Bacon

[Spicoli]

Is there a more perfect food?

please discuss.

[cart7]

In conjunction with lettuce and tomato between toasted bread?

I can't stop myself at just one.

[emjaya]

Bacon, yummmmmm.

Lightly fried or crispy?


:)

[chop456]

http://www.nueskes.com/products/bacon/Thick-Sliced_Peppered_Bacon.cfm

[nrc]

Crispy if it's thin. Well done, but not crispy if it's thick.

[racermike]

Nothing better with Eggs over easy, and sourdough toast, then a few thick slices of pepper bacon, fried in a cast iron pan.

[KLang]

http://www.nueskes.com/products/bacon/Thick-Sliced_Peppered_Bacon.cfm

I sent a selection of their stuff to my sister's family for Christmas. Waiting to hear if it's any good.

I prefer my bacon not crisp. My wife on the other hand only seems to know how to cook it crisp/black.

[Mr. Vengeance]

Partially cooked bacon wrapped around shrimp, then finished on the grill or in the oven. Or, wrapped around a stuffed jalapeño...

might have to make a trip to the grocery store.

[spinner26]

medium cooked bacon,2-3 slices, wrapped around a nice sized chicken breast sliced in the middle stuffed with thin sliced cooked ham and pepper jack cheese. Bake at 300 for 15 min.

Yep ,salad and green beans and ya got a meal. Cheap too.

BLT HAS to have crispy bacon.

Am I the only "idiot", as the wife says, who has onion on a blt?

[cameraman]

http://www.nimanranch.com/is-bin/intershop.static/WFS/NimanRanch-NimanRanchStore-Site/-/en_US/productImages/391200-91-Z.jpg

:thumbup:

[Joelski]

Pork butt, or front butt?


:D

[RHR_Fan]

Mmmmm...bacon. I just wish I could eat it. Damn flu. :(

[Andrew Longman]

Mmmmm...bacon. I just wish I could eat it. Damn flu. :(

Get well. Trevor is sick too. Coughing up crud

[Andrew Longman]

http://www.amazon.com/Bacon-Cookbook-101-Recipes/dp/1563831554/sr=1-1/qid=1167603595/ref=sr_1_1/002-2786571-6962435?ie=UTF8&s=books

[Rob]

Am I the only "idiot", as the wife says, who has onion on a blt?

So you have a BOLT? I like to have a BELT every once in a while by adding an egg.

[pchall]

I have a special place in my arteries for thick bacon fried almost crisp on a teriyaki bleu cheeser burger.

[RHR_Fan]

Get well. Trevor is sick too. Coughing up crud

Thanks. I've finally been able to have something today that's not jello!

~Nicole

[pchall]

Thanks. I've finally been able to have something today that's not jello!

~Nicole

Jello shots? ;)

[cart7]

Am I the only "idiot", as the wife says, who has onion on a blt?

I'm not much of an onion person. I can't even imagine ruining a perfectly good BLT with an onion. yechhhh

[RHR_Fan]

Jello shots? ;)

While baking croissants...still don't know about butter or jam.

~Nicole

[pchall]

While baking croissants...[ :eek: ] still don't know about butter or jam. :rofl:

~Nicole


Does your mom know that wasn't Pedialyte you used to mix the Jello? ;)

[TedN]

Real bacon (http://www.realcanadianbacon.com/)

Ted

:thumbup:

[Twisty Bits]

http://image.presidentschoice.ca/presidentschoice/PI182526038377978B.jpg?wid=239&cvt=jpeg

Naturally smoked, thick cut. Mmmmmmmmmm.

[oddlycalm]

Only thing I use the commercial thin stuff for is for wrapping. Oscar Mayer is really thin so it cooks completely. Mostly use it for ABT's (atomic buffalo turds). Basic recipe is jalapenos seeded then filled with cream cheese wrapped w/ bacon then smoked for an hour).

For the thick stuff I bought slabs from a local smokehouse for years. Since getting into BBQ I don't eat much bacon. Good BBQ hits all the same flavor notes. I've been liking a BLT made with chopped "burnt ends" from a brisket better than bacon for the last few years.

