# Can you laminate bacon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 13, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031 "2010-10-13T19:09:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/21 "2010-10-14T01:02:21Z")
Check. Well then, can you laminate _that_? ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/22 "2010-10-14T01:19:04Z")
Thinly sliced, definitely. But I still think it would kill you if you tried to eat it later. The anaerobic storage of meat is a bad idea unless you refrigerate it or pressure can it. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/23 "2010-10-14T01:35:21Z")
♫ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♫ ♪ Mares eat oats and does eat oats… and little laminatethebacon! ♫ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♫ ♪ ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/24 "2010-10-14T02:28:53Z")
Wait, the OP wants to laminate it to _eat_ later? ew. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/25 "2010-10-14T03:53:47Z")
A Google search for “bacon plywood” brought up nothing, but it’s a great idea! I think I may make a gingerbread house sometime for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/26 "2010-10-14T04:51:57Z")
I knew an entomologist who would laminate butterflies. Not important type specimens or anything, but useful for hands-on classes and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/27 "2010-10-14T10:09:05Z")
They already [laminate bacon](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3468/3284800479_297cd126c7_o.jpg). The plastic package the bacon comes in isn’t good enough for you? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/28 "2010-10-14T10:53:56Z")
I read recently that someone looked into why a McDonalds burger lasts so long. Turns out, there isn’t some magic preservative. It’s just that it’s salt and fat and low moisture. Once the bun’s dried up, there isn’t much left to catch mold. Yet, even with this pointed out, people in the letters for this column banged on and on in the manner of “see, it’s not food!” Um, genius, salty fat is the mother of all food. Everything else is part of the premium package, which we are fortunate to all be able to afford in the modern world. But “not food” is a silly thing to claim. In any case, if salt and fat make food immortal, bacon has a pretty good head start. But just to be safe, you could try dipping it in lard and rolling it in salt. ---
**Author:** ![bahimes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bahimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahimes)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/29 "2010-10-14T11:55:00Z")
From **descendingsnow’s** OP, I have been envisioning a cable reel table, whith an inch thick layer of resin encasing a couple of strips of bacon and two fried eggs, in a aging hippie’s retro diner. From the LSD thread to this one was a real trip. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/30 "2010-10-14T13:28:10Z")
Don’t know if they are laminated, but bacon can be re-purposed.😉 [clickee here](http://www.coolstuffexpress.com/store/i/is.aspx?path=/shared/IMAGES/ACC/baconbandages.jpg&lr=t&bw=500&w=500&bh=500&h=500) ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/31 "2010-10-14T14:01:23Z")
I think you guys are forgetting one important thing about lamination - it’s hot! You can’t hold a piece of laminated paper just after it came out of the machine. You have to let it cool off for a second or two and touch it gingerly. That might be hot enough to sterlize the meat. So I vote for “yes”. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/32 "2010-10-14T14:09:14Z")
Coming back to this I think my flower rotted because there was enough oxygen stuck in there to still allow for a degrading process. Vaccum packing takes air out of the surrounding space, lamination - in practice - does not so this would NOT work in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/33 "2010-10-14T14:21:38Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > I have a Food Sealer so maybe I’ll give this a try. Dazey Seal-a-Squeal? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/34 "2010-10-14T14:48:27Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > Clearly the OP wants a bacon bookmark. Sadly, retailers have missed this important niche, so I shall steal the idea, patent it, and make dozens of dollars. > > 'til then, may I suggest a better [bacon encasement plan?](http://foodisforeating.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/baconpancakes.jpg) Did someone say [bacon bookmark](http://www.robertpasternak.net/pages/nakfactorium_novelties.html)? ---
**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:** [October 14, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/35 "2010-10-14T14:50:47Z")
> [@Fish\_Cheer](#): > > …Btw: Dibs on the “Immortal Bacon” band name. :: pouts :: Fine, then. But I’m keeping “Laminated Bacon.” ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/36 "2010-10-14T15:16:23Z")
What if you encase the bacon slice in [lucite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucite)? I’ve seen [insects](http://www.boneroom.com/insects/lucite.html) and other things encased in lucite and they do not appear to be rotting. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/37 "2010-10-14T15:22:31Z")
> [@Fish\_Cheer](#): > > > [@descendingsnow](#): > > > > My friend and i are debating about what would happen if you were to try and laminate a slice of bacon. would it rot as normal or become immortal? > > You could laminate it first, and then sterilize by irradiation. If you then store it in a dark and cool place, it should last a good long while. There’s not going to be any microbial decay, and the lack of oxygen should keep rancidification in check. > > Btw: Dibs on the “Immortal Bacon” band name. Or you could just freeze it.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/38 "2010-10-14T15:50:35Z")
My eighth-grade teacher in elementary school used to laminate food all the time. He would frame his creations and hang them on his classroom wall. Some of them (like a blueberry muffin) seemed to be preserved indefinitely, not showing any signs of mould or rotting after several years. Others started to get fuzzy and had to be taken down and thrown out. I don’t remember whether bacon was among his laminations, but if you want I can ask him. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/39 "2010-10-14T21:52:49Z")
> [@descendingsnow](#): > > My friend and i are debating about what would happen if you were to try and laminate a slice of bacon. would it rot as normal or become immortal? > > It’s a stupid question, but we gotta know. Before I put bacon on my shopping list and make sure I have bags for my [Food Saver](http://www.foodsaver.com/), please clarify: Do you mean laminate, as in “seal between two plastic sheets that stick together with adhesive,” or do you mean vacuum seal, like most bacon is sold to begin with? ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031/40 "2010-10-15T12:21:53Z")
Bah. You people really need to start [thinking outside the box](http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/squeez-bacon.html). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-laminate-bacon/557031.md?page=3)