My ex liked the 6-7 range while I like the 2-4 range. We were thus incompatible and broke up after the umpteenth time they made it “for me” the exact same way they did for themselves.
That's what happens when you take it out at 8 or 9 when some areas of the meat have not been fully converted to carbon. Around stage 10, this conversion adds some support but then the bacon becomes much more brittle from 14 to 18.
Seriously though, my wife got a vegan BLT at an artisanal brewery, they had tempeh bacon where they make their own. She stopped eating it because she was worried it was real bacon (she's just pro pig). I tried it and although the texture was only 80% it was by far the best vegan product i've ever had.
It depends on the dish. Like Chinese pork belly should melt in your mouth, not break your teeth. But on a bacon egg and cheese sandwich, the bacon needs to bring the texture.
3 is the breakfast buffet pile of hours old leathery bacon all stuck together with lukewarm grease. This is not an acceptable bacon. 2 for sandwiches, 4 or 5 for plain eatin
3 is the breakfast buffet pile of hours old leathery bacon all stuck together with lukewarm grease.
Edit:
I've been vegan for 10 years and I still miss 2-3 style bacon. Vegan bacon does a good job if you like Canadian bacon and/or 4-6 on this chart, but nobody has made fatty vegan bacon that's good around 2-3 cookedness
5 or 6, for sure. If you can't hold it horizontally without it flopping, it's not done enough, and if you can't hold it horizontally without it breaking from its own weight, it's too done.
113 Comments
ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com · 66 pts · 98d
Call me nuts but I like the 4-5.5 range. I'm not a fan of chewy fat...
socsa@piefed.social · 22 pts · 98d
This is the objectively correct answer.
ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 98d
My ex liked the 6-7 range while I like the 2-4 range. We were thus incompatible and broke up after the umpteenth time they made it “for me” the exact same way they did for themselves.
(The last bit is a joke, the first bit isn’t)
Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 98d
If your ex liked 6-7 they were clearly too young anyways.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 98d
💁
whosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 98d
Are you sure they didn't break up with you because they heard you use the word umpteenth?
LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 98d
Hi nuts, I also like them in that range.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 98d
I called ye nuts but they didn't answer...but anyway, same for me, gnawing is never a positive experience.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 2 pts · 96d
I agree. I like a little crunch, and floppy bacon pulls the breakfast roll apart!
rumba@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 96d
high five
Crispy through, no chewy but not carbonized.
Railing5132@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 96d
"I said CARAMELIZED, damnit!"
rumba@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 96d
side question
Have you had candied bacon?
I tried candied and chocolate covered candied, usually cooked to about 6.
I liked it, but after I ate it, I had no desire to have it again. It's the strangest thing.
Railing5132@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 96d
Yeas, and same. :D
zeroConnection@programming.dev · 34 pts · 98d
It seems it self-heals a bit after #9 and reassembles back, so I would like to try that #10
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 98d
That's what happens when you take it out at 8 or 9 when some areas of the meat have not been fully converted to carbon. Around stage 10, this conversion adds some support but then the bacon becomes much more brittle from 14 to 18.
joyjoy@piefed.social · 2 pts · 97d
That's the bottom half of #9.
thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 98d
I only eat swine graced with the god particle
StellarExtract@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 98d
The Higgs Bacon
galacticbackhoe@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 97d
Ahem. Piggs.
hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 97d
0:
Gonzako@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 97d
(:
Karl@literature.cafe · 7 pts · 96d
Are you a vegan or do you eat pigs alive?
hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 96d
Which do you think is worse?
rumba@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 96d
Trichinosis is a bad time.
The other one doesn't eat bacon.
damn that's tough...
Seriously though, my wife got a vegan BLT at an artisanal brewery, they had tempeh bacon where they make their own. She stopped eating it because she was worried it was real bacon (she's just pro pig). I tried it and although the texture was only 80% it was by far the best vegan product i've ever had.
