# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**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 16, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/21 "2010-06-16T20:59:09Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Can’t your grandchild set you up? He’s more about the slow corruption, rather than the actual smiting. ---
**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, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/22 "2010-06-16T21:13:37Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > He’s more about the slow corruption, rather than the actual smiting. I meant getting you the gig of Emperor. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/23 "2010-06-17T11:54:45Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > 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. That’s me. If they told me up front that it wasn’t getting my arugula, I probably would have ordered something else entirely. But they failed to tell me they were out of one of the key ingredients? It’s like ordering a chili-cheese hot dog only to be served a hot dog drenched in chicken noodle soup. Hey, it’s kinda like chili… but in no way is a substitution! ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/24 "2010-06-17T14:22:35Z")
Mmmmmm, bacon. I like Broadbent’s Nitrite-free bacon, or [this guy’s](http://www.cawcawcreek.com/). ---
**Author:** ![davey77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@davey77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davey77)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/25 "2010-06-17T16:45:43Z")
I once received a Spaghetti Carbonara that did its damndest to ruin bacon. Waitress asked me if wanted more soy sauce?!? Only dish I’ve ever sent back. When I buy bacon, I like to get meat counter Ohio slab bacon, sometimes peppered, weighed and wrapped in paper by a friendly butcher. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/26 "2010-06-18T17:50:59Z")
I actually like Chilis, at least over the other chains (Applebees is the devil), and I have had that sandwich, also without arugula. The bacon was fine every time I ordered it. Maybe they were having an off day. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/27 "2010-06-19T00:11:09Z")
I’m confused. Maple bacon is sweet. By using cloying, are you meaning that it was too sweet? Because the word means too much of a good thing, I at first thought you were saying that it had too much bacon flavor, which is sacrilege. Anyways, I’m curious if you just don’t like (sweet) maple bacon, or if there was something wrong with this batch. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/28 "2010-06-19T10:43:23Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’m confused. Maple bacon is sweet. By using cloying, are you meaning that it was too sweet? Because the word means too much of a good thing, I at first thought you were saying that it had too much bacon flavor, which is sacrilege. > > Anyways, I’m curious if you just don’t like (sweet) maple bacon, or if there was something wrong with this batch. It had to be. I always order a bacon avacado burger and they always taste great. I’m with **tdn**. The only people I’m aware of that can fuck up bacon is McDonald’s. I went in the late afternoon and ordered one of those bacon deluxe burgers. The bacon they used was so over cooked it tasted like it was left over from the morning service and left on the grill for about 12 freaking hours. The real kick in the nuts is they got me twice like this because I figured the first time was just a fluke. ---
**Author:** ![Visual\_Purple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@Visual\_Purple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Visual_Purple)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/29 "2010-06-19T19:12:37Z")
My sweet tooth is limited to actual sweets. I’ve learned to be very cautious about anything that has a description including words like “maple” or “honey.” My experience has been that anything like that is going to be sweet at level to rival a desert. De gustibus and all that, but entrees that are actually syrupy are just strange. They are also a prime example of a way in which extra sugar gets into people’s diets. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/30 "2010-06-21T18:38:16Z")
> [@davey77](#): > > I once received a Spaghetti Carbonara that did its damndest to ruin bacon. Waitress asked me if wanted more soy sauce?!? _Soy sauce??_😕 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357/31 "2010-06-21T19:55:32Z")
> [@Visual\_Purple](#): > > My sweet tooth is limited to actual sweets. I’ve learned to be very cautious about anything that has a description including words like “maple” or “honey.” My experience has been that anything like that is going to be sweet at level to rival a desert. De gustibus and all that, but entrees that are actually syrupy are just strange. They are also a prime example of a way in which extra sugar gets into people’s diets. I agree! keep the raspberries, blueberries, honey, surup and applesauce away from my food. If I want desert, I’ll get back to ya. Don’t pile it onto my entre. Bacon should be cruchy and salty, not sweet. My husband would put jam or surup on his whole breakfast if given the opportunity. I just don’t understand that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chilis-you-ruined-bacon/543357.md?page=1)