Bacon

GazChap · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 13:57

Food of the Gods, for sure.

But smoked, or unsmoked?

I've just been to a sandwich shop in town and asked for a chicken and bacon sandwich, and I found myself thinking that it would be nice to have the choice of smoked or unsmoked.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 14:03

I like both.

GazChap · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 14:10

to me for missing that off.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

You've also missed "Both, but specific types for specific uses". I'd always have smoked in a club sandwich, for example, and unsmoked in a bacon sandwich.

Four_Candles · **Joined:** 27th Sep, 2009 **Posts:** 876

Mmmm, bacon ...................

GazChap · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 14:16

Clearly, I suck at polls.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

mmmmm bacon

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1659 ... ze-hits-US

Quote:

Burger King is the latest food chain to jump on the savoury dessert band wagon with the announcement of a 510-calorie bacon sundae.

Burger King announced a special summer menu that includes a 510-calorie bacon sundae perfected in one of the most obesity-stricken states in America.

"This limited-time soft serve dessert took Nashville, Tennessee by storm earlier this year and is now available nationwide to satisfy every sweet tooth," the fast-food chain said in a press release.

"The sweet and savory dessert features the rich and creamy vanilla BK soft serve (ice cream), drizzled with chocolate fudge, caramel and topped with bacon crumbles, complete with a thick-cut, hardwood smoked bacon garnish."

Its calorie count is within sight of Burger King's signature Whopper hamburger, which weighs in at 670 calories.

Tennessee has the fourth-highest obesity rate in the United States at 31.9 percent, according to a report last year by the Trust for America's Health think tank.

Last month an HBO television documentary cast a spotlight on local efforts in Nashville, the state capital and heart of the US country music industry, to reverse the trend.

The bacon sundae -- which has eight grams of fat and 61 grams of sugar -- is part of a one-off, barbecue-themed selection from Burger King that also includes such Southern favorites as pulled pork sandwiches, frozen lemonade and sweet potato fries.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Smoked and I try where possible to buy Slacks Bacon

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6614

We stayed in a B&B a while back that made it's own bacon. Pigs lived in a field out back, and they had their own smokehouse. It was good.

GazChap · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 14:52

Morrisons have a salad bar in their stores, and on said bar is a container of "bacon bits" which you can use to add a bit of bacon flavour to your salad.

Annoyingly, they don't seem to sell the bacon bits separately.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 14:53

GazChap wrote:

Morrisons have a salad bar in their stores, and on said bar is a container of "bacon bits" which you can use to add a bit of bacon flavour to your salad.

Annoyingly, they don't seem to sell the bacon bits separately.

Pancetta.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

GazChap wrote:

Annoyingly, they don't seem to sell the bacon bits separately.

Most supermarkets sell those, somewhere, often in the spice aisle. They're often suitable for vegetarians, being made from soy and synthetic flavouring

E.g. http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/ ... F_52014204

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 15:06

I always buy smoked but I don't mind plain.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Always smoked, if possible, but if the shops have none, unsmoked will do.

How do you guys cook it? Oven cooked bacon is the best bacon.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 15:20

LewieP wrote:

How do you guys cook it? Oven cooked bacon is the best bacon.

Grilled until crispy, obv.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 15:23

Place on plate. place plate in Microwave. full power for two minutes.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22397

Smoked and grilled. Accept no substitute.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 15:27

Nyan cat. Like a boss. belongtous

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22397

MaliA wrote:

Place on plate. place plate in Microwave. full power for two minutes.

Get out. Go on. Out.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 15:32

Trooper wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Place on plate. place plate in Microwave. full power for two minutes.

Get out. Go on. Out.

Marco Pierre White did it on TV.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 15:34

Marco Pierre White has just cut his balls off with a broken tile.

Your move, MaliA.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Danielle microwaves bacon. It seems to be common in America. Only the really thin streaky American style stuff, mind -- I think British back bacon wouldn't be very nice like that.

Hey, there's no streaky/back option in the poll.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 15:36

Zardoz wrote:

Marco Pierre White has just cut his balls off with a broken tile.

Your move, MaliA.

I'm impatient when it comes to bacon rolls. that's why it is, No-noms.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22397

MaliA wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Marco Pierre White has just cut his balls off with a broken tile.

Your move, MaliA.

I'm impatient when it comes to bacon rolls. that's why it is, No-noms.

Streaky bacon only takes 2 minutes under the grill. There is no excuse.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 15:44

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Danielle microwaves bacon. It seems to be common in America.

Danielle has just cut her balls off with a broken tile.