Karl@literature.cafe · 2 pts · 96d
Hard choices
osanna@lemmy.vg · 25 pts · 98d
I like my pigs how I like my sexual partners: Alive and well
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 96d
I like my pigs how I like my bacon. Cut from the back, soaked in brine, rolled in cornmeal, served on a bun. Mmm peameal bacon.
Ghyste@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 98d
4-6, depending on the type of bacon.
eightys3v3n@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 98d
I want it to stand horizontal if I hold the end :p
db2@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 98d
That's what she said
socsa@piefed.social · 6 pts · 98d
It should snap like a potato chip, not a French fry.
Ghyste@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 98d
That's a good way to judge it.
hansolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 98d
This is the way. 6 can make a bad day great.
charokol@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 98d
2-5 are acceptable. Softer bacon is better than crispier bacon and I don’t care who I offend
socsa@piefed.social · 12 pts · 98d
It depends on the dish. Like Chinese pork belly should melt in your mouth, not break your teeth. But on a bacon egg and cheese sandwich, the bacon needs to bring the texture.
dwemthy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 98d
3 is the breakfast buffet pile of hours old leathery bacon all stuck together with lukewarm grease. This is not an acceptable bacon. 2 for sandwiches, 4 or 5 for plain eatin
TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 98d
Edit:
I've been vegan for 10 years and I still miss 2-3 style bacon. Vegan bacon does a good job if you like Canadian bacon and/or 4-6 on this chart, but nobody has made fatty vegan bacon that's good around 2-3 cookedness
rumba@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 96d
local brewery made tempeh bacon that was very, very close to what you're looking for, try smoking some tempeh
source: I'm not a vegan and it was VERY good.
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 96d
"Canadian bacon"? Define that for a Canadian. Because we have back bacon, and peameal bacon in Canada, and streaky.
TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 96d
"Bacon" in the states specifically refers to streaky bacon, while "Canadian bacon" refers to back bacon
thlibos@thelemmy.club · 13 pts · 98d
5 or 6
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 97d
Same. I like it almost burned.
nforminvasion@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 98d
45
I prefer my bacon in a gluon soup form..
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 98d
10 through 18 look like the bristolstool chart
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 97d
Anakin, no!
lauha@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 98d
I usually take a bit from a live pig, so -3
popekingjoe@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 98d
toynbee@piefed.social · 2 pts · 97d
Hey, I saw NerdCubed play this.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 98d
Does the bacon reassemble itself between 9 and 10?
ddplf@szmer.info · 9 pts · 98d
Let's not be ridiculous, anything beyond #12 is unsalvageable! #9 is perfectly optimal though
Karjalan@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 98d
I don't understand how it starts getting better briefly after 9
ddplf@szmer.info · 4 pts · 97d
You know what, yeah, you're right - 10 is objectively super yummy as well!
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 96d
Only went to 9, everything after that is shitpost
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 8 pts · 96d
Not necessarily accurate, but here's my own interpretation:
1. Canada
2/3. Britain
4. USA
5. Ireland
6. Deep South US
7. A college dorm
...
18. Portugal
Gonzako@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 96d
myotheraccount@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 97d
18 looks good, to fire up a barbeque for grilling my veggies
KC_Royalz@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 98d
Is there a 4.5 option? Although 6-7 are the tastiest. I love charred food and burnt pizza
db2@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 98d
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 98d
3-5. Thats the sweet spot.
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 96d
Some places will slap like a 1.4 in a bun and act like their job here is done, and you’re like wha
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 97d
Myself, 3-5.
8 or above is charcoal, not bacon.
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 97d
Yeah 3-5 is best. 2 if it's really good meat with not that much fat
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 97d
Yeah I can see that, proper thick cut.
Typically out of my price range, but yes!
petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 96d
This is literally not true.
