# How would you like your bacon? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 1, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978 "2006-01-01T19:12:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/1 "2006-01-01T19:12:22Z")
I’m cooking up some bacon. Mrs. RickJay likes it cooked to a crisp. How do you want yours? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/2 "2006-01-01T19:17:13Z")
Wrapped around water chestnuts and baked. Crisp. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/3 "2006-01-01T20:00:15Z")
Umm… mostly crunchy and just the teeniest bit chewy Mmmmmm… baacon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/4 "2006-01-01T20:10:51Z")
I just cooked up some beef bacon today. Nice and crispy! Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/5 "2006-01-01T20:22:56Z")
Very thin and very crispy. Burnt a bit is a plus. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/6 "2006-01-01T20:25:18Z")
Thick and 2/3 done. On the limper side. I hate crispy bacon. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/7 "2006-01-02T00:09:07Z")
Mostly stiff, but the fat should not be brown. If it crumbles, it’s overdone. Then again, the worst bacon I ever had was still fantastic. However you want to do it is fine with me. As long as there’s seconds … ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/8 "2006-01-02T00:18:46Z")
Crispy please. I made bacon & eggs for breakfast this morning and got the bacon just right…crispy, but not at all burned. There’s still some left that I stuck in the fridge. I may have to have a piece in a minute. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/9 "2006-01-02T00:22:00Z")
Made from turkey. I don’t eat pork. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/10 "2006-01-02T00:22:35Z")
Assuming that we’re talking about bacon _rashers_, I’d like it thick, generously streaked with fat; I’d like the fat to be golden and crispy, but not brittle - except perhaps at the edges; I’d like the meat itself to be mostly pink and tender, but with little patches of seared red. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/11 "2006-01-02T00:23:32Z")
Thick & crispy, between two slices of white bread, covered in ketchup. Heinz. Bacon sandwiches covered in ketchup were a saturday morning ritual in our house, with Dad cooking up the bacon for me & my sibs, & Mom sleeping in. Good days, & happy memories. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/12 "2006-01-02T00:26:33Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Wrapped around water chestnuts and baked. Crisp. Me too, but I roll the water chestnuts in a little brown sugar first. ---
**Author:** ![PinkNailFile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@PinkNailFile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkNailFile)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/13 "2006-01-02T00:55:23Z")
Plentiful and in front of me. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Roboto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Mr.Roboto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Roboto)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/14 "2006-01-02T01:08:37Z")
Here in So. Cal., Pavillions is charging $5 for a 1lb. of bacon. (average) I ate suasage this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/15 "2006-01-02T01:24:55Z")
> [@](#): > > How would you like your bacon? Off the ass of a $1000 hooker, why? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/16 "2006-01-02T01:28:54Z")
Rubbery and drippin’ with, uh, drippin’s. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/17 "2006-01-02T01:28:58Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Wrapped around water chestnuts and baked. Crisp. You can wrap mine around broiled chicken livers. And serve them off the ass of a $1,000 hooker. Piping hot. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/18 "2006-01-02T01:31:41Z")
Tender and juicy. Meat should NEVER be “crispy”. That’s why I like turkey bacon, because it’s easier to get it right. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/19 "2006-01-02T01:53:53Z")
Crispy. I prefer nuking my bacon because it gets rid of all the fat without curling up the bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/20 "2006-01-02T01:54:53Z")
Thick cut. It should straddle that perfect pinnacle between limp and crispy. The fat should have a little teensy crunch, then melt in your mouth. Served with hash browns made in the fat, with Lawry’s seasoned salt, Tabasco edition. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978.md?page=2)