Belly bacon (US style) and loin bacon (Canadian style) are neither one "real" bacon. Both are both real good, but at different things.

oc

[Spicoli]

Basic recipe is jalapenos seeded then filled with cream cheese wrapped w/ bacon then smoked for an hour).


If you could dip these in Mayo/Horesy it could be the most perfect dish known to man.:thumbup:

[Ankf00]

Is there a more perfect food?

please discuss.

yes

http://www.coopersbbq.com/images/bbqbrisket_200px.jpg

:)

[Wheel-Nut]

Bacon!!

http://www.happyjalapenogrill.com/images/InitialSet/jalapmain.jpg

[stroker]

If it ain't fried, it ain't food.

Now why can't we have nice civilized discussions of important matters like this at Dolan's?

[cameraman]

Because it ain't there anymore.:shakehead

[indyfan31]

Best bacon I ever had was at a little restaurant in Mammoth, CA. Hickory smoked and sugar cured. I found out they bought it from a meat company in So. Lake Tahoe, so I bought a case ..... 15 lbs.
When it finally ran out I called them back, they'd sold out to a competitor that no longer carried the same product. :mad:

[skaven]

Best bacon I ever had was at a little restaurant in Mammoth, CA. Hickory smoked and sugar cured. I found out they bought it from a meat company in So. Lake Tahoe, so I bought a case ..... 15 lbs.
When it finally ran out I called them back, they'd sold out to a competitor that no longer carried the same product. :mad:

15 pounds of bacon??? No wonder you run ultras. ;)

[oddlycalm]

Best bacon I ever had was at a little restaurant in Mammoth, CA. Hickory smoked and sugar cured. You might wanna try what New Braunfels Smokehouse sells. New Braunfels Smokehouse
(http://www.nbsmokehouse.com/item.asp?sec=02&slv=brw&rlv=&rcat=&rcp=&scat=Pork%20Items&ssub=Bacon&kwd=p15-04&itm=394&pgn=&pgl=)

Best I even had was from the Little Salmon store just upriver from of Riggins, ID. Loren Overlander established the store in 1925 and was still there the day I walked in the fall of 1973. The smell of that bacon on the fire in a cast iron pan on a crisp morning along with a pot of boiled coffee was the best wake up call ever. :thumbup:


oc

[Ankf00]

Loren Overlander


oc

I'm trying to use The Google, and coming up empty. :confused:

[TravelGal]

I can't even read all the posts. My mouth is watering uncontrollably. :laugh: I M U S T N O T G O T O T H E K I T C H E N.

[cameraman]

Niman Ranch applewood smoked bacon
8 lb slab ~$55

http://www.nimanranch.com/p/390500-91/c/Pork-SmokedAndCured

The guanciale is very good too.

[Spicoli]

http://www.ph.surrey.ac.uk/stomp/images/dick.gif


you know who that muther****er is? That guy is Dr. Dick Bacon.


Senior Lecturer, University of Surrey.

SToMP Project Director: has led development of the project since its inception in August 1992.

r.bacon@surrey.ac.uk


What you got?:gomer:

[oddlycalm]

I'm trying to use The Google, and coming up empty. :confused: The man passed away in the pre-internet early 80's. Also, this is about as far off the beaten path as you can get in the lower 48.

There is only one google reference to the Little Salmon Store, It's 25yrs out of date and they got his name wrong. :gomer: It makes reference to his little museum next to the store, but they have his name wrong. Because he was early on the scene (just 21yrs after Chief Joseph passed) his collection of Nez Perce items was impressive. As remote as that country still is today I can't imagine how isolated it was in 1925 when they set up and ran the store out of a bit canvas campaign tent. :eek:

oc

[eiregosod]

I'm partial to cabbage that has been boiled in the water that was used to cook a ham.

[JoeBob]

Bacon Blog!!!

http://baconshow.blogspot.com/

[oddlycalm]

Bacon Blog!!!

http://baconshow.blogspot.com/ Looks like you hit the motherload JoeBob. :D They even have a recipe that combines two of the greatest meat products ever invented, chorizo and bacon. Plus, it's double fried. :laugh: It's down at # 610 CHORIZO-FILLED DATES in BACON.

