# Tell me what you think when you look at this picture of bacon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2016, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595 "2016-06-17T10:35:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/21 "2016-06-17T14:35:02Z")
Looks perfectly fine to me. I don’t need it to be burnt, but it’s good that way, and I’d rather have it a little over cooked than undercooked. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/22 "2016-06-17T14:35:19Z")
A bit overdone but not a problem. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/23 "2016-06-17T14:42:01Z")
I’m no great bacon fan, but then I’m also no burned food fan. In my general experience with food, which is quite inadequate by most people’s standards, I prefer soft and underdone to crispy and overdone. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/24 "2016-06-17T14:44:14Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] Perfect [/QUOTE] > [@minlokwat](#): > > That’s how I’d describe it. Threeved. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/25 "2016-06-17T14:50:40Z")
It’s “breakfast buffet” bacon. Overdone, but still edible, and, most likely, quite tasty! ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/26 "2016-06-17T14:55:47Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > That picture tells me the bacon was cooked at too high of a temperature. I like all kinds of bacon from soft and rubbery, to crisp and crunchy, but it should never be black. Crispness is the result of cooking it longer, not hotter. Yep. Someone was too excited to wait and burnt the bacon trying to cook it faster. Shame. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/27 "2016-06-17T15:08:38Z")
I wouldn’t kick it out of [del]bed[/del] plate, but it’s badly cooked. Burnt in places and not evenly cooked overall. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/28 "2016-06-17T15:10:20Z")
Burnt, but certainly edible, and quite enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/29 "2016-06-17T15:11:12Z")
Overcooked but probably still good. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/30 "2016-06-17T15:12:53Z")
I would give that bacon to my girlfriend. That’s the way (uh huh, uh huh) she likes it. Me, I like my bacon the way I like my women: soft and rubbery. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/31 "2016-06-17T15:53:32Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Me, I like my bacon the way I like my women: soft and rubbery. **[Voice of William Riker]:** Lieutenant, that is very \*sexist \*thing to say! :dubious: But I go with the majority. Maybe a bit too dark (for my personal taste), but still good to eat! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/32 "2016-06-17T16:05:28Z")
Mostly well done, but definitely a little burnt around the edges, so not perfect. I’d eat it about as eagerly as I’d eat less well cooked, chewy bacon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/33 "2016-06-17T16:10:26Z")
Burnt but edible. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/34 "2016-06-17T16:27:06Z")
That’s why I like my bacon cooked in the microwave. No little bubbles of non-crispy fat. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/35 "2016-06-17T17:00:21Z")
I like it slightly blackened. Sometimes. I like it slightly underdone (whitish fat, pink meat, a little chewiness) sometimes. I don’t have any real problem with the depicted bacon, as a side or a finger food. I’d like it a little more tender for other recipes, such as fried rice or a sandwich ingredient. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/36 "2016-06-17T17:04:28Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I would certainly eat it and find it delicious, but it is somewhat burnt. Another vote for this. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/37 "2016-06-17T17:10:35Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Another vote for this. And another one. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/38 "2016-06-17T17:23:52Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Burnt but edible. Burnt but bacon. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/39 "2016-06-17T17:26:03Z")
Like most others, I would eat it - and enjoy it well enough - but it is definitely overcooked. I answered burnt in the poll, because that’s the closest choice ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595/40 "2016-06-17T17:26:51Z")
Very slightly overdone. Good enough for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595.md?page=3)