# We're eating too much bacon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063 "2014-08-31T19:05:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/21 "2014-09-01T04:28:05Z")
slight hijack since I can’t process what brain fart caused “we’re eating too much bacon” on anything less than a pound a day (per person). now that the kiddos have discovered the wonder of bacon, we go through a lot. Don’t know if this is considered blasphemous, but the Hormel pre cooked bacon is sure convenient. Just nuke with a paper towel for 1-2 minutes, and decent crunchy thin cut bacon is ready. On our recent road trip to socal, I bought a pack of pre cooked bacon that came in 4 microwave bags. Each bag IIRC had 7 small strips of bacon. It poofed up kinda like a microwave popcorn bag. 'Twernt the best bacon in the world, but in Redding CA at 7:00am with 12 hours between us and the mini van pulling up to the house, it hit the spot. [/end hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/22 "2014-09-01T04:34:35Z")
I think the OP must have been hallucinating. I suggest therapy. Can one be _too_ happy? No, just like bacon, having too much of it is a violation of the laws of physics … maybe all the laws of physics. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/23 "2014-09-01T08:46:25Z")
I just posted in the ?_bacon_ thread and think maybe she meant We aren’t cooking bacon in enough different ways. Because you can pan fry it (good, but some of it humps up) or broil it (all good—as long as you watch it each strip cooks pretty uniformally) or bake it at 425 degrees (not so good because it’s not greasy, but okay. I call it diet bacon.) Maybe she meant something like that, huh? Give 'er a chance. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/24 "2014-09-01T08:58:49Z")
Sorry, but I think your relationship is doomed. Divorce/break up with her as soon as possible. That’s the SDMB way. (Then buy bacon.) ---
**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:** [September 1, 2014, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/25 "2014-09-01T09:56:50Z")
Sounds like an enthusiastic statement of intent to me. I think she meant, “We’re [soon going to be] eating too much bacon. [Woo Hoo.] Buy 12 pounds.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/26 "2014-09-01T14:59:06Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > you can pan fry it (good, but some of it humps up) I have a [bacon press](http://smile.amazon.com/Fox-Run-52003-Bacon-Press/dp/B0017T2M1S) that I think I got from my mom, who probably got it from her mom. I never use it for bacon. I usually cook eight to ten rashers at a time, and I think it can probably press three at the most. I use it for making [gravlax](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=529733), and put my little anvil under the handle for extra weight. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/27 "2014-09-01T16:51:32Z")
Are you new to having a SO? When a SO says “We’re eating too much bacon” it means _YOU’RE_ eating too much bacon (by probably not leaving enough bacon for the SO). (Just as “We need to talk” **never** means _YOU_ need to talk, it means _you_ need to listen while **they** talk.) You & your SO are only eating too much bacon if there’s not enough bacon for me to eat too much bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/28 "2014-09-01T17:00:21Z")
In all seriousness, it is possible to eat too much bacon. Man cannot live on bacon alone, and trying would probably result in considerable girth. But that said, it _is_ very tasty, and (as meat goes) relatively cheap, and the health effects aren’t as bad as they’re sometimes made out to be. If you (like most people) get enjoyment out of eating bacon, then eat bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/29 "2014-09-01T17:11:26Z")
> [@dba\_Fred](#): > > Are you new to having a SO? When a SO says “We’re eating too much bacon” it means _YOU’RE_ eating too much bacon (by probably not leaving enough bacon for the SO). In reality, I think she was surprised that we’d gone through most of it since the last time I bought it. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/30 "2014-09-01T17:16:20Z")
Just make sure it’s low-carb bacon. Then you’re good to go. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/31 "2014-09-01T18:37:28Z")
You all scoff, but [this guy](http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/Kevin-Bacon.jpg) ate too much bacon and look what happened to him! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/32 "2014-09-01T18:39:40Z")
You are what you eat. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/33 "2014-09-01T18:42:01Z")
So sorry to hear about your breakup. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/34 "2014-09-01T20:01:53Z")
Anyone else keep their magic cup of bacon grease for cooking? I love bacon grease almost as much as I love the bacon itself! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/35 "2014-09-01T21:22:57Z")
I used to. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/36 "2014-09-01T21:47:26Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > In reality, I think she was surprised that we’d gone through most of it since the last time I bought it. Clearly, she thinks you’re pilfering her share of the bacon. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/37 "2014-09-01T22:03:24Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > slight hijack since I can’t process what brain fart caused “we’re eating too much bacon” on anything less than a pound a day (per person). now that the kiddos have discovered the wonder of bacon, we go through a lot. Don’t know if this is considered blasphemous, but the Hormel pre cooked bacon is sure convenient. Just nuke with a paper towel for 1-2 minutes, and decent crunchy thin cut bacon is ready. > > On our recent road trip to socal, I bought a pack of pre cooked bacon that came in 4 microwave bags. Each bag IIRC had 7 small strips of bacon. It poofed up kinda like a microwave popcorn bag. 'Twernt the best bacon in the world, but in Redding CA at 7:00am with 12 hours between us and the mini van pulling up to the house, it hit the spot. > [/end hijack] I once worked for US Foodservice. You know that paper thin food service bacon that comes precooked? It comes in 25 pound boxes, neatly laid out with wax paper between the layers of 24 slices of bacon. [URL=“[http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/)”] ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/38 "2014-09-02T00:44:32Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Man cannot live on bacon alone, and trying would probably result in considerable girth. If you slip in the bathtub and Caltech calls five minutes later, it’s time to ease up on the bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/39 "2014-09-02T03:56:08Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > In all seriousness, it is possible to eat too much bacon. Man cannot live on bacon alone, and trying would probably result in considerable girth. Your heresy is noted. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063/40 "2014-09-02T03:57:08Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > …it’s time to ease up on the bacon. Yours too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-eating-too-much-bacon/697063.md?page=3)