What I'm thinking about though is smoked or slow grilled chorizo filled dates in bacon, kind of like ABT's with a dates instead of a jalapeno and chorizo instead of cream cheese and pulled pork... mmmmm

oc

[JoeBob]

Dig deeper... I found a recipe for Bacon Tempura (May 15, 2005), I'm surprised I didn't have a heart attack just reading that one!

[cameraman]

Hey, check out the FARMS, SMOKEHOUSES, & BUTCHERS links sidebar

:thumbup:

[Ankf00]

Chicken-Fried Bacon from Snook, TX.


http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/01-99/01-16-99/a05op025.htm

Youtoobage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfbTO0GlONU

[oddlycalm]

Chicken-Fried Bacon from Snook, TX. Folks, we have a winner :rofl: Chicken fried bacon with sausage gravy. :gomer:

oc

[Wheel-Nut]

I might have to make a road trip to Snook!

[G.]

Chicken-Fried Bacon from Snook, TX.


http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/01-99/01-16-99/a05op025.htm

Youtoobage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfbTO0GlONU
"They've taken fat, they've doubled-coated it in fat, they've fried it in more fat, and then served it with a side order of fat."
So what's her problem?
At Sodolak's, you get six chicken-fried bacon strips for $3.50. If you ate an order of this stuff every day for a year and you went to the store in a pair of Capri pants, it would look like you were keeping a sack full of gophers prisoner in your underwear.
:rofl: :laugh:

[KLang]

I've been advised by my cardiologist to stop visiting this thread. :eek:

[Ankf00]

I might have to make a road trip to Snook!

been waiting for a reason to drive through Snook, but it's proximity to aggy station is hazardous for one's health. :gomer:

[oddlycalm]

been waiting for a reason to drive through Snook You can probably get pretty much the same effect buy melting a slab of lard, pouring it in an IV bag and sticking the needle in a convenient vein, preferably a large one....:D

oc

[Ankf00]

The Perfect Bacon Sandwich Decoded: Crisp and Crunchy

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/world/europe/11bacon.html



LONDON, April 10 — Should it be slithery or scrunchy, glutinous or grilled? The answer, British scientists say, may be divined by a formula: N = C + {fb(cm) · fb(tc)} + fb(Ts) + fc · ta.


Researchers at Leeds University found that crisp bacon on white bread makes the perfect bacon sandwich.
That is the scientific answer to the question: what makes the perfect bacon sandwich?

And, no, it is not April 1.

Researchers at Leeds University spent more than 1,000 hours testing 700 variants on the traditional bacon sandwich...

The research combined four types of cooking, using grills, pans and ovens, three kinds of oil and four types of bacon — smoked, unsmoked, streaky and thick cut — to establish the preferences of 50 tasters in such matters as the butty’s tactile and aural crunchiness. The study also considered a broad range of condiments (like ketchup and brown sauce) and spreads.

...


Ideally, Danish Bacon said, 0.4 newtons should be applied to crunch the sandwich, creating 0.5 decibels of noise. The formula uses these values: N = force in newtons; fb is the function of the bacon type; fc is the function of the condiment or filling effect; Ts is the serving temperature; tc is cooking time; ta is the time taken to insert the condiment or filling; cm is the cooking method and C represents the breaking strain in newtons of uncooked bacon.

“It’s not a hoax,” Dr. Clayton said, acknowledging that, a few days ago — on April 1, to be precise — it might have been taken as one.

[devilmaster]

The Perfect Bacon Sandwich Decoded: Crisp and Crunchy

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/world/europe/11bacon.html

Ya know what bugs me about this? Some team probably got a million dollar grant to figure it out.....

And they call the guy knocking over a 7-11 a crook. :irked:

[Ankf00]

c'mon, you know you wish they had paid you to eat bacon for a year :D



commissioned by the Danish Bacon and Food Council, the British subsidiary of a Danish pig producers’ organization

[oddlycalm]

crisp bacon on white bread makes the perfect bacon sandwich.
Coulda saved them a lot of time and money on that one, but think of the fun they woulda missed. :D

It's always been fascinating to me that people that can't agree on anything else, not even what the word bacon describes, do agree that you have to use soft white bread. Same with BBQ. Even people that eat artisan bread every day want balloon bread or soft buns for their BBQ.

oc

[cameraman]

Even people that eat artisan bread every day want balloon bread or soft buns for their BBQ.

