Squishy or Crispy

[CDN Farm Boy]

How many? Yes please! :-D

 

[Bird]

The Tomatoes are just outstanding this year. Perfect fit with bacon! But how many of these things does a guy want to eat?

I'm not sure how many, but I sure wouldn't object to having nothing to eat except BLTs for a few days.

 

[jlgurr]

For me it all depends on how I plan on eating the bacon. For a side with breakfast, I don't want it dry and too crunchy. But don't want to chew on it like jerkey either. There is a good in-between. Just a little crunch to it but still juicy. If its going on a sandwich (burger, BLT, breakfast sandwich, etc) I cook it a little crisper. I don't want to have to fight with the rest of the sandwich to get bit through the bacon without pulling the whole thing out and then being left with a baconless sandwich

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[KevT]

Hmmm, Fresh tomato from the garden, Thick sliced golden bacon, sliced avocado, throw on some sprouts if you have them on homemade potato bread... A taste of Heaven

 

[IslandTractor]

Hmmm, Fresh tomato from the garden, Thick sliced golden bacon, sliced avocado, throw on some sprouts if you have them on homemade potato bread... A taste of Heaven

Save one for me.

 

[k0ua]

I have eaten a lot of BLT type sandwiches in my time, but I can't say I have ever gotten tired of them..

 

[dmccarty]

The wifey made a batch of bacon last night and managed to make some extra crispy and on the tad side of burned. Still tasted GOOD! :licking::licking::licking::laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan

 

[Bird]

I just finished cooking the last of the bacon we had on hand. I'm doing something a little different. My wife eats a banana for breakfast every morning; nothing else except coffee. But I LIKE bacon and eggs. So I recently bought a 4 cup Hamilton Beach egg poacher skillet, and we have some 20 oz. Anchor Hocking casserole bowls with glass lids; microwave and oven safe. The Wright bacon I've been buying is about 12" strips, so I cut 4 of them in half, giving me 8 slices to fry in a big skillet. And I poach 4 eggs. I put half the bacon and 2 eggs in each of 2 of the bowls and put them in the refrigerator. In the morning, I put one of those bowls in the microwave for one minute and twenty seconds, dump it on a plate and have an almost instant breakfast.

 

[/pine]

I eat a lot of grilled cheese with bacon and tomato...also make what we call "open faced" sandwiches...
...A slice of bread, sliced tomatoes, a layer of (cooked) bacon topped with a slice of cheese and put in the toaster oven until the cheese is melted...

 

[SPIKER]

we did breakfast food tonight, she had BLTs and I had pancakes, but I wasn't cook so she put on the bacon but didnt keep heat up high enough and it got that spongy greasy nasty... ruins it when cooked that way need a pretty warm flame to cook it right.

I like mine cooked hot enough to get a bit of dark not quite black on edges and cooked till it snaps when bite into it but not HARD and dry...

We love the Wright and the Armor Black label (been buying the 2 lb packages about 2 a month.) yep gonna die happy...
M

 

[IslandTractor]

Have any of you tried the semi cooked bacon from Costco? It is about 2/3 of the way cooked (and pasteurized so it lasts for months in the refrigerator). I find it is really easy to finish cooking and has way less grease involved. Cooks up either in microwave in a minute or preferably in a skillet in less than five minutes or so. Easier to cook to desired crispness too as you don't need to stand over the stove as long. Also less messy to handle as it comes on wax paper with strips of bacon clearly separated so no need to handle a full pound of bacon just to get four or five strips ready for the skillet. It releases enough grease that you can cook eggs but not so much that you need to drain the bacon pan before cooking eggs or pancakes.

It isn't as good as special thick cut maple cured fancy arse bacon but it's certainly good enough for a routine family breakfast. No leftovers ever in our house. I forget the exact cost but it certainly isn't much more, possibly less than buying pounds of bacon at the supermarket. I'm guessing about fifty plus strips for less than ten bucks. My vegetarian wife appreciates it as it doesn't smell up the house as much when cooked.

 

[LD1]

Semi-cooked bacon? Then what grease do I fry my eggs or hashbrowns in?

 

[IslandTractor]

Semi-cooked bacon? Then what grease do I fry my eggs or hashbrowns in?

There is enough grease to fry eggs etc but not so much that you need to pour some off unless you deep fry.

I found that the Costco product I was referring to is made by Hormel and is sold as fully cooked. It would be considered "fully cooked" only by folks who like limp bacon though.

 

[k0ua]

Have any of you tried the semi cooked bacon from Costco? It is about 2/3 of the way cooked (and pasteurized so it lasts for months in the refrigerator). I find it is really easy to finish cooking and has way less grease involved. Cooks up either in microwave in a minute or preferably in a skillet in less than five minutes or so. Easier to cook to desired crispness too as you don't need to stand over the stove as long. Also less messy to handle as it comes on wax paper with strips of bacon clearly separated so no need to handle a full pound of bacon just to get four or five strips ready for the skillet. It releases enough grease that you can cook eggs but not so much that you need to drain the bacon pan before cooking eggs or pancakes.

It isn't as good as special thick cut maple cured fancy arse bacon but it's certainly good enough for a routine family breakfast. No leftovers ever in our house. I forget the exact cost but it certainly isn't much more, possibly less than buying pounds of bacon at the supermarket. I'm guessing about fifty plus strips for less than ten bucks. My vegetarian wife appreciates it as it doesn't smell up the house as much when cooked.

We get what you are describing from the Schwann's delivery guy. Works well and tastes fine.

 

[RobertN]

I like soft cooked bacon.

Best bacon is from Archers Custom Meats in Shingle Springs, Ca or Orangevale Meat Shoppe in Orangevale, Ca. Real butchers shops that cure and smoke in-house.

Although Fireflies in Marlborough, MA has Candy Lacquered Bacon appetizer that is awesome...