[AppleJuice:)]

Lots of food is really nice made simply, but does bacon make everything significantly better?

Burger=yes

Macaroni cheese=yes

Any kind of salad=yes

Cornflakes=Nah, maybe not?

Any kind of Pizza=yes

Chilli=yes

Beef stew=yes

What else is made better/worse by adding bacon?

[degsyhufc]

Apart from butties and fryups I now prefer smoked streaky.
Lovely with maple syrup or candied and works on doughnuts and cupcakes.

[AppleJuice:)]

Jeeze, who voted no?

The answer is obviously yes, I expected a 100% yes on the poll!!!

[AppleJuice:)]

Originally Posted by degsyhufc

Apart from butties and fryups I now prefer smoked streaky.
Lovely with maple syrup or candied and works on doughnuts and cupcakes.

Yeah I like all of that too, yum!! Apart from candied or doughnuts or cupcakes with bacon on, I'm not into that.

[Granny Weatherwax]

I love bacon, but no, I do not think it goes with everything. I certainly don't think it would go with beef stew.

[AppleJuice:)]

Originally Posted by Granny Weatherwax

I love bacon, but no, I do not think it goes with everything. I certainly don't think it would go with beef stew.

I think it would! I've never made it before but I think that beef and red wine stew would be really nice with bits of crispy bacon in it. I'm gonna do it soon.

[degsyhufc]

Originally Posted by Granny Weatherwax

I love bacon, but no, I do not think it goes with everything. I certainly don't think it would go with beef stew.

You may be thinking of a beef stew with rashers of bacon on the top.

You can use lardons of smoked bacon or pancetta and fry it off with the onions, carrots & celery.
A very nice base for a bolognaise/ragu which isn't too dissimilar to a stew.

[AppleJuice:)]

Originally Posted by degsyhufc

You may be thinking of a beef stew with rashers of bacon on the top.

You can use lardons of smoked bacon or pancetta and fry it off with the onions, carrots & celery.
A very nice base for a bolognaise/ragu which isn't too dissimilar to a stew.

Yeah, this!!

Makes a wikedly tasty sauce!!

[AppleJuice:)]

Cauliflower cheese is also made better by adding crispy bacon. Mmmmmmm, bacon makes everything better!!!!

[andersonsonson]

I would like to eat bacon because its delicious but don't eat it because of the amount of chemicals added to it e.g. sodium nitrate.

So I voted No.

[AppleJuice:)]

Originally Posted by andersonsonson

I would like to eat bacon because its delicious but don't eat it because of the amount of chemicals added to it e.g. sodium nitrate.

So I voted No.

Yeah but you're takin in loads of chemicals just by walkin along the street and bacon tastes nice!!!

Life's too short!!

[surfie]

Originally Posted by AppleJuice:)

Lots of food is really nice made simply, but does bacon make everything significantly better?

Burger=yes

Macaroni cheese=yes

Any kind of salad=yes

Cornflakes=Nah, maybe not?

Any kind of Pizza=yes

Chilli=yes

Beef stew=yes

What else is made better/worse by adding bacon?

Covering a Chicken with Bacon when roasting, then using any Chicken left over to make a Chicken, Bacon and Stuffing sandwich.

[AppleJuice:)]

Originally Posted by surfie

Covering a Chicken with Bacon when roasting, then using any Chicken left over to make a Chicken, Bacon and Stuffing sandwich.

OMG, that is immense!!!

With really nice fresh bread!!

[AppleJuice:)]

Just thought of a new one, Steak with bacon and mushrooms and rosemary. And loads of ground black pepper of course.

With mash sweet or new potatoes. Or maybe both.

[googleking]

only if it is crispy

[AppleJuice:)]

Originally Posted by googleking

only if it is crispy

Of course, goes without saying dude!!

[Pumping Iron]

Yes!!!!

[Welsh-lad]

Yes emphatically!!

I had cauliflower cheese as we ate out today..... and it was topped with crispy bits of bacon.
It improved it tenfold!

[MICH78]

I love bacon, but i'm a purist, i just want a bacon sandwich with ketchup and no other interference! I don't even like adding an egg to my bacon sandwich.

[grassmarket]

Originally Posted by Granny Weatherwax

I love bacon, but no, I do not think it goes with everything. I certainly don't think it would go with beef stew.

Never had boeuf bourgignon?

However, don't think it would go well with chocolate.

[molliepops]

As a veggie my first thought is to back out of the thread and go and eat a carrot but my husband is a meat eater and he agrees bacon does make many things nicer lol

[PhoenixRises]

Originally Posted by grassmarket

Never had boeuf bourgignon?

However, don't think it would go well with chocolate.

Article from 4 years ago, some people disagree

I like bacon, but sometimes people do it all wrong. When it is on a pizza and it is a lump of fat - it makes me feel ill. And a friend made me a bacon butty and the fat was so chewy and stretchy. I didn't eat another bacon butty in years.

Originally Posted by degsyhufc

Apart from butties and fryups I now prefer smoked streaky.
Lovely with maple syrup or candied and works on doughnuts and cupcakes.

I would definitely like to try it what I call the American way, with syrup and pancakes - but I am sure they must do something different to the bacon

[degsyhufc]

Originally Posted by PhoenixRises

Article from 4 years ago, some people disagree

I like bacon, but sometimes people do it all wrong. When it is on a pizza and it is a lump of fat - it makes me feel ill. And a friend made me a bacon butty and the fat was so chewy and stretchy. I didn't eat another bacon butty in years.



I would definitely like to try it what I call the American way, with syrup and pancakes - but I am sure they must do something different to the bacon

They don't really have back bacon.
They have the eye of the back/loin which they call Canadian bacon.

From what i've seen on tv shows if they have unsmoked they call it pancetta.

The rest is smoked streaky. Over here we may have general smoked, oak smoked, applewood smoked etc, but they have many more options including hickory smoked and maple smoked etc.

It's easy to cook crispy.
Take a tray and line with greaseproof.
Lay out the rashers.
Cover with another layer of greaseproof and add a another tray on top.
Put into a preheated oven for 10/15 minutes.

If you want you can cover with maple syrup or sugar to make candied bacon.

[Uncle Quentin]

I add chopped crispy bacon to cheesy pasta, lovely!!

(P.S. I voted 'yes')

[Ginger Nut]

mmmmmmmm, bacon