13-15 is best. 12 if it's really good meat with not that much fat
Skylordd78@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 96d
I usually go for a 12 but sometimes I'll make an 9
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 97d
19 is too crunchy.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 6 pts · 98d
Please ask the chef to restrict airflow so that I may use my bacon to heat my forge.
tobebannedbygaymods@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 96d
18 , its basically carbon now so its halal
wabafee@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 98d
I like mine fossilized.
spicytuna62@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 97d
For real, my wife is around 2. I like mine about 4 or 5. I want a good crunch, but she likes her bacon flaccid.
She also takes her steak at a medium. I want my steak all but still mooing.
Railing5132@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 96d
I'm sorry, but your wife is just wrong.
I mean - does she enjoy food?
realitista@lemmus.org · 5 pts · 98d
5 is where it's at boys. Max crisp, no burning.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social · 5 pts · 98d
1 should just be a pig.
osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org · 10 pts · 98d
Indexes start at 0
webp@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 98d
I'll have a uuuuuuhhhh #14 with side of ketchup
Gork@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 98d
I can never decide between 15 or 16
defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 98d
1 is literally just raw. I like both crispy bacon and chewier bacon, but only if the fat is completely rendered.
I'd say either 4 or 17 deoending on how much carbon I'm looking for.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 98d
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 98d
There's a huge gap between 5 and 6. That's where I live.
jjlinux@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 96d
5 or 6.
rumba@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 96d
Exactly what I was going to post.
I worked at a fast-food chain years ago and we had to cook bacon in the morning. The rule was to cook it to around #2 and I always cooked it to 6.
Customer: "make sure the bacon's crispy"
Me: "You have the right cook today, I only make it crispy"
Lauchmelder@feddit.org · 3 pts · 98d
activated bacon isn't real, it can't hurt you
lauha@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 98d
Activated bacon can save you from poisoning though
StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 98d
1.5 gang, rise up!
Donkter@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 98d
3 or 5 they're two different moods. 4 is too in the middle for me.
faltryka@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 98d
Depending upon how thick it was I might still eat 7.
db2@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 98d
That's also what she said
anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 98d
SnapdragonBeehive@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 98d
Dave@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 98d
It's bacon. Processed meat is a WHO Group 1 carcinogen, it's "known to cause cancer", I'm not sure how much the charcoal changes things.
It's also considered red meat for the purposes of the Group 2A carcinogens, where red meat "probably" causes cancer.
Not sure what your concern is with charcoal but eating bacon on a regular basis is already living on the edge.
Masamune@piefed.social · 2 pts · 98d
About tree fiddy.
fedikitty@piefed.social · 2 pts · 98d
Between 4 and 5 is actually good.
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 96d
Did they really need to go past 8?
Ledivin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 96d
5 or 6, for sure. If you can't hold it horizontally without it flopping, it's not done enough, and if you can't hold it horizontally without it breaking from its own weight, it's too done.
Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 96d
Caketaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 97d
0, I’d like to eat a living pig.
rumba@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 96d
pig sushi sounds like a bad time.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 98d
I'm a 3.
Mwa@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 97d
-1
Nomorereddit@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 96d
I like my bacon like I like my porn....black and ashy.
Limonene@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 96d
trublu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 96d
4-6 is ideal range.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 97d
Only 1 is proper. Then I can cook it to my liking.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 98d
Charcoal… used to cook more bacon.
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 94d
5 to 6
yilian@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 96d
6 and 7 are good 👍🏼
RevolverSly@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 97d
1
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 97d
Cremated. I would like my bacon cremated.
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 98d
I like 4-5 in cookédness but I like 1 and 3 as cuts best of all.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 98d
twinnie@feddit.uk · 0 pts · 98d
Most countries don’t even call that bacon; that’s streaky bacon. Proper bacon is what Canadians have.
But I’d go for 4.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 98d
fox2263@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 98d
Back bacon I hope.
defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 98d
That's not back bacon, that's your back backin'.
M137@lemmy.today · -6 pts · 98d
None of the above, I'm not brainwashed into thinking eating animals in today's world is acceptable.