In a word, No.

[dando]

Ya know what bugs me about this? Some team probably got a million dollar grant to figure it out.....

And they call the guy knocking over a 7-11 a crook. :irked:

Not to mention the chick that did a study to figure out that chicks talk more than men. :saywhat: :irked: :shakehead

-Kevin

[Ankf00]

Even people that eat artisan bread every day want balloon bread or soft buns for their BBQ.

oc

yep, :thumbup:


In a word, No.

:shakehead. What next? Mayo in guacamole? :saywhat:

[cameraman]

You enjoy your ballon bread Ank

http://www.wonderbread.com/images/img_balloon.jpg

The small bakeries around here can make damn bbq buns as well as "artisan bread".

[Ankf00]

do they carry grey poupon too? :p


You enjoy your ballon bread Ank
when I've got pulled pork or chopped brisket sitting around, I will, thanks :)

[cameraman]

do they carry grey poupon too? :p


when I've got pulled pork or chopped brisket sitting around, I will, thanks :)

Just so you know, Utah is rather unique

You ask for balloon bread in Utah you will get Wonder bread

[TKGAngel]

do they carry grey poupon too? :p


when I've got pulled pork or chopped brisket sitting around, I will, thanks :)

BBQ on Wonderbread? That just sounds so wrong.

This whole bread discussion is making me want a beef on weck right now.

[oddlycalm]

The small bakeries around here can make damn bbq buns as well as "artisan bread". Sorry to confuse the discussion with an offensive generic term. Make that soft white bread and buns. The point is that most people prefer the bread soft and the meat to have a bit of crunch when if comes to smoked pork products.

If you want yours on brioche or ciabatta I'm sure it'll be fine. Multigrain hard roll not so much...:yuck:

oc

[Spicoli]

http://www.baconsalt.com/

:thumbup:

[Ankf00]

do you ever come up w/ an original post or is everything always stolen from TGR? :gomer:

[Spicoli]

do you ever come up w/ an original post or is everything always stolen from TGR? :gomer:


Yes. or maybe no9.

real answer:

no. and yes.


I am bored. house arrst isn;t easy. :/

[RHR_Fan]

http://www.baconsalt.com/

:thumbup:

Some of those recipes look real good, especially the salmon and herbed potatoes.

[Gnam]

First, unmanned aerial drones (now with Hellfire missiles!)
Then, cars that drive/park themselves.
Next, Bacon cooking robots (http://www.baconrobots.com/), that think people taste of bacon (http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2006/11/robot_identifie.html).

Not good.

[Methanolandbrats]

http://www.baconsalt.com/

:thumbup:
WTF? Fat free, zero calorie, vegetarian, kosher bacon flavored salt. There are so many things wrong with that :laugh:

[JoeBob]

Time to bring this baby back up to the top.

I was just pointed to this thread on bacon candy: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/348661

How can you go wrong? (Amazingly, there's a spot in the twin cities that is actually selling bacon brittle.)

[IlliniRacer]

Bacon Flowchart -

http://www.beerorkid.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/bacon-_flowchart.jpg

[dando]

Pork fat rules! :thumbup:

-Kevin

[racermike]

Dont forget your tasty cold beverage to accompany your bacon!

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9459/dietcokebaconvu3.jpg

[devilmaster]

Bacon Flowchart -

http://www.beerorkid.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/bacon-_flowchart.jpg

mappy, the middle 3 points on the left hand side are for you.... mappy to the flow chart please.

[JT265]

I love bacon. However, I'm not really big on earmuffs. A toque, on the other hand, is simply boffo.

Anyone gots any cheese?

[JoeBob]

Behold... the bacon weave:

http://www.breakfastblogger.com/2007/12/16/bacon-weave/

http://www.breakfastblogger.com/wp-content/photos/bltqz3.jpg

[ferrarigod]

i could hit up a BLT right now.

[dando]

i could hit up a BLT right now.

