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xoxoxoBruce · 05-03-2014, 09:06 AM

You're right, Monster, Canadians eat the same bacon we do. That must be because it's superior tasting, as they, like we, have a choice at the store.

monster · 05-03-2014, 09:47 AM

oh and Crispy is the norm for American bacon, whereas -probably because it's more meaty- British "middle" or "back" bacon is served less well done. But they probably changed that since I left too. Wouldn't be surprised to find they moved the country.

Way back when I lived there, I liked back bacon cooked just like dana shows and thought streaky and/or smoked bacon the work of the devil.

Undertoad · 05-03-2014, 10:29 AM

Canadians are mad at Americans for calling a round piece of ham "Canadian" bacon. And also because we tell them they didn't breed behavior out of cats.

DanaC · 05-03-2014, 10:59 AM

These days most eateries grill or griddle their bacon - to make it *cough* healthy - yah. Basically means it comes out looking uncooked with translucent, soft rind. I always ask for mine to be well done. And at home I fry the everloving shit out of it, so the rind is crisp and golden.

infinite monkey · 05-03-2014, 11:05 AM

Helpful Hint (formerly known as Polly's Pointers):

Streaky bacon

cooks up great on some paper towels on a plate in the microwave.

monster · 05-03-2014, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

These days most eateries grill or griddle their bacon - to make it *cough* healthy - yah. Basically means it comes out looking uncooked with translucent, soft rind. I always ask for mine to be well done. And at home I fry the everloving shit out of it, so the rind is crisp and golden.

always done mine under the grill/broiler. you can brown up the fat/rind just fine.... if you want to

Sundae · 05-03-2014, 02:02 PM

Yup, bacon has always been grilled in this house and it's never looked as flabby as some of the sad things I've been offered.

I'm not saying it looks like the American versions of bacon, but I am saying that Mum will not order bacon in or on anything in this country unless she's seen and approved of it on someone else's plate. And I worked with a girl who used to buy a bacon roll, remove the bacon and dissect it, then put it back in the roll again. Which I found funny at the time (I called it her jigsaw breakfast) but she would not eat the undercooked rind and fat.

Sorry, not doing anything to dispel the myth that Brits serve lousy food.
I just hope that the Americans on here are as kind about the British in conversation as I am about them. I'm a one-woman pro-Merkin cheerleader.

footfootfoot · 05-04-2014, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

Streaky bacon I think.

[eta] I currently eat bacon quite often. It's one of those things I go on and off in phases. Always like the taste. Don't much like the texture.

Backpedalling! Throw her into the pond!

monster · 05-04-2014, 07:08 PM

I would do that with a bacon butty too.

05-03-2014, 09:06 AM	#106
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You're right, Monster, Canadians eat the same bacon we do. That must be because it's superior tasting, as they, like we, have a choice at the store. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-03-2014, 09:47 AM	#107
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	oh and Crispy is the norm for American bacon, whereas -probably because it's more meaty- British "middle" or "back" bacon is served less well done. But they probably changed that since I left too. Wouldn't be surprised to find they moved the country. Way back when I lived there, I liked back bacon cooked just like dana shows and thought streaky and/or smoked bacon the work of the devil. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-03-2014, 02:02 PM	#112
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Yup, bacon has always been grilled in this house and it's never looked as flabby as some of the sad things I've been offered. I'm not saying it looks like the American versions of bacon, but I am saying that Mum will not order bacon in or on anything in this country unless she's seen and approved of it on someone else's plate. And I worked with a girl who used to buy a bacon roll, remove the bacon and dissect it, then put it back in the roll again. Which I found funny at the time (I called it her jigsaw breakfast) but she would not eat the undercooked rind and fat. Sorry, not doing anything to dispel the myth that Brits serve lousy food. I just hope that the Americans on here are as kind about the British in conversation as I am about them. I'm a one-woman pro-Merkin cheerleader. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-04-2014, 07:08 PM	#114
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I would do that with a bacon butty too. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-03-2014, 10:29 AM	#108
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Canadians are mad at Americans for calling a round piece of ham "Canadian" bacon. And also because we tell them they didn't breed behavior out of cats.

05-03-2014, 11:05 AM	#110
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Helpful Hint (formerly known as Polly's Pointers): Streaky bacon cooks up great on some paper towels on a plate in the microwave.

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