# Crispy Bacon, or Fatty Bacon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689 "2019-10-12T19:33:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/41 "2019-10-13T15:25:49Z")
firm, not crunchy, but not floppy either. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/42 "2019-10-13T18:17:42Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > > [@scabpicker](#): > > > > Personally, I like it mostly crispy, but a little bendy and a little burnt in between. > > No offense, but I’m not taking meat-texture advice from anyone named scabpicker. Well, I’m not really saying you should take my advice even if I had a different name. It’s an odd way to prefer bacon, but it’s what I’m shooting for when I make it. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/43 "2019-10-13T18:36:24Z")
**Gristlepicker**? :o ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/44 "2019-10-13T19:21:33Z")
Heheheeh, somehow that sounds even worse. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/45 "2019-10-13T19:31:28Z")
depends on the cut the cure and cooking method in other words could be barely heated to carcino-crisp ---
**Author:** ![Squid\_Baby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Squid\_Baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squid_Baby)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/46 "2019-10-15T11:13:29Z")
Mostly the second option but sometimes I like to change it up. Or it’ll depend on how I’ll use it, the first option is good when I’m using bacon as a topping. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/47 "2019-10-15T11:39:09Z")
Having been introduced to bacon in Boy Scouts, I go used to bacon burned to a crisp, and frequently carbonized. If the bacon is at all “fatty” or even bendable, it feels “raw” to me. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/48 "2019-10-15T12:47:49Z")
The only time I don’t cook bacon crispy is for seasoning beans. I’ll put 5 cut up slices in my pot. Cook for a few minutes to get slightly brown and release the fat. Add beans or peas & cover with water. Add garlic powder, Salt & pepper. Bring to boil, cover pot and then simmer for at least an hour. Best seasoned beans or peas you can eat. 😉 We usually use frozen baby limas, butter beans or purple hull peas. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/49 "2019-10-15T15:03:22Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Depends on what it’s for. Crispy is best when it’s a breakfast side dish; anything but crispy when used in a sandwich. Nope! I always want my bacon crispy, especially in a sandwich. Nothing worse than taking a bite of sandwich and have a blubbery piece of bacon stretch out. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/50 "2019-10-15T16:00:14Z")
I’m surprised at the popularity of crispy bacon. I don’t find it appealing at all and would rather do without. In any case, it would be sausage, any kind, over bacon every time. Corned beef hash, too. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689/51 "2019-10-15T21:42:18Z")
Only though Oven Cooking can Perfect Bacon be achieved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crispy-bacon-or-fatty-bacon/841689.md?page=2)