# An Easy Lunch Food Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [February 19, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-lunch-food-question/1027836 "2026-02-19T23:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-lunch-food-question/1027836/21 "2026-02-20T13:59:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Raw pork (bacon) is unappealing. Also, doesn’t curing the meat (as bacon is) solve the problem of anything lurking in the meat? (really asking) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-lunch-food-question/1027836/22 "2026-02-20T14:04:11Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Occasionally, neighbors ( who have not yet identified themselves as -ssholes or not ) walk by. > > I might be nice to be able to offer to them a quick lunch/brunch to show that I hold no hatred toward them no matter what other sh-thead neighbors whisper into their ears. “I don’t hate you, NO MATTER WHAT THOSE SHITHEADS ARE WHISPERING IN YOUR EARS! Want a bacon dog?” I would decline the treat and tell the story for years. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-lunch-food-question/1027836/23 "2026-02-20T14:45:37Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > Raw pork (bacon) is unappealing. > > Also, doesn’t curing the meat (as bacon is) … That curing, and usually smoking, means bacon, like ham, is not raw pork. ---
**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-lunch-food-question/1027836/24 "2026-02-20T14:54:25Z")
[Slightly relevant reddit story](https://www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryStories/comments/1w6ze3/xpost_from_rbestof_story_of_epic_snowball_war/) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-lunch-food-question/1027836/25 "2026-02-20T14:55:07Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > But yes, almost all domestic cases come from people eating bear meat. Also [wild boar meat](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5710728/). If the animal has b-a-r in its name, raise the food safety bar and cook that meat to 165F! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-lunch-food-question/1027836/26 "2026-02-20T14:56:44Z")
I had no idea we had any wild boar in the US. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-lunch-food-question/1027836/27 "2026-02-20T15:01:44Z")
Yes, it’s a problem in parts of the South / Southwest, especially Texas. Well, not wild as in native pigs, but feral. > **[Feral hog distribution and expansion](https://feralhogs.tamu.edu/feral-hog-distribution-and-expansion/)** > > The range of feral hogs has expanded dramatically in recent years. In Texas, feral hogs are established in 253 of 254 counties. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-lunch-food-question/1027836/28 "2026-02-20T16:14:46Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Yes, it’s a problem in parts of the South / Southwest, especially Texas. To the point that there have been several reality-TV series about people who hunt wild pigs; “American Hoggers” was on for four seasons: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1988897/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1988897/) ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-lunch-food-question/1027836/29 "2026-02-20T20:38:48Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I would eat your bacon-wrapped dog. Then you should stop by! Tie your dog to the iron front railing and knock. I can cook this dog in about 5 minutes. There are some professions which starve their employees day in and day out. Some of them I’ll recognize because of yada yada yada. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-lunch-food-question/1027836/30 "2026-02-20T20:42:15Z")
You can cook bacon in five minutes! And it is good? How? ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-lunch-food-question/1027836/31 "2026-02-20T22:29:35Z")
A few years back, when I was shopping on-line for something else ( a plastic microwave container that cooks hotdogs; 30 seconds each if it matters ) I saw and bought a covered plastic tray that cooked strips of bacon ( a whole pack ) in the microwave in less than 5 minutes. I’m guessing that I can wrap the dogs in the bacon, pin them with toothpicks, set them in the slots for the bacon, put on the cover, and while the tray is cooking… set out plates, tongs, rolls, and other condiments. Cheese clean up after might be dicey, but I can soak dishes. The chili would be put in a small bowl and heated for about a minute after. If it doesn’t meet their time frame, there is a food truck two miles down the road that they can try to scam for free food. ---
**Author:** ![Cwturner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Cwturner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cwturner)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-lunch-food-question/1027836/32 "2026-02-20T22:39:54Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I grew up on something similar that my grandmother called “pigs in a blanket” (not to be confused with “pigs in a blanket”), I’m sorry, but I HAVE confused them. CW [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-lunch-food-question/1027836.md?page=1)