Bacon: American Treasure or Work of the Devil?

[Mac]

I bought some chunky bacon and potato soup. Can't wait to try it. Yeah yeah, I know it's not the same as grilling the bacon yourself, but it's still bacon

 

[muffler dragon]

Huge component of my weight loss.

 

[holybuckeye33]

I wasn't sure whether to put this here or in the grilling thread...

 

[Pheasant]

I wasn't sure whether to put this here or in the grilling thread...

Red X...yummy.

 

[holybuckeye33]

Red X...yummy.

How about now??

 

[Deety]

How about now??

You're a weird dude, holybuckeye33.

 

[Gatorubet]

I wasn't sure whether to put this here or in the grilling thread...

Cool. I bet Kyle tells his daughter it's what happens when Ninja turtles lose.

 

[holybuckeye33]

You're a weird dude, holybuckeye33.

I'm not disputing that claim, but I can't take credit for these, they were sent to me in an e-mail.

 

[Pheasant]

I wasn't sure whether to put this here or in the grilling thread...

that looks fantastic.

 

[Mac]

What is that in the middle? Beef?

 

[Dryden]

What is that in the middle? Beef?

Beef. 80/20 or 70/30 chuck -- the coarser the better.

 

[Mac]

It looks so tasty. I wanna give that a go

 

[exhawg]

What is that in the middle? Beef?

Turtle bacon hot dog burger? Not to ruin it, but how about thin out the meat in the middle and use a nice big kaiser bun as the shell? Load it up with onions and mustard. Better use some super lean ground beef for something like that and let the bacon fat work it's magic.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Backstage at an event that I attended in Napa Valley last August.

And the 100 year old Foster Bros. carbon steel cleaver that I bought.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

I'm making my own bacon with about 7 pounds of pork belly that I bought.

5 1/2 pounds will get applewood smoked on Saturday when it comes out of the cure.

The other 1 1/2 pound piece will get rolled, tied and hung for pancetta.