Except that there aren't any decent 'maters this time of year. :(

-Kevin

[trish]

The vine ripened one are usually very good. I saw some in the store a couple of weeks ago.

[RTKar]

Is there a more perfect food?

please discuss.


Only if it's crispy.

[dando]

The vine ripened one are usually very good. I saw some in the store a couple of weeks ago.

Trish, thems are OK for salsa, and mebbe a small sammich, but there's nothing like a nice NJ or oHIo Beefsteak 'mater for a BLT. Hmmm....

-Kevin <=== 'mater snob :)

[Audi_A4]

http://www.canned-bacon.com/

[chop456]

Bacon burger.

For real.

http://www.peppersandsmoke.com/bbq/burgers/

[extramundane]

Bacon Cups. (http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2008/02/27/bacon-cups/)

http://www.notmartha.org/images/other/2008feb/bacon/spread_cupdetail.jpg

[Don Quixote]

well, that's the greatest thing I've ever seen. :laugh:

[Indy]

O. M. G.



I am in awe of the brilliance of this concept.

[dando]

The carb friendly BLT. :thumbup: :D

-Kevin

[Stu]

with the bacon cup, it seems like i would get too much grease on my hands and not enough in my arteries.

[chop456]

Honest Injun, I just sat down at my computer with a fistful of leftover bacon from Sunday and this is the first thread listed in "new posts". The bacon Gods are smiling on me. :laugh:

[dando]

Honest Injun, I just sat down at my computer with a fistful of leftover bacon from Sunday and this is the first thread listed in "new posts". The bacon Gods are smiling on me. :laugh:

Leftover bacon? What's that? :)

-Kevin

[chop456]

I know. I made 2 pounds because I had some avocado mayo that I'd made for something else and figured I'd keep myself in BLT's for a few days. :D

[oddlycalm]

Looking for a gift for that bacon lover of the female persuasion? For only $7.99 I'm guessing you can, ummmm..., change your life. Forever. :gomer:
Classic thong
(http://www.cafepress.com/peppersandsmoke.217916440)

[IlliniRacer]

Now, bacon can get you drunk. I love this country!!!

Bacon Vodka (http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/midnight_sun/blog/2008/04/the_scoop_on_bacon_vodka.html)

[Andrew Longman]

Now, bacon can get you drunk. I love this country!!!

Bacon Vodka (http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/midnight_sun/blog/2008/04/the_scoop_on_bacon_vodka.html)

I wonder how that differs from, say, making a Vodka martini with a few drops of bacon grease instead of vermouth? :gomer:

Would that be with an olive or a twist?

[anait]

Would that be with an olive or a twist?

With a pork rind perched on the edge. :cool:

[Elmo T]

I don't recall where I first saw this (Fark parhaps?), but behold:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/sub81/FoodDecember/P1110477.png

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies with Maple Cinnamon Glaze (http://neverbashfulwithbutter.blogspot.com/2007/12/experiments-in-deliciousness-bacon.html)

[Don Quixote]

OK, those look even better than the bacon cups.

[dando]

And I love this Taco Hell spot:

e4Ts4TtEwDc

:thumbup: :D

-Kevin

[oddlycalm]

Now you can show Mom how much you care by sending her a box of bacon brittle for Mother's Day. :D

http://www.evilkid.com/extras/love/baconbrittle.jpg

[Don Quixote]

I call BS. If that was real bacon brittle, there would be grease stains on the cardboard box. :D

[oddlycalm]

I call BS. If that was real bacon brittle, there would be grease stains on the cardboard box. :D Agreed, I'm think a foil liner would be mandatory, especially for gifting.... :gomer:

Here's a close up for your detailed inspection pleasure...
http://bp0.blogger.com/_StavqtF2c9I/RgaGDRCfJvI/AAAAAAAAARk/MfylPdkoz7Q/s1600/smallbrittle.jpg

[trish]

Other things to do with bacon.

1. Turn your bacon drippings into cash. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080506/ts_csm/agrease)

2. Make your own biodiesel. (http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html)

3. Send it to Mr. anait. (http://www.offcamber.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4600&highlight=biodiesel) :laugh: How'd that work out anyway?