# Are we done with bacon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632 "2010-02-19T15:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/21 "2010-02-19T19:15:23Z")
The cheese that has _sin_ in its very name! ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/22 "2010-02-19T19:51:30Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > Dunno; have y’all had [Chicken Fried Bacon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_fried_bacon)? Ah. Texas. No further explanation needed. ---
**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 19, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/23 "2010-02-19T20:04:01Z")
> [@LonesomePolecat](#): > > Ah. Texas. No further explanation needed. If Texas hadn’t come up with it, Wisconsin would have (though it probably would have been beer-battered, rather than chicken-fried). ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/24 "2010-02-19T20:17:32Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > The cheese that has _sin_ in its very name! And it tastes like sin. Delicious, delicious sin. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/25 "2010-02-19T20:23:02Z")
> [@TheFifthYear](#): > > Couldn’t agree more. Tastes nothing like bacon. It just tasted awful. Third. I ordered this crap because of all the hype (something I usually never do), tried it, then it sat in the cupboard for several months until I threw it all away. Nasty chemical-tasting landfill. ---
**Author:** ![mariposalabrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mariposalabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mariposalabrown)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/26 "2010-02-19T20:26:31Z")
I just had some bacon whiskey at lunch, actually. They basically just strain some bacon fat into the whiskey. Tastes like you would think it would. Thank god I didn’t have to pay for it. Bacon, stay out of my alcohol. This was at Frank in downtown Austin, if anyone is curious. I fully support every other drink and foodstuff on the menu. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/27 "2010-02-19T20:28:40Z")
To answer the OP: uh, no. Never. ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/28 "2010-02-19T21:30:14Z")
> [@mariposalabrown](#): > > I just had some bacon whiskey at lunch, actually. They basically just strain some bacon fat into the whiskey. Tastes like you would think it would. Thank god I didn’t have to pay for it. Bacon, stay out of my alcohol. This was at Frank in downtown Austin, if anyone is curious. I fully support every other drink and foodstuff on the menu. Yeah, I don’t see it working in whiskey, but I did have a bacon martini a couple of years ago that was very good. Bacon-infused vodka (the bartender determined that 72 hours was optimal for bacon flavor in the vodka), a skosh of maple syrup, dash of lime juice, and a slice of crisped pancetta for the garnish. I had one just to say that I did, and then promptly went back for another. It was really, really good (for those of you from Chicago, it was an Adam Seger creation. The man is a god with alcohol). Around here the new thing is either offal meats or fried eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/29 "2010-02-19T21:34:38Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > There was the Bacon Pig. There was the Bacon Explosion. And of course, Bacon Salt. There’s also the Bacon Bra. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/30 "2010-02-19T22:46:14Z")
One I heard recommended recently: Making macaroni and cheese with bacon instead of butter. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/31 "2010-02-20T04:16:41Z")
Asking if we’re done with bacon is like asking if we’re done with oxygen. Just because we don’t vocally obsess over it ALL the time doesn’t mean that it’s not the most perfect food ever made. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/32 "2010-02-20T04:18:18Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Asking if we’re done with bacon is like asking if we’re done with oxygen. Just because we don’t vocally obsess over it ALL the time doesn’t mean that it’s not the most perfect food ever made. Of course. I was just asking about the Bacon Mania. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/33 "2010-02-20T04:21:31Z")
I’m think the ridiculous bacon products are starting to fade away, but these look delicious: [http://www.uncrate.com/men/culture/food/bacon-potato-chips/](http://www.uncrate.com/men/culture/food/bacon-potato-chips/) ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/34 "2010-02-20T04:55:49Z")
As an internet fad? Probably. As a magnificent food? Never. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/35 "2010-02-20T04:57:43Z")
I have a half-eaten bag of [Planter’s Smoky Bacon Peanuts](http://hokeblarg.com/2010/01/saturdayreview-planters-smoky-bacon-peanuts/) in my office desk. I’m not in any real hurry to finish it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/36 "2010-02-20T05:00:50Z")
I read an article about lamb bacon and I want to try some but I can’t find anyplace that sells it. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/37 "2010-02-20T05:01:51Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Of course. I was just asking about the Bacon Mania. 😉 Do I eat less bacon than I did a year ago? No. Do I eat it in the preposterous concoctions of Bacon Mania? No. Though my wife, a diabetic and what I used to think was a hardcore baconista, hasn’t served such concoctions, I’m “stuck” with fried rashers of bacon as what she feeds me when I’m on a diet. Poor me! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/38 "2010-02-20T05:05:39Z")
> [@GameHat](#): > > As an internet fad? Probably. > > As a magnificent food? Never. Some years back _Consumer Reports_, a magazine as devoted to willie wilting as any, tested bacons because, though it stands for everything the CI stands against, sometimes you need a little bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/39 "2010-02-20T06:42:26Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Third. I ordered this crap because of all the hype (something I usually never do), tried it, then it sat in the cupboard for several months until I threw it all away. Nasty chemical-tasting landfill. At least you didn’t name yourself after it in some pathetic attempt to be accepted. (never tasted the stuff) I hope bacon mania has run its course. I’m so over bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632/40 "2010-02-20T06:51:37Z")
> [@Bacon\_Salt](#): > > At least you didn’t name yourself after it in some pathetic attempt to be accepted. (never tasted the stuff) > > I hope bacon mania has run its course. I’m so over bacon. ahahahahahaha Post of the year. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-done-with-bacon/529632.md?page=3)