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For years we did the bacon in the microwave. Pretty darn good, but now I fry it real slow in the cast iron skillet and it is extra good.  All bacon is not created equal.  Oscar Meyer is a super star when it comes to bacon.  However, I'm partial to apple wood smoked these days.  Really needs to be just right... under cooked is terrible... over cooked is hard on the roof of your mouth, it's like chewing shrapnel.  But just as soon as that fat changes to crispy bacon you have the world's greatest food.  Great sausage might be second best, but just like bacon, there is a big difference from one sausage to the next.

BTW, this is not the first time that a nice topic was destroyed by the mention of food. After all, what would we all choose if we could only have one... Baseball or Food?

Fried venison back strap.....no plate needed....just get it out of the skillet if your hands can handle the heat!!!

RedFishFool posted:

Fried venison back strap.....no plate needed....just get it out of the skillet if your hands can handle the heat!!!

Said like a true East Texan.

Bacon is awesome, had a bacon cheeseburger (home made) aka The Luther Van Dross Burger a few years ago...bacon cheeseburger between 2 Krispy Kreme Glazed donuts. Was down in Columbus GA about a month at the Cannon and had the Elvis burger......wanna guess what was on it?

I'm hopin' it's not blue suede shoes

Peanut butter and fried bananas, man!

PGStaff posted:

For years we did the bacon in the microwave. Pretty darn good, but now I fry it real slow in the cast iron skillet and it is extra good.  All bacon is not created equal.  Oscar Meyer is a super star when it comes to bacon.  However, I'm partial to apple wood smoked these days.  Really needs to be just right... under cooked is terrible... over cooked is hard on the roof of your mouth, it's like chewing shrapnel.  But just as soon as that fat changes to crispy bacon you have the world's greatest food.  Great sausage might be second best, but just like bacon, there is a big difference from one sausage to the next.

BTW, this is not the first time that a nice topic was destroyed by the mention of food. After all, what would we all choose if we could only have one... Baseball or Food?

Food for me. Love great food from fresh ingredients.

Bacon is an all-time great food. It's versatile. You can eat it for breakfast as a side, put it on a salad, add it to sandwiches and burgers, you can include it in sauces and you can wrap stuff in it like scallops, filets, or jalapeños. You can even eat maple bacon on a chocolate donut.

I'll take a package of Wright's Hickory smoked, thick sliced bacon every time but I wouldn't turn down Apple smoked, maple flavored or just good old plain bacon either. 

PGStaff posted:

For years we did the bacon in the microwave. Pretty darn good, but now I fry it real slow in the cast iron skillet and it is extra good.  All bacon is not created equal.  Oscar Meyer is a super star when it comes to bacon.  However, I'm partial to apple wood smoked these days.  Really needs to be just right... under cooked is terrible... over cooked is hard on the roof of your mouth, it's like chewing shrapnel.  But just as soon as that fat changes to crispy bacon you have the world's greatest food.  Great sausage might be second best, but just like bacon, there is a big difference from one sausage to the next.

BTW, this is not the first time that a nice topic was destroyed by the mention of food. After all, what would we all choose if we could only have one... Baseball or Food?

Skillet version is awesome but my wife had perfected cooking it in the convection oven before I went on bacon restriction. 

Speaking of the world's second best food, has anyone tried the Conecuh brand of sausage? Delicious on its own but especially good when wrapped in, you guessed it, bacon!

Aight.  I'm out of this thread. Only so much discussing a cut of pork that I can bear.

PGStaff posted:

For years we did the bacon in the microwave. Pretty darn good, but now I fry it real slow in the cast iron skillet and it is extra good.  All bacon is not created equal.  Oscar Meyer is a super star when it comes to bacon.  However, I'm partial to apple wood smoked these days.  Really needs to be just right... under cooked is terrible... over cooked is hard on the roof of your mouth, it's like chewing shrapnel.  But just as soon as that fat changes to crispy bacon you have the world's greatest food.  Great sausage might be second best, but just like bacon, there is a big difference from one sausage to the next.

BTW, this is not the first time that a nice topic was destroyed by the mention of food. After all, what would we all choose if we could only have one... Baseball or Food?

Or that fine wine... I'm hungry

Best bacon I ever had. When smoking a pork shoulder, take thick sliced bacon. Coat it with your pork rub. Place it on top of the shoulder. Place the shoulder in the smoker, low heat and apple wood. Let it smoke for 4 hours. Bacon will turn black. Remove it from the shoulder. Shoulder goes back in the smoker, Bacon goes on a BLT for lunch.

Root got it, Peanut butter and Bananas on a bacon cheeseburger....it was actually pretty good. 

Can't agree with the crowd about fatty bacon though. I like bacon in all forms. But if it gets too crispy that's when I actually don't like it. And totally agree that sausage varies greatly from one brand to another. Can we throw biscuits and sausage gravy into the conversation?