Your favourite bacon!

[taB]

Ayrshire Roll.

 

[James82]

Grilled Gammon so the fat is nice and crispy.

Back Bacon as long as it doesn't go that horrible orange colour in the frying pan.

 

[Participant]

Smoked, thick cut from butcher, both back and streaky fried in salted butter in fresh white bread from bakery.

Dijon mustard is my guilty pleasure in a bacon sambo.

 

[Wizzfizz]

Have to agree thick cut from a local butcher if possible. None of this wafer thin rubbish from the super markets

 

[Fluke?]

Streaky with the fat nice and crispy. Smokiness unimportant.
Stayed at a friends the other week after a night on the pop and he told me about bacon and eggs he was making for us in the morning. So happy right then.
Such a disappointment when I discovered he was serving those horrible healthy bacon things with ZERO fat.
Threw the plate across the room in disgust... After I had eaten the horrible bacon and (admittedly decent) scrambled eggs.

 

[silverblack]

Have to agree thick cut from a local butcher if possible. None of this wafer thin rubbish from the super markets

I try and get as thin as possible almost like pancetta so it crisps up better.

 

[Participant]

I try and get as thin as possible almost like pancetta so it crisps up better.

Is there a correlation between thinness and ultimate degree of crispiness, or just rate at which that crispiness is obtained?

I can crisp up thick streaky really well, just cook slower and in butter, or grill.

 

[silverblack]

Is there a correlation between thinness and ultimate degree of crispiness, or just rate at which that crispiness is obtained?

I can crisp up thick streaky really well, just cook slower and in butter, or grill.

Never liked thick bacon too chewy for my liking.

 

[Drumroll]

Smoked. Streaky For crispy or medallions if just cooked. And yes, for bacon sandwich, butter and equal layer/rate of bacon to bread.