Bacon.

I wrapped the top of my turducken with bacon this weekend to prevent the breasts from drying out during the last 2 hours of cooking. The bacon came out perfect, too. Yumm...

I take a subversive joy in frying up a pan of bacon every saturday morning before the eyes of my 4 Jewish roommates, two of whom keep kosher.

The prohibition on bacon alone would be enough to drive me to worship at the altar of Baal...

I was hungry last night, and I knew just the remedy: a sub.

I ordered chicken salad, cheddar, lettuce, tomato, oil....and EXTRA bacon. It was like biting into a little slice of heaven.

Last night: bacon, onion, avacado omelete with sour dough toast.

Tonight: crumble left over bacon into Stove Top stuffing, mix with blue cheese. Take huge portabella mushrooms coated in olive oil, BBQ the "gills" side, flip and stuff with the above mixture and grill another 10 minutes.

Originally Posted by Piobaire

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Last night: bacon, onion, avacado omelete with sour dough toast.

Tonight: crumble left over bacon into Stove Top stuffing, mix with blue cheese. Take huge portabella mushrooms coated in olive oil, BBQ the "gills" side, flip and stuff with the above mixture and grill another 10 minutes.

What is "left over bacon"???

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

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What is "left over bacon"???

LOL...I had the same thought.

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

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What is "left over bacon"???

Point taken.

In my defense though, I had eaten so much bacon while I was cooking, I was so stuffed, one more bite and I would have hurled.

Originally Posted by Augusto86

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I take a subversive joy in frying up a pan of bacon every saturday morning before the eyes of my 4 Jewish roommates, two of whom keep kosher.

The prohibition on bacon alone would be enough to drive me to worship at the altar of Baal...

That reminds me of being a student at Hebrew University in Jerusalem in the early 1980's. I lived in the dorms. About 2/3 of the floor was Jewish (foreign, like me and Israeli) and 1/3 was Arab (2 Muslim, 2 Christian and 2 Druze). One of the Druze guys was a friend of mine. He had never tasted Bacon (forbidden for them too) and wanted me to cook some in our kitchen on the 5th floor. I thought about it, but then decided that someone on that floor might kill me if they figured out what it was.

Originally Posted by Augusto86

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I take a subversive joy in frying up a pan of bacon every saturday morning before the eyes of my 4 Jewish roommates, two of whom keep kosher.

It must be a ***** keeping kosher around you. They must have their own dairy and meat cupboards and separate prep areas and cooking surfaces? Not to mention two complete sets of dishes and flatware (one meat, one dairy). I mean, there's much more to kosher than just not eating pork. I'd think they'd need their own fridge too as pork is the ultimate trafe.

Someone posted a recipe for cooking bacon in the oven. I can't find it, but tell me if this is right:

Put bacon on a wire rack, with a baking sheet underneath. Heat up the oven with the bacon in there to about 350. Cook to desired crispiness.

Originally Posted by Connemara

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Someone posted a recipe for cooking bacon in the oven. I can't find it, but tell me if this is right:

Put bacon on a wire rack, with a baking sheet underneath. Heat up the oven with the bacon in there to about 350. Cook to desired crispiness.

I line a baking sheet with non-stick foil and put the bacon on that. 350 should a fine temp.

Originally Posted by Augusto86

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I take a subversive joy in frying up a pan of bacon every saturday morning before the eyes of my 4 Jewish roommates, two of whom keep kosher.

The prohibition on bacon alone would be enough to drive me to worship at the altar of Baal...

A Priest and a Rabbi are riding in a plane. After a while, the Priest turns to the Rabbi and asks, "Is it still a requirement of your faith that you not eat pork?"

The Rabbi responds, "Yes, that is still one of our beliefs."

The Priest then asks, "Have you ever eaten pork?"

To which the Rabbi replies, "Yes, on one occasion I did succumb to temptation and tasted pork."

The Priest nodded in understanding and went on with his reading. A while later, the Rabbi spoke up and asked the Priest, "Father, is it still a requirement of your church that you remain celibate?"

The Priest replied, "Yes, that is still very much a part of our faith."

The Rabbi then asked him, "Father, have you ever fallen to the temptations of the flesh?"

The Priest replied, "Yes Rabbi, on one occasion I was weak and broke with my faith."

The Rabbi nodded understandingly for a moment and then said, "A lot better than pork isn't it?"

Originally Posted by EL72

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A Priest and a Rabbi are riding in a plane. After a while, the Priest turns to the Rabbi and asks, "Is it still a requirement of your faith that you not eat pork?" The Rabbi responds, "Yes, that is still one of our beliefs." The Priest then asks, "Have you ever eaten pork?" To which the Rabbi replies, "Yes, on one occasion I did succumb to temptation and tasted pork." The Priest nodded in understanding and went on with his reading. A while later, the Rabbi spoke up and asked the Priest, "Father, is it still a requirement of your church that you remain celibate?" The Priest replied, "Yes, that is still very much a part of our faith." The Rabbi then asked him, "Father, have you ever fallen to the temptations of the flesh?" The Priest replied, "Yes Rabbi, on one occasion I was weak and broke with my faith." The Rabbi nodded understandingly for a moment and then said, "A lot better than pork isn't it?"
The joke would be better if it ended with "Was the sausage better, Father?"

Originally Posted by Piobaire

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I line a baking sheet with non-stick foil and put the bacon on that. 350 should a fine temp.

I have better success putting it under the broiler. If you keep an eye on it, you can hit that balance between crispy and chewy.

Bacon is the reason I stopped being a vegetarian. Poor vegetarianism never stood a chance. I'm convinced that bacon really isn't meat at all - it's achieved some plane of existence beyond meat.

To extend your taste bulbs beyond bacon I recommend Schweinebauche a charming dish from a relative portion of the sow.