# Baconnaise: A Preliminary Review
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baconnaise-a-preliminary-review/473352
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 18, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baconnaise-a-preliminary-review/473352 "2008-11-18T21:03:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baconnaise-a-preliminary-review/473352/1 "2008-11-18T21:03:54Z")
Well, my Baconnaise arrived in the mail - with special bonus gift, Baconnaise Lite! I wasn’t expecting that. Neato.
Today I brought together a hard Italian roll, turkey, ham, tomato, arugala greens, and, of course, Baconnaise (Original).
I opened the jar. My initial thoughts
Sight: Pinkish, with flecks (of bacon salt I presume).
Smell: Smoky, somewhat reminiscent of the “Smoked Salmon” flavor of Philly cream cheese
Texture: Good firm mayo texture, like Hellman’s.
I applied some liberally to my sandwich, and bit in. MMMM. Not overwhelmingly bacony, and not too salty. I actually added a little more (the bread was a hair dry). It didn’t overwhelm the other flavors, but melded well, especially with the tomato. If it were tomato season I could totally enjoy a fresh tomato and baconnaise sandwich.
I have not yet tried the Baconnaise lite. More reports to follow.
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### Author:  [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baconnaise-a-preliminary-review/473352/2 "2008-11-18T21:16:40Z")
Do let us know about the Lite version. One of my favorite things to do with Bacon Salt is add it to sour cream as a yummy dip… I’m hoping Baconnaise serves a similar purpose.
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### Author:  [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baconnaise-a-preliminary-review/473352/3 "2008-11-19T03:26:42Z")
My two pack arrived today also, and like you I went to make a sandwich. Turkey in my case. Turkey from the deli some white bread, lettuce, provolone cheese and Baconnaise.
I agree with your impression of the product out of the jar. Even applied in a heavier than standard dose, the smoke or the bacon flavor does not overwhelm, but it does compliment the taste of the sandwich.
Very nice with no aftertaste.
I am thinking that this would be wonderful in deviled eggs.
I do believe these gentlemen have another winner on their hands.
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### Author:  [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baconnaise-a-preliminary-review/473352/4 "2008-11-20T04:49:35Z")
::: Bump:::
What, no love for the bacon?
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### Author:  [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baconnaise-a-preliminary-review/473352/5 "2008-11-20T04:59:39Z")
I love bacon, so I wish to bump as well.
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### Author:  [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baconnaise-a-preliminary-review/473352/6 "2008-11-20T05:02:33Z")
I just recently started hating mayonaise. It’s applied WAY too liberally at restaurants and delis and it finally grossed me out. I’m also underwhelmed by the bacon salt I got a couple weeks ago, and having trouble finding things to use it on. I might like baconaise if it came in packets - I might use 2 packets a year - but a whole jar would go bad long before I could use it.
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### Author:  [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baconnaise-a-preliminary-review/473352/7 "2008-11-20T05:05:18Z")
If you cook eggs in the AM try a little bacon salt on them. Makes it taste like they were cooked with bacon. Without the calories or fat.
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### Author:  [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baconnaise-a-preliminary-review/473352/8 "2008-11-20T05:08:51Z")
> [@Rick](#):
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> If you cook eggs in the AM try a little bacon salt on them. Makes it taste like they were cooked with bacon. Without the calories or fat.
Yeah, I tried that. It tasted really gross at first and then got kind of good. I’m going to try again before I make a final judgement. Good idea for breakfast tomorrow!
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### Author:  [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baconnaise-a-preliminary-review/473352/9 "2008-11-20T12:41:14Z")
> [@Cisco](#):
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> I just recently started hating mayonaise. It’s applied WAY too liberally at restaurants and delis and it finally grossed me out.
I actually like mayo, but I don’t like it when it’s applied with a spatula. Which is, literally, what most commercial kitchens use. I don’t want an inch of mayonnaise. I don’t want an inch of anything on my sandwich other than the bread that holds it all together. A thick gooey layer of mayo makes me want to throw the whole thing away; I’ve actually scraped it off with a spoon when I get fast-food or take-out sandwiches.
This makes me a person who enjoys mayonnaise and yet specifies, “NO MAYO!” when I get drive-thru or take-out food. I could make five sandwiches with the amount of mayo they apply to a single, small, solitary sandwich.
The only thing that should be applied that liberally is cheese. And even then, you can screw it up…there’s a local “legendary” pizza joint that has so much (IMHO cheap greasy) cheese on their pie that to me it’s just revolting. Like a big grease pie topped with pepperoni.
And I am a person who boasts that they are made of cheese.
The lesson learned here is that there IS too much of a good thing.
However…I have not tried this Baconnaise of which you speak. Where might Audrey find/partake of such a thing? I know the Bacon Salt is a SDMB legend…and I don’t know where to find that either…
Help.
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### Author:  [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baconnaise-a-preliminary-review/473352/10 "2008-11-20T13:18:17Z")
All of your questions can and will be answered at [http://www.baconsalt.com/](http://www.baconsalt.com/) . You can buy online or they do have their products in many grocery store chains.
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### Author:  [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baconnaise-a-preliminary-review/473352/11 "2008-11-20T16:52:38Z")
> [@Audrey\_Levins](#):
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> I know the Bacon Salt is a SDMB legend…and I don’t know where to find that either…
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> Help.
Where I shop, the bacon salt is in the herbs and spices aisle.