Your favourite bacon!

Mikeey · 21 Jul 2019 at 22:20

Smoked medallions.

d_brennen · 21 Jul 2019 at 22:26

Unsmoked streaky, grilled til nearly crunchy. In a sandwich of fresh bloomer, real butter and a dab of ketchup. Is 22:30 late to make a bacon sandwich?

Craig1981 · 21 Jul 2019 at 22:43

d_brennen said:
Is 22:30 late to make a bacon sandwich?

Absolutely not.

rebel rebel · 21 Jul 2019 at 22:46

I'm not really allowed bacon anymore as it has too much potassium and sodium in it.

robfosters · 21 Jul 2019 at 22:57

rebel rebel said:
I'm not really allowed bacon anymore as it has too much potassium and sodium in it.

Why are you not allowed much of it?

rebel rebel · 21 Jul 2019 at 23:31

robfosters said:
Why are you not allowed much of it?

Because of dialysis there are so many diet restrictions. Sodium makes the body hold water, and there's limits to how much the machine can take out, and also how the body reacts to having water taken out. Last week I left on Friday at 90.5kg and arrived back on Monday at 94kg. And my body only let's them take out around 3.2litres. So I have to be careful.

100g of bacon has 565mg of potassium and 1717mg of sodium. That's a lot!

robfosters · 21 Jul 2019 at 23:39

rebel rebel said:
Because of dialysis there are so many diet restrictions. Sodium makes the body hold water, and there's limits to how much the machine can take out, and also how the body reacts to having water taken out. Last week I left on Friday at 90.5kg and arrived back on Monday at 94kg. And my body only let's them take out around 3.2litres. So I have to be careful.

100g of bacon has 565mg of potassium and 1717mg of sodium. That's a lot!

Oh yeah sorry, I forgot about your kidney problems. I have to watch my sodium too. Heart failure and water retention doesn’t really mix.

rebel rebel · 21 Jul 2019 at 23:44

robfosters said:
Oh yeah sorry, I forgot about your kidney problems. I have to watch my sodium too. Heart failure and water retention doesn’t really mix.

That's ok. Yeah sodium is a big problem be careful!

I saw mcdonalds have a new bacon roll.. I'll probably never be able to have one of them. There's lots of things I can no longer eat, I haven't had coca-cola or chocolate since last year.

robfosters · 21 Jul 2019 at 23:46

rebel rebel said:
That's ok. Yeah sodium is a big problem be careful!

I saw mcdonalds have a new bacon roll.. I'll probably never be able to have one of them. There's lots of things I can no longer eat, I haven't had coca-cola or chocolate since last year.

Surely it’s all about moderation. I notice that if I have too much salt over a few days, my ankles swell at night. But then, if I lay off it for a few days, they go back to normal.

Would a solitary bacon roll really cause you that many problems?

Flibster · 22 Jul 2019 at 00:02

I'd love to say home made smoked streaky...

But, nearest... Nearest bacon is my favourite bacon.

rebel rebel · 22 Jul 2019 at 00:03

robfosters said:
Surely it’s all about moderation. I notice that if I have too much salt over a few days, my ankles swell at night. But then, if I lay off it for a few days, they go back to normal.

Would a solitary bacon roll really cause you that many problems?

If everything has been going well and I've been eating the perfect diet, then yes one bacon sandwich maybe ok. For instance I saw the Dr on the day before my birthday and he said I had been doing so well I could have a can of coke and a bar of chocolate the next day. Unfortunately the next day they blew the vein in my arm 3 times, trying to connect me and I had to miss a day of treatment so that went out of the window.

The other thing to think about is that the transplant surgeons see all the info, so if they see i'm not taking the diet restrictions seriously that might influence their decision when a kidney becomes available. Some patients smoke weed, and this must get back to the surgeons as we are constantly monitored.

rebel rebel · 22 Jul 2019 at 00:31

Just looked it up, a McDonalds bacon roll with ketchup has 2.3g of salt. Dialysis limit for people with chronic kidney failure is 1.5g a day.

FTM · 22 Jul 2019 at 12:09

smoked and streaky for me...that rind and fat has to be golden and crunchy

Nitefly · 22 Jul 2019 at 12:57

FTM said:
smoked and streaky for me...that rind and fat has to be golden and crunchy

+1

DrToffnar · 22 Jul 2019 at 13:59

Streaky all the way for me! You can keep your fancy English back bacon.

PlacidCasual · 22 Jul 2019 at 14:25

Butcher in Ross on Wye sells lovely dry cured middle bacon. So thick lovely rind and fat on it. takes a long cook to get the rind crispy but the bacon is thick enough it doesn't burn. So bad for you but sooo good.

Rids · 22 Jul 2019 at 17:07

Craig1981 said:
Smoked. Fat trimmed off and cooked till nice and crispy.

You sir are a man of class and refined taste.

Mobius 1 · 22 Jul 2019 at 17:34

Smoked medallions on a toasted breakfast muffin. With butter and HP sauce.

HazardO · 22 Jul 2019 at 17:51

Slight preference for streaky over back, and prefer smoked. What's important is that it's properly cooked. I want crispy bacon with rendered fat not steamed salty pork with a gelatinous rind.

Bubo · 22 Jul 2019 at 18:33

Streaky cooks absolutely perfectly in an air fryer, whole pack at a time just thrown in. Bacon sarnies have never been easier.