Your move, Doctor Glyndwr.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Zardoz wrote:

Danielle has just cut your balls off with a broken tile.

MarriageFeex.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 15:54

*Nods*

*Winks*

*Rubs scars*

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

No one else does it in the oven? Give it a try, it's the best way to get crispy bacon.

Stick it on an oven tray with tin foil on it. Takes about 10 minutes, depending on how thick the bacon is.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 16:43

LewieP wrote:

No one else does it in the oven?

On the back of Turkey and chicken, yeah.

On it's own it would take far too long to do.

Grim... · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 4:42

When are you making bacon rings, Cras?

metalangel · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:39

The more important question is: streaky or back bacon?

myp · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:40

You're not reading two pages!

metalangel · **Posted:** Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:44

The Last Salmon Man wrote:

You're not reading two pages!

I don't have time for such frivolities! I'm trying to picture the things in my house and which ones I can throw out!

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

I went to a place called Meat in Glasgow for dinner the other night which people (i.e. Craster) might be interested in. It's your usual array of tasty meat-based dishes as the name would suggest, but their seriousness about meat extends even to the cocktail menu with such things as the 'meatojito' (pork-rib infused rum with mint, brown sugar, apple juice and a caramelised pork-rib garnish) and various bacon related drinks. Annoyingly their online menu only covers the food so I can't find the full list anywhere. I did turn up a picture of one though which I need to link to as it's too big to embed apparently:

http://jamesvsburger.files.wordpress.co ... tojvb.jpeg

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Here's a partial pic of the menu I managed to find:

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

GazChap · **Posted:** Fri Jan 31, 2014 13:45

That's the biggest fuckin' wasp I ever saw.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Oh hello! There's a chain of bars down here we spend a fair bit of time in that does a bacon bourbon sour that's very close to that Suckling Sour.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

To my eternal shame I didn't actually bother trying one of them (we were only in for a quick burger before the Mogwai gig) but I definitely fancy it. They do actually do a single type of veggie burger so I might be able to convince Mrs B to go in with me sometime and I can give one of them a shot. That's unless the single veggie option conflicts with her recent to desire to go full on sodding vegan. :roll:

Curiosity · **Posted:** Fri Jan 31, 2014 17:22

*starts planning Glasgow meat meet*

miki · **Joined:** 30th Apr, 2011 **Posts:** 1458 **Location:** NL

not long till valentines day people:

BaconRoses

krazywookie · **Posted:** Fri Jan 31, 2014 21:32

miki wrote:

not long till valentines day people:

BaconRoses

mrs Wookie was not impressed with those and declined to make them. I am sad now.

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4357

this may appeal to some (Craster). Got an email from the Hawksmoor yesterday, their third burger is now (marketing spiel incoming):

From Monday 10th March there'll be a new Third Burger at Seven Dials – the Five Pork Burger. Working on the assumption that more is always better, we've topped a Tamworth pork patty with sausage meat stuffing and a couple of slices of smoked bacon. On the side there's sausage gravy for French-dipping and a couple of extra-long pork scratchings. To balance it all out we snuck in some Spring Greens which brings a little Sunday Roast into the mix and a dollop of homemade apple ketchup.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:23

Found this in Tesco the other day.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:25

Findus Fop wrote:

this may appeal to some (Craster). Got an email from the Hawksmoor yesterday, their third burger is now (marketing spiel incoming):

From Monday 10th March there'll be a new Third Burger at Seven Dials – the Five Pork Burger. Working on the assumption that more is always better, we've topped a Tamworth pork patty with sausage meat stuffing and a couple of slices of smoked bacon. On the side there's sausage gravy for French-dipping and a couple of extra-long pork scratchings. To balance it all out we snuck in some Spring Greens which brings a little Sunday Roast into the mix and a dollop of homemade apple ketchup.

What're you doing on Monday, Cras?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Why, not a thing, sir!

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:32

Cras wrote:

Why, not a thing, sir!

Sadly I can't commit to anything for certain until after my wife sees the doctor. But it sounds like a trip is required.

Though it's the Hawksmoor, so I'll probably cave and get a steak anyway.

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10175

Pay attention to the use-within on the bacon jam.

Definitely don't open it and leave it in the fridge for a couple of months before thinking "hm, this bacon butty needs more bacon".

it may have benefited the flavour, but it didnt benefit my bowels.

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4357

I'm not sure anything made by a company called Eat 17 would benefit my bowels. Let it rain.

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8655

Saw this, assumed it was a joke ad and was a little disappointed...

Be Excellent To Each Other

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