# WTF Chili's - you ruined bacon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 15, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357 "2010-06-15T22:21:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/1 "2010-06-15T22:21:12Z")
I’m out of town this week for work, and the coworkers decided on Chili’s for lunch. Not my first choice, in fact I’d never go to Chili’s at all if it was my choice, but I resign myself to having a so-so lunch. Decided the best thing to get was the smoked turkey sandwich with maple bacon, arugula, and tomatoes. Sandwich is nothing special as expected, with the unannounced substitution of chopped iceberg lettuce for the arugula (Note to Chili’s, it’s not even close). So I take a bite and it has this sweet, cloying, and godawful flavor. It’s the bacon. It’s not pit worthy, but damn - Chili’s fucked up bacon, the perfect food. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/2 "2010-06-15T22:26:28Z")
This does not surprise me from Chili’s, the destroyer of foods. And they charge you for every little thing, like condiments. When I am made emperor of the universe, I shall smite them. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/3 "2010-06-15T23:20:49Z")
Bacon cannot be “ruined”. It might suffer a setback or two. I used to eat at Chili’s for lunch because there was a really hot hostess seating people. That is my fondest memory of eating there. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/4 "2010-06-16T00:30:15Z")
Vegetarian here… please note, it is not possible to ruin bacon. Bacon is food from Og. I don’t care if it’s meat, it is divine and can not be sullied. Quite simply: you are wrong. There was nothing wrong with the bacon. It’s surrounding envelope was faulty. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/5 "2010-06-16T00:45:28Z")
It could have been worse. It could have been \ Applebee’s. I bought some bacon a couple of months ago because it was really, really cheap. It was totally flavorless. Like, completely. And had an unhealthy-looking rubbery appearance. All bacon is not created equal, no sir. ---
**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, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/6 "2010-06-16T01:44:05Z")
You also have to believe that there is nothing resembling “maple” in or on the bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/7 "2010-06-16T02:11:51Z")
Sorry, but bacon can be ruined. The bacon on the Carnival Triumph breakfast buffet was consistently rubbery and lacking in taste. ---
**Author:** ![SevenOfTeemingMillions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@SevenOfTeemingMillions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SevenOfTeemingMillions)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/8 "2010-06-16T05:32:20Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > Bacon is food from Og. I don’t care if it’s meat, it is divine and can not be sullied. … There was nothing wrong with the bacon. It’s surrounding envelope was faulty. My favorite post in this thread. Not because the post defends bacon. It’s my favorite because of the awesome way bacon was defended. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/9 "2010-06-16T14:33:57Z")
Slight digression… What are your fav brands of bacon (indeed the perfect food)? I like Wright’s. ---
**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, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/10 "2010-06-16T15:08:42Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Slight digression… > > What are your fav brands of bacon (indeed the perfect food)? > > I like Wright’s. We use either Farmland or Oscar Meyer. $7.00 bacon is just not something I’m willing to be invested in. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/11 "2010-06-16T15:39:09Z")
Bacon can absolutely be ruined. And it’s a crime against God when it happens. Many years ago I ordered the Arch Deluxe at McDonald’s. With bacon. I don’t know what they put on there, but it wasn’t bacon. Maybe technically it was, but it was certainly not what I thought it was going to be. It was a semi-opaqued slice of a greasy, rubber-like substance, with lot’s of dots of what I can only hope was pepper. It didn’t taste like bacon. It tasted like the colon of a diseased rat. And not a _good_ colon of a diseased rat, like you’d find at your finer restaurants. After two bites I threw it out. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/12 "2010-06-16T16:01:57Z")
This must be a regional variation thing–I go to Chilis occsaionally and the maple bacon is absolutely superlative–slightly sticky with syrup, crispy-chewy like thick bacon should be, etc. ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/13 "2010-06-16T16:14:33Z")
You should try eating at an Airport Chili’s. That’s a meal I wish I could un-remember. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/14 "2010-06-16T16:21:57Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Slight digression… > > What are your fav brands of bacon (indeed the perfect food)? > > I like Wright’s. I don’t understand the question. There is only one brand of [bacon](https://bentonshams.com/order/index.php).\* It’s what we eat in these parts. Everything else is…well, Chili’s I guess. \*Warning - This stuff will make your kitchen smell like bacon for days. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/15 "2010-06-16T16:32:09Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > unannounced substitution of chopped iceberg lettuce for the arugula (Note to Chili’s, it’s not even close). Fuck the bacon, I would have sent the sandwich back as unacceptable. You cannot serve smoked turkey sandwich with maple bacon, arugula, and tomatoes without arugula. Unannounced yet. ---
**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, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/16 "2010-06-16T18:00:18Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Bacon can absolutely be ruined. And it’s a crime against God when it happens. See my new thread in CS, where I admit to committing said crime against said deity. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/17 "2010-06-16T20:03:38Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > It tasted like the colon of a diseased rat. And not a _good_ colon of a diseased rat, like you’d find at your finer restaurants. Never had rat colon. Is it anything like greasy, grimey gopher guts? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/18 "2010-06-16T20:16:22Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > When I am made emperor of the universe, I shall smite them. Can’t your grandchild set you up? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/19 "2010-06-16T20:27:30Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > Never had rat colon. Is it anything like greasy, grimey gopher guts? Less gamey. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/20 "2010-06-16T20:50:43Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > It could have been worse. It could have been \ Applebee’s. Normally I would agree with you. But in the same town where the miracle of the ruined bacon (or would that be anti-miracle?) took place, there was yet another miracle: a pretty damn good steak at the Applebee’s. I’ll probably lose all credibility here, with ruined bacon at one place and good food at Applebee’s, but it’s true I tell you. If I listen close enough, I’m sure to here Twilight Zone music in the background. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357.md?page=2)