bacon is proof that if there is a God, he exists. Bacon is the supreme food.

We've gotten the 'body of Christ' wrong this entire time........

*Is a Catholic*

So…Jesus = stomach cancer?
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/red-meat-bacon-hot-dogs-processed-meats-cause-cancer-dangerous-smoking/

[Gim]

Man, I need to lay hands on that high-quality bacon. I mean, there must be a reason many are praising the presence of bacon.

Best bet is to look for small local places, not the mass-production crap. Yeah, it tends to cost more than the cheap crap (2 pounds of the mahogany smoked stuff at the place in Cali I mentioned before runs me almost $30, for example) but it's worth it for the higher-quality meat and the small batch smoking process.

What do you mean by small local places? Butcher shop?

[Idithonian]

Yes completely. And now it can possibly lead to cancer, so there's that

[Reploid Productions]

Best bet is to look for small local places, not the mass-production crap. Yeah, it tends to cost more than the cheap crap (2 pounds of the mahogany smoked stuff at the place in Cali I mentioned before runs me almost $30, for example) but it's worth it for the higher-quality meat and the small batch smoking process.

What do you mean by small local places? Butcher shop?

Butcher shops might have better offerings, yeah. Other places that sell smoked meats are another likely place to look. it's really too bad my place doesn't ship the bacon outside of California. 'Cause that is some seriously good shit.

[Gim]

What do you mean by small local places? Butcher shop?

Butcher shops might have better offerings, yeah. Other places that sell smoked meats are another likely place to look. it's really too bad my place doesn't ship the bacon outside of California. 'Cause that is some seriously good shit.

Ah, I see.
I should look for some fine bacon. Man, I'm feeling hungry again.

[Old Tyrannia]

I liked bacon, before I gave it up. I do miss it occasionally. It's not the greatest food in the world, however.

[Melon feud]

NO!bacon is not overrated.
Fresh side/jawol(from the hogs jaw) bacon from the butcher/smokehouse is beyond compare.
I've been buy the 'wrights' brand of thick sliced for years,and it's got a lot of fat(marbling) I learned from an old cowboy rancher(big spread in Mexico back in the 60's,and he's a GRINGO)to just "fry up the whole damn package at one time" then parcel it into zip lock Baggies, then throw it in the freezer! sound wisdom I thought, but I would blow through that pack of bacon in 3 days(always grabbing one on the roll.) So I stopped doing it, and I have bacon in the fridge right now just waiting to be fried,,,oh, and beer

[Kraylandia]

No, it's amazing.

[Gim]

I liked bacon, before I gave it up. I do miss it occasionally. It's not the greatest food in the world, however.

Beef is slightly better, in my opinion.

[Kraylandia]

Yes completely. And now it can possibly lead to cancer, so there's that

Doesn't matter to me. I smoke and drink already, so my cancer risks are probably through the roof as it is. Bacon is absolutely delicious and I will continue to consume it. *nom nom nom*

[Gim]

Yes completely. And now it can possibly lead to cancer, so there's that

Doesn't matter to me. I smoke and drink already, so my cancer risks are probably through the roof as it is. Bacon is absolutely delicious and I will continue to consume it. *nom nom nom*

Healthy habits are always good!

[White Chrobatia]

Bacon is literally, not figuratively, literally the best food that is out there. Well done, soft, Canadian, any bacon there is I'll devour it.

[Gim]

Bacon is literally, not figuratively, literally the best food that is out there. Well done, soft, Canadian, any bacon there is I'll devour it.

Especially Applewood, Mahogany, or Hickory-smoked bacon.

[Geilinor]

I'm vegetarian. I haven't eaten bacon.

[Gim]

I'm vegetarian. I haven't eaten bacon.

You know you need protein in your diet, right?