# I threw away bacon today. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445 "2010-06-16T17:53:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445/21 "2010-06-16T21:46:41Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > … and Worcestershire, hot sauce, and lime – well, if you’re going the michelada route (or at least the tomato-juice variation of the michelada.) > > Bacon is fine, but I fail to understand the near religious devotion to this cured foodstuff. Cheese and sausage are far better than bacon. > > Now to quickly exit the thread before a torch-wielding mob strings me up. Sir/Madam I think you just accidentally invented the ONE TRUE food of the Gods. Sausage wrapped in bacon covered in melted cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445/22 "2010-06-16T22:04:04Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > Sir/Madam I think you just accidentally invented the ONE TRUE food of the Gods. > > Sausage wrapped in bacon covered in melted cheese. I think I would go for sausage wrapped around cheese, _then_ wrapped in bacon and deep fried. A Scotch egg without bothering the hens. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445/23 "2010-06-16T22:05:08Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > I have not even bothered to read the thread after seeing the title. A poster named “Chefguy” throwing away bacon? Outrageous. Next thing you know, dogs will start falling from the sky like rain. That would explain all the mudpoodles. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445/24 "2010-06-16T22:49:55Z")
The Bacon God is pissed! I mean, just look at the expression on his face! Run, ChefGuy, run! [![](http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp360/sgenetti77/bacon-man.jpg) ](http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/pp360/sgenetti77/bacon-man.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445/25 "2010-06-17T02:02:40Z")
After many, many seconds of meditation and deep thought (ooh, shiny!), I’ve come to the conclusion that the only solution will be to fry up twice as much tomorrow to atone. Don’t try to stop me. I must give this pound of flesh, stripped for action. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445/26 "2010-06-17T02:14:34Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > After many, many seconds of meditation and deep thought (ooh, shiny!), I’ve come to the conclusion that the only solution will be to fry up twice as much tomorrow to atone. Don’t try to stop me. I must give this pound of flesh, stripped for action. For all the hawtness that is bacon, I’ve heretofore been spared any sexual connotations regarding the best of all breakfast foods. Sex is great. Bacon is great. KEEP THEM SEPARATE, ELSE THE GODS WILL BE JEALOUS! Now, carry on… ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445/27 "2010-06-17T09:43:01Z")
You did the right thing. Bacon must be enjoyed and if its flavor has been sullied, then it has not fulfilled its purpose. Just walk away knowing that you’ve learned from this experience. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445/28 "2010-06-17T10:14:07Z")
What is this beer + tomato juice abomination that has been mentioned? Do you drink the tomato juice then chase it with a beer, or vice versa? Surely the two do not inhabit the same glass? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445/29 "2010-06-17T10:26:41Z")
> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#): > > What is this beer + tomato juice abomination that has been mentioned? Do you drink the tomato juice then chase it with a beer, or vice versa? Surely the two do not inhabit the same glass? Oh, but they do. I suspect they were invented so bars with only a beer-and-wine license (no liquor) could have something to serve at Bloody Mary time. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seventh_Deadly_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445/30 "2010-06-17T10:32:32Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > But on bacon, it develops a nasty, bitter flavor. Must be the nitrites or whateve curing substance they use in the bacon… I hesitate to question your hypothesis—you are, after all, Chefguy—but could it be that the fenugreek doesn’t like being soaked in all fat and no water? So all the fat-soluble tastes are overrepresented and the water-soluble ones not at all? I’ve had the same problem with garlic getting all janky when there’s no water in the fat. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445/31 "2010-06-17T13:25:01Z")
Hey, I like Clameto cocktail. Could I sub that for the tomato juice? [Nevermind](http://www.slashfood.com/2008/01/15/new-beer-cocktail-on-the-market/) ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445/32 "2010-06-17T14:13:27Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > But please folks, trying to make bacon itself taste better by messing with the seasoning is just plain hubris. If it didn’t already taste perfect it wouldn’t have been labeled BACON. This is so good it bears repeating. Chefguy - I am sorry for your loss. Simply tragic. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445/33 "2010-06-17T16:24:13Z")
**Chefguy** , as penance, I suggest you cook up a batch of one of my favorite appetizers from Psycho Suzi’s Motor Lounge: bacon-wrapped little smokies with a brown sugar glaze. I suspect the secret ingredient is heroin. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445/34 "2010-06-17T16:50:54Z")
> [@The\_Seventh\_Deadly\_Finn](#): > > I hesitate to question your hypothesis—you are, after all, Chefguy—but could it be that the fenugreek doesn’t like being soaked in all fat and no water? So all the fat-soluble tastes are overrepresented and the water-soluble ones not at all? I’ve had the same problem with garlic getting all janky when there’s no water in the fat. I never let science get in the way of rampant speculation and uninformed opinion. All I know is that I let bacon down for the first time in my life. The pain is nearly unbearable. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445/35 "2010-06-17T19:12:55Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > For all the hawtness that is bacon, I’ve heretofore been spared any sexual connotations regarding the best of all breakfast foods. > > Sex is great. > Bacon is great. > > KEEP THEM SEPARATE, ELSE THE GODS WILL BE JEALOUS! > > Now, carry on… This is not possible. Sex and bacon are teh awesome. [I present.](http://www.baconsaltblog.com/2009/04/our-newest-product.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-threw-away-bacon-today/543445.md?page=1)