How would you like your bacon?

[RickJay]

I'm cooking up some bacon. Mrs. RickJay likes it cooked to a crisp. How do you want yours?

[Zeldar]

Wrapped around water chestnuts and baked. Crisp.

[chrisk]

Umm... mostly crunchy and just the teeniest bit chewy

Mmmmmm... baacon.

:)

[Qadgop the Mercotan]

I just cooked up some beef bacon today. Nice and crispy! Yum!

[Liberal]

Very thin and very crispy. Burnt a bit is a plus.

[silenus]

Thick and 2/3 done. On the limper side. I hate crispy bacon.

[LSLGuy]

Mostly stiff, but the fat should not be brown. If it crumbles, it's overdone.

Then again, the worst bacon I ever had was still fantastic. However you want to do it is fine with me. As long as there's seconds ...

[Lsura]

Crispy please.


I made bacon & eggs for breakfast this morning and got the bacon just right...crispy, but not at all burned. There's still some left that I stuck in the fridge. I may have to have a piece in a minute.

[Askia]

Made from turkey. I don't eat pork.

[Mangetout]

Assuming that we're talking about bacon rashers, I'd like it thick, generously streaked with fat; I'd like the fat to be golden and crispy, but not brittle - except perhaps at the edges; I'd like the meat itself to be mostly pink and tender, but with little patches of seared red.

[Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor]

Thick & crispy, between two slices of white bread, covered in ketchup. Heinz.

Bacon sandwiches covered in ketchup were a saturday morning ritual in our house, with Dad cooking up the bacon for me & my sibs, & Mom sleeping in. Good days, & happy memories.
:)

[Susie Derkins]

Wrapped around water chestnuts and baked. Crisp.

Me too, but I roll the water chestnuts in a little brown sugar first.

[PinkNailFile]

Plentiful and in front of me.

[Mr. Roboto]

Here in So. Cal., Pavillions is charging $5 for a 1lb. of bacon. (average)
I ate suasage this morning.

[Mr. Blue Sky]

How would you like your bacon?

Off the ass of a $1000 hooker, why?

[Beware of Doug]

Rubbery and drippin' with, uh, drippin's.

[Ukulele Ike]

Wrapped around water chestnuts and baked. Crisp.
You can wrap mine around broiled chicken livers.

And serve them off the ass of a $1,000 hooker.

Piping hot.

[Guinastasia]

Tender and juicy. Meat should NEVER be "crispy".

That's why I like turkey bacon, because it's easier to get it right.

[ivylass]

Crispy. I prefer nuking my bacon because it gets rid of all the fat without curling up the bacon.

[Queen Bruin]

Thick cut. It should straddle that perfect pinnacle between limp and crispy. The fat should have a little teensy crunch, then melt in your mouth. Served with hash browns made in the fat, with Lawry's seasoned salt, Tabasco edition.

[don't ask]

Another vote for tender and juicy and no fat on my rashers thanks. I will just use the big oval of meat from four for a BLT and give the fatty end bits to the dogs.

[Guinastasia]

What exactly is a "rasher"? Is it a piece of bacon, or just a portion?

[Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor]

You can wrap mine around broiled chicken livers.

And serve them off the ass of a $1,000 hooker.

Piping hot.

And, how would you like your hooker prepared, sir?
Parboiled or deep fried?

[Mr. Blue Sky]

And, how would you like your hooker prepared, sir?
Parboiled or deep fried?

No, no. Raw, please.

[D.E.S.K.Top668]

"Real" bacon or turkey bacon, I don't care. My only requirement is that I can pick it up by one end and it doesn't bend or that, when I bite into it, it doesn't "shatter." beyond that, my only preference is cooked by somebody else.

Peace - DESK

[spingears]

I'm cooking up some bacon. Mrs. RickJay likes it cooked to a crisp. How do you want yours? Wrapped around a thick fillet of prime beef! ;)

[Asimovian]

Limp, on a bun and wrapped around a hot dog, hold the hooker.

[Antigen]

Bacon absolutely cannot be floppy. It's got to be crisp enough to snap if I bend it, or I can't eat it.

[don't ask]

What exactly is a "rasher"? Is it a piece of bacon, or just a portion?

A rasher is a single slice of bacon. Here (http://www.primosmallgoods.com.au/productList.cfm) are some Aussie examples.

[ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies]

The supreme bacon experience is when the fat is just crispy and stiff enough that it tangibly bursts into greasy goodness with just the slightest pressure from tongue or teeth. In my experience this is only possible when there is at least some warmth left in the meat. Too cold, and the fats congeal too much for the necessary environmental variables.

No chewyness or stringyness. Just salty, greasy, crispy heaven.

[levdrakon]

I was watching Band of Brothers on DVD and in one episode it was cold and wintery and one of the guys said he was going to go get some bacon sandwiches. I thought, "mmm, bacon sandwiches sound awesome."

But I have no idea what a WW II era bacon sandwich is. Any ideas?