# Why does bacon taste like bacon?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 6, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bacon-taste-like-bacon/476022 "2008-12-06T18:28:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bacon-taste-like-bacon/476022/21 "2008-12-07T12:53:23Z")

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Similarly, the flavour of whisky is almost entirely dictated by how it’s matured - brewing and distilling has very little to do with it except for smoking (if any). Cite: tour of my local whisky distillery. 🙂

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**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:** [December 7, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bacon-taste-like-bacon/476022/22 "2008-12-07T16:54:43Z")

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i would love to find beef bacon again, i found a package in a grocery once, but i cant remember which one=(

and i am having trouble eating pork products=( and i really really miss bacon=(

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**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bacon-taste-like-bacon/476022/23 "2008-12-07T20:13:28Z")

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I’d like to know how many different animals can be made into bacon. Turkey bacon doesn’t count because it is just reconstituted turkey, and not really the the meat as it is cut from the animal. Beef bacon sounds interesting.

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**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:** [December 7, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bacon-taste-like-bacon/476022/24 "2008-12-07T20:40:10Z")

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> [@GaryM](#):
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> Were you Irish, would you not be bothered by something called Turkey Guinness?

Perhaps, but that’s a brand name. In that situation, I’d probably be bothered by _another stout_ trying to call itself Guinness

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**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bacon-taste-like-bacon/476022/25 "2008-12-08T00:00:02Z")

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> [@WarmNPrickly](#):
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> I’d like to know how many different animals can be made into bacon. Turkey bacon doesn’t count because it is just reconstituted turkey, and not really the the meat as it is cut from the animal. Beef bacon sounds interesting.

FWIW, according to the [United States Department of Agriculture](http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Help/glossary-B/index.asp), at least, it’s only bacon if it was sawed off a pig.

That being said, there should be less ire felt toward turkey bacon and more expressed toward pre-cooked microwaveable bacon.

BACON IS ALREADY MICROWAVEABLE!:smack:

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**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-bacon-taste-like-bacon/476022/26 "2008-12-08T23:30:08Z")

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I just bought some bacon salt. Gonna try it in my vegetarian red beans & rice. 🙂

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