Bacon: Chewy or Crunchy?

[drjeff]

If I'm eating the bacon as a side to my eggs/pancakes/waffles/etc, then chewy.

If I'm putting it on a sandwich or such, then crunchy, but not to the point where that glorious pork product has become a carbon stick

Suddenly I'm getting hungry after reading this thread!

 

[4aprice]

Crunchy

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[ctenidae]

Depends on its intended purpose. With pancakes, just crispy enough to soak up some syrup, but pliable enough to mop it around a bit. With egg, just crispy enough on the edges to hold up a chunk of egg white with a dollop of yolk. In a BLT, just brittle enough to crack before it squishes the T, but not so brittle that it cracks and falls out. On chowder, crispy to the point you can break it up in one hand like a fistful of crackers (I find the best for chowder is to dice the bacon, then render low and slow until most of the fat comes out, then crank it up to get the bits good and crispy. Pull the bits for later sprinkling, use some of the grease to make a roux, and the rest to saute the veggies)

No matter what, mmmm, bacon.

 

[Warp Daddy]

What about nitrite-/nitrate-free bacon?

More expensive, but tastes better anyway (and better for you).

GREAT IDEA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! M'mm Bacon damn i NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED some NOOOOOOOOOOOOW

 

[Mildcat]

I wasn't hungry until I read this!

With pancakes, just crispy enough to soak up some syrup,

 

[jrmagic]

Dang I didnt eat breakfast today this thread is making my stomach growl.

I have never met a piece of bacon I didnt like but my I like thick cut best and I prefer crunchy for breakfast or in chowder and chewy for BLTs and burgers.

 

[witch hobble]

Singleton's Market, Proctorsville, VT smokehouse bacon.

+1

Cob-smoked, thick cut. Mmmm.

 

[SKIQUATTRO]

well done and crispy

 

[spring_mountain_high]

right dead smack in the middle, so it's not floppy, but not brittle...got it perfect w pancakes last sunday

 

[Hawkshot99]

I like it to be chewy, with the edges just starting to harden.

 

[BackLoafRiver]

If I'm eating the bacon as a side to my eggs/pancakes/waffles/etc, then chewy.

If I'm putting it on a sandwich or such, then crunchy, but not to the point where that glorious pork product has become a carbon stick

Suddenly I'm getting hungry after reading this thread!

Agreed.

Not to start a whole discussion on style but I love Irish Rashers and how they are prepared. Very thick cut. Yum.

 

[legalskier]

I prefer mine on the crispy side.

Jim Gaffigan prefers it any way he can get it:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/42402/
"You know how good bacon is? To improve other foods, they wrap it in bacon!"


I seem to recall George Carlin once saying that "bacon is worth the cancer."

 

[Paul]

yes

 

[severine]

yes

The only correct answer!!!

(Hey, good to see you!) :beer:

 

[Paul]

The only correct answer!!!

(Hey, good to see you!) :beer:

Bacon always brings me out of hiding.

 

[Chunk]

Nothing beats crunchy streaky bacon!!!

 

[ctenidae]

http://www.whotv.com/videobeta/?watchId=108d0a5f-db27-4a14-baf9-7d929c99c047

 

[wa-loaf]

I'm hungry now.

Joe Busted = great name.

 

[ctenidae]

I'm hungry now.

Joe Busted = great name.

I thought so.

 

[gmcunni]