OT bacon in US

Terry Richards wrote:
"The Reids" wrote in message
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In Firenze we ordered bacon for breakfast and it turned up so
overcooked it almost shattered. There was a danger of other
diners being injured by "schegge"! At the time we assumed the
chef was insane or on holiday but two people have suggested
americans like it like that and that they thought we were
americans.
Florence is after all a place you do get a lot of Americans.
Urban myth?

Not at all. Bacon is generally served ultra-crispy in the US. If you
look at the raw bacon sold in the supermarket, it is extremely fatty
and cooking the heck out of it is a good way to get rid of some of
the excess.

Discussing pro's and con's with an American coworker (who had visited
England), I mentioned bacon as one of the great con's only to
discover that he felt the same about UK-style bacon. He considered it
"too meaty"!

OTOH, my English mother (who was quite conservative in her food
tastes) quite came to enjoy US-style bacon when she came to visit me
and started cooking it that way at home.

Personally, I'll eat it either way

T.

UK, sold as "Back Bacon" should IMO be lightly cooked - just enough to
lightly brown the fat.
UK , sold as "Streaky Bacon" However should be cooked to a crisp.

Jan

Dave Smith wrote:
nitram wrote:


Personally I love bacon when it's like this. All too often it's
under cooked. Crispy bacon is so hard to find.

but are you two American? Perhaps crispy bacon fans are hiding
all over?

I love crispy bacon too.

Hold on a sec... what bacon are we talking about. When North
Americans say bacon they are usually thinking of what I believe is
called streaky bacon in the UK ?. Crispy is the way to go with
that stuff. In many other places bacon is much leaner, and cooking
it "crispy" is a whole other matter.

You beat me to it !! As I've replied further down....

UK, sold as "Back Bacon" should IMO be lightly cooked - just enough to
lightly brown the fat.
UK , sold as "Streaky Bacon" However should be cooked to a crisp.

Jan

Dave Smith wrote:
nitram wrote:


Personally I love bacon when it's like this. All too often it's
under cooked. Crispy bacon is so hard to find.

but are you two American? Perhaps crispy bacon fans are hiding
all over?

I love crispy bacon too.

Hold on a sec... what bacon are we talking about. When North
Americans say bacon they are usually thinking of what I believe is
called streaky bacon in the UK ?. Crispy is the way to go with
that stuff. In many other places bacon is much leaner, and cooking
it "crispy" is a whole other matter.

You beat me to it !! As I've replied further down....

UK, sold as "Back Bacon" should IMO be lightly cooked - just enough to
lightly brown the fat.
UK , sold as "Streaky Bacon" However should be cooked to a crisp.

Jan

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:05:30 -0400, Dave Smith
wrote:


Doug McDonald wrote:

The stuff in the McDonald's "Egg McMuffin"
is very very bottom of the line Canadian Bacon. Or at least that's
what it is supposed to be.

Bottom of the line back bacon is the perfect accompaniment for bottom of the
line English muffins and processed eggs.

I've always been impressed by how observant the denizens of r.t.e are; now I get
to compliment you all (except, possibly Runge and a few others) on your elevated
diplomatic skills ;-)


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On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:05:30 -0400, Dave Smith
wrote:


Doug McDonald wrote:

The stuff in the McDonald's "Egg McMuffin"
is very very bottom of the line Canadian Bacon. Or at least that's
what it is supposed to be.

Bottom of the line back bacon is the perfect accompaniment for bottom of the
line English muffins and processed eggs.

I've always been impressed by how observant the denizens of r.t.e are; now I get
to compliment you all (except, possibly Runge and a few others) on your elevated
diplomatic skills ;-)


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The Reids wrote:
Florence is after all a place you do get a lot of Americans.
Urban myth?

You know, I've never ordered bacon in Italy, not even once. Is it
native to Italian cusine?

Donald Newcomb
DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (do) net

Although I've never seen it served with eggs for breakfast, Italian pancetta
seems very similar to bacon to me.

GG

wrote:

Florence is after all a place you do get a lot of Americans.
Urban myth?

You know, I've never ordered bacon in Italy, not even once. Is it
native to Italian cusine?

It used in cooking, but not a self-standing dish, let alone at breakfast
time.

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wrote:

Florence is after all a place you do get a lot of Americans.
Urban myth?

You know, I've never ordered bacon in Italy, not even once. Is it
native to Italian cusine?

It used in cooking, but not a self-standing dish, let alone at breakfast
time.

--
Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy e-mail:
Home page: http://www.angelfire.com/ar/archivarius
(musicologia pratica)

Nan je cherche des posts intéressants qui parlent de VOYAGES et pas de bacon
ou de problèmes internes aux US
tant pis je retourne au thorntree

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On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:29:05 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, "Runge"

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... Ok continuez votre bazar mais c'est emmerdant de séparer les posts on
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... et donc intéressants de tout ce blabla qui semble tant te passionner
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Nan je cherche des posts intéressants qui parlent de VOYAGES et pas de bacon
ou de problèmes internes aux US
tant pis je retourne au thorntree

"Magda" a écrit dans le message de news:
...
On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:29:05 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, "Runge"

arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... Ok continuez votre bazar mais c'est emmerdant de séparer les posts on
topic
... et donc intéressants de tout ce blabla qui semble tant te passionner
... Je vais vous parler de la situation au Togo septentrional, ce sera
tout
... autant d'actualité

Tu veux en plus qu'on t'apprenne à utiliser le killfile ?