[OGRipper]

How can bacon possibly be too salty? I mean, it's salted pork (also smoked). Maybe you are using inferior american bacon - try something other than Oscar Meyer. Niman Ranch and Hobbs are my faves, but any decent butcher or meat counter should have a house bacon that rocks over the packaged crap. You also get less nitrates and other nasty stuff.

Pancetta is the same thing without the smoke. It seems fancy 'cuz it's Italian and rolled up.

Canadian bacon is from the loin rather than the flank or back, so it has less fat. Personally I think you insulted your carbonara by using Canadian bacon.

 

[SkaredShtles]

dude, that's not bacon. that's fried calves' brains.

When I first saw it I thought it kinda looked like skinned, flayed Cornish game hens.

 

[SkaredShtles]

How can bacon possibly be too salty? I mean, it's salted pork (also smoked). Maybe you are using inferior american bacon - try something other than Oscar Meyer. Niman Ranch and Hobbs are my faves, but any decent butcher or meat counter should have a house bacon that rocks over the packaged crap. You also get less nitrates and other nasty stuff.

I absolutely agree that you *can* find decent 'Merikan bacon. It just shouldn't be the exception - and cost a friggin' arm and a leg.

We usually get deli bacon because it is quite a bit better than the packaged stuff.

Pancetta is the same thing without the smoke. It seems fancy 'cuz it's Italian and rolled up.

Naw - there's more to it than that. Must be something the Italian pigs are eating.....

Canadian bacon is from the loin rather than the flank or back, so it has less fat. Personally I think you insulted your carbonara by using Canadian bacon.

: It was the only bacon we had.

Anyone for some lardo?

 

[OGRipper]

Naw - there's more to it than that. Must be something the Italian pigs are eating.....

No seriously, it's prepared pretty much the same way just no smoke (as in actual smoke or smoke flavor like they put in some of the overly processed crap). You can usually see black pepper rolled up in there but regular bacon sometimes gets a pepper rub. I like the smokiness of thick cut bacon in my carbonara - I buy it in small slabs and cut my own - but pancetta is great for dishes where you don't want the smoke.

And hell yeah, lardo is awesome. I had a thin-crust pizza topped with lardo and shaved parm one time, the lardo melted before the pizza got to the table...oh man it was soooo good.

 

[Changleen]

I'm totally with SkaredShtles on this one. The pic he posted looks great. Mmmm. Whenever I get bacon in the US it's always fried to death. It shouldn't be crunchy! And it should be 80% meat at least!

 

[OGRipper]

I'm totally with SkaredShtles on this one. The pic he posted looks great. Mmmm. Whenever I get bacon in the US it's always fried to death. It shouldn't be crunchy! And it should be 80% meat at least!

Dude, you should just order ham or Canadian bacon next time. Less fat, less crunch.

But just so you know, one reason it's usually cooked so much is get rid of a lot of the fat. I don't know about 80% lean, but if you cook it enough it loses a lot of the fat that you see when it's raw.

 

[I Are Baboon]

Bumping because I ate bacon this morning. It was with egg and cheese on an english muffin. Mmmm.....

There was also an extra bacon, egg, and cheese on a roll that no one at work claimed, so I ate that too. That's what I call the "Thursday morning double bacon, egg and cheese whammy."

 

[MtnBikerChk]

I Had Bacon!

 

[SkaredShtles]

I had biscuits with sausage gravy last night topped with some sunnyside up eggs...... is that close enough?

 

[OGRipper]

I had biscuits with sausage gravy last night topped with some sunnyside up eggs...... is that close enough?

No. It's not an "other white meat" thread. :eviltongu

Not that I don't love me some biscuits and gravy.

BTW, I had a pizza with bacon and onions the other night. Damn that's a good combo.

 

[SkaredShtles]

No. It's not an "other white meat" thread. :eviltongu

Not that I don't love me some biscuits and gravy.

You know it, baby.....

BTW, I had a pizza with bacon and onions the other night. Damn that's a good combo.

I prefer canadian bacon and mushrooms.

 

[OGRipper]

biscuits with sausage gravy

Dang, I just remembered that last weekend I had biscuits and gravy that came in a huge soup bowl!! Two big biscuits completely covered in heart-stopping gravy...

It looked like southern white trash matzah ball soup!!

 

[SkaredShtles]

Dang, I just remembered that last weekend I had biscuits and gravy that came in a huge soup bowl!! Two big biscuits completely covered in heart-stopping gravy...

It looked like southern white trash matzah ball soup!!

I know now why biscuits and gravy is so ubiquitous - it's cheap, fast, and tasty.

I wonder what biscuits and gravy made with bacon would be like.

 

[I Are Baboon]

I know now why biscuits and gravy is so ubiquitous - it's cheap, fast, and tasty.

I wonder what biscuits and gravy made with bacon would be like.

All your posts in this thread and you still have not eaten any bacon. Not only are you a bacon snob, you're also a bacon poser.

 

[laura]

how's this for blasphemy,

i had a fake bacon and fried egg sandwich today.

 

[OGRipper]

how's this for blasphemy,

i had a fake bacon and fried egg sandwich today.

You mean tofacon? Oh the horror!!

 

[crapacity]

With all these bacon lovers, I feel compelled to share one of my favorite applications... make a pound of bacon in a skillet, set it aside. Make hamburgers and cook them in the skillet, then top liberally with bacon. I call it the boss burger, cause it really shows your heart who's boss.

 

[trailblazer]

well i might as well chime in.
forget about back bacon it stinks unless it's BBQ'd.
Shneiders thin cut in Toronto can not be beat. It's everywhere.
The fat is where it's at for flavour.

 

[trailblazer]

also it must be done in the oven at 330 degrees turned once like a great steak. The more you use the better the flavour. No non stick pans. Frying on a stove kills it.

 

[SkaredShtles]

All your posts in this thread and you still have not eaten any bacon. Not only are you a bacon snob, you're also a bacon poser.

And I still haven't.

I'm trying to think when was the last time I had bacon........

 

[steve45]

munching down some now, damn its good, bacon, beans, sausages, eggs and couple of slices of toast, MMmmmm Fryup.

 

[SkaredShtles]

munching down some now, damn its good, bacon, beans, sausages, eggs and couple of slices of toast, MMmmmm Fryup.

What about the baked tomatoes and mushrooms?

I had bacon this morning. Got up a little early and made my boys & I bacon, eggs, and pancakes.

And the bacon was cooked, but not nuked crispy.

 

[steve45]

What about the baked tomatoes and mushrooms?

mushrooms were there but no tomatoes, dont like tomatoes but strangly enough i like tomato sauce and tomato crisps oh and tomato chutney

 

[T-Pirate]

I ate bacon on a potato at work tonight. Bacon and cheddar cheese, steamed, with ranch on it. It was amazing.

 

[SkaredShtles]

mushrooms were there but no tomatoes, dont like tomatoes but strangly enough i like tomato sauce and tomato crisps oh and tomato chutney

That's un-American!

Hold on........ Never mind.

 

[robdamanii]

About 7 strips on Sunday. Mmm Mmm good.