# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/21 "2006-01-02T01:56:11Z")
Another vote for tender and juicy and no fat on my rashers thanks. I will just use the big oval of meat from four for a BLT and give the fatty end bits to the dogs. ---
**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, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/22 "2006-01-02T02:03:44Z")
What exactly is a “rasher”? Is it a piece of bacon, or just a portion? ---
**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, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/23 "2006-01-02T02:23:38Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > You can wrap mine around broiled chicken livers. > > And serve them off the ass of a $1,000 hooker. > > Piping hot. And, how would you like your hooker prepared, sir? Parboiled or deep fried? ---
**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, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/24 "2006-01-02T02:27:14Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > And, how would you like your hooker prepared, sir? > Parboiled or deep fried? No, no. Raw, please. ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/25 "2006-01-02T02:29:09Z")
“Real” bacon or turkey bacon, I don’t care. My only requirement is that I can pick it up by one end and it doesn’t bend or that, when I bite into it, it doesn’t “shatter.” beyond that, my only preference is cooked by somebody else. Peace - DESK ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/26 "2006-01-02T02:45:01Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I’m cooking up some bacon. Mrs. RickJay likes it cooked to a crisp. How do you want yours? Wrapped around a thick fillet of prime beef! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/27 "2006-01-02T05:03:13Z")
Limp, on a bun and wrapped around a hot dog, hold the hooker. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/28 "2006-01-02T05:11:28Z")
Bacon absolutely _cannot_ be floppy. It’s got to be crisp enough to snap if I bend it, or I can’t eat it. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/29 "2006-01-02T05:22:22Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > What exactly is a “rasher”? Is it a piece of bacon, or just a portion? A rasher is a single slice of bacon. [Here](http://www.primosmallgoods.com.au/productList.cfm) are some Aussie examples. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/30 "2006-01-02T05:27:21Z")
The supreme bacon experience is when the fat is just crispy and stiff enough that it tangibly bursts into greasy goodness with just the slightest pressure from tongue or teeth. In my experience this is only possible when there is at least some warmth left in the meat. Too cold, and the fats congeal too much for the necessary environmental variables. No chewyness or stringyness. Just salty, greasy, crispy heaven. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978/31 "2006-01-02T05:44:36Z")
I was watching Band of Brothers on DVD and in one episode it was cold and wintery and one of the guys said he was going to go get some bacon sandwiches. I thought, “mmm, bacon sandwiches sound awesome.” But I have no idea what a WW II era bacon sandwich is. Any ideas? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-bacon/337978.md?page=1)