Coincidentially I just tried turkey bacon for the very first time this am.

It's not bad...I like pork bacon better though.

MrsMdiver said:

missfee said:

What's Sizzlean?

According to the annoying advert from the long ago, it calls it a tasty breakfast strip.

Whatever that is. I was young and my mom would buy it instead of real bacon.

I do not want to know what it was made out of.

"Breakfast strip" cannot possibly mean anything good.

Genesia said:

MrsMdiver said:

According to the annoying advert from the long ago, it calls it a tasty breakfast strip.

Whatever that is. I was young and my mom would buy it instead of real bacon.

I do not want to know what it was made out of.

"Breakfast strip" cannot possibly mean anything good.

Yeah, "Beggin Strips" kinda jump to mind....

Nothinbutjoy said:

Genesia said:

"Breakfast strip" cannot possibly mean anything good.

Yeah, "Beggin Strips" kinda jump to mind....

The doggy treats?

Genesia said:

MrsMdiver said:

According to the annoying advert from the long ago, it calls it a tasty breakfast strip.

Whatever that is. I was young and my mom would buy it instead of real bacon.

I do not want to know what it was made out of.

"Breakfast strip" cannot possibly mean anything good.

I guess that is why they stopped selling it. When you are young, you will eat most anything.

I used to eat scrapple even.

Now I read the ingredients first.

missfee said:

Poiple said:

Now if turkey bacon was meant to be, why do they make this?

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Are you for real?

Don't knock it until you try it. I make my own chocolate bacon bars as snacks at parties, etc. It's that great salty/sweet mix; the same way when you eat a chocolate covered salty peanut, or pretzel. It's SO farkin' good!

ernestsewell said:

missfee said:

Are you for real?

Don't knock it until you try it. I make my own chocolate bacon bars as snacks at parties, etc. It's that great salty/sweet mix; the same way when you eat a chocolate covered salty peanut, or pretzel. It's SO farkin' good!

Ok.... give it up.... what do you use for the chocolate? Almond bark?

Nothinbutjoy said:

Genesia said:

"Breakfast strip" cannot possibly mean anything good.

Yeah, "Beggin Strips" kinda jump to mind....

"I'd open the bag, but I don't have thumbs!"

ernestsewell said:

missfee said:

Are you for real?

Don't knock it until you try it. I make my own chocolate bacon bars as snacks at parties, etc. It's that great salty/sweet mix; the same way when you eat a chocolate covered salty peanut, or pretzel. It's SO farkin' good!

Okay fine....I'll find it and try it and see what I think. I'll orgnote you with the results.

tinaz said:

ernestsewell said:

Don't knock it until you try it. I make my own chocolate bacon bars as snacks at parties, etc. It's that great salty/sweet mix; the same way when you eat a chocolate covered salty peanut, or pretzel. It's SO farkin' good!

Ok.... give it up.... what do you use for the chocolate? Almond bark?

I buy chocolate bars in the baking section of the store. Usually one semi-sweet, and one bittersweet (or one bitter, one regular milk chocolate). Melt it down in a double boiler.

Before that, I roast about 6 pieces of meaty bacon on a rack in the oven, so the grease drops off and the flavor intensifies. When it's done, I chop the bacon into small, almost minced, but not quite, pieces. About the size of bacon bits. Stir in the bacon with the melted chocolate, then pour chocolate into your mold, and let it set. (Remember, never put chocolate in the fridge; it's gross.) Once it's totally cooled, cut it into "mini" bars, and enjoy.

You can also add about 1/2 tsp Cheyenne pepper in your chocolate/bacon mixture. Pepper adds a great enhancement to chocolate. It's not over powering, but there is a back flavor that will knock your socks off.

Maybe I should put bacon bark in my peanut butter ice cream - instead of bacon brittle. Peanut butter...chocolate...bacon...

:gagging:

Genesia said:

Maybe I should put bacon bark in my peanut butter ice cream - instead of bacon brittle. Peanut butter...chocolate...bacon...

Actually try this:

Make your burger meat as normal (using a good 80/20 mix). Grilling is best.

Make your bacon to put on it. Couple of meaty strips. (Try to stay away from the pepper bacon.)

Get some organic non-Jiffy style peanut butter (smooth, although you could do crunchy if really desired). Put a wad of it on your hot burger, and put the bacon on top of it, and enjoy. That great natural nutty flavor works great against the salty bacon, and the savory burger. Stuff like Jiffy or whatever will taste pretty bad. Spend the extra couple $$ and get the organic, or natural, kind of stuff.

I do want to make peanut bacon brittle as well.

ernestsewell said:

Genesia said:

Maybe I should put bacon bark in my peanut butter ice cream - instead of bacon brittle. Peanut butter...chocolate...bacon...

Actually try this:

Make your burger meat as normal (using a good 80/20 mix). Grilling is best.

Make your bacon to put on it. Couple of meaty strips. (Try to stay away from the pepper bacon.)

Get some organic non-Jiffy style peanut butter (smooth, although you could do crunchy if really desired). Put a wad of it on your hot burger, and put the bacon on top of it, and enjoy. That great natural nutty flavor works great against the salty bacon, and the savory burger. Stuff like Jiffy or whatever will taste pretty bad. Spend the extra couple $$ and get the organic, or natural, kind of stuff.

I do want to make peanut bacon brittle as well.

Peanut butter on a burger...?

Genesia said:

Turkey bacon isn't bacon. Neither is that soy crap.

Exactly. I hate turkey pretending to be anything other than turkey.

I had a vegetarian boss who was fond of saying, "Bacon is the only vegetarian meat."

ernestsewell said:

tinaz said:

Ok.... give it up.... what do you use for the chocolate? Almond bark?

I buy chocolate bars in the baking section of the store. Usually one semi-sweet, and one bittersweet (or one bitter, one regular milk chocolate). Melt it down in a double boiler.

Before that, I roast about 6 pieces of meaty bacon on a rack in the oven, so the grease drops off and the flavor intensifies. When it's done, I chop the bacon into small, almost minced, but not quite, pieces. About the size of bacon bits. Stir in the bacon with the melted chocolate, then pour chocolate into your mold, and let it set. (Remember, never put chocolate in the fridge; it's gross.) Once it's totally cooled, cut it into "mini" bars, and enjoy.

You can also add about 1/2 tsp Cheyenne pepper in your chocolate/bacon mixture. Pepper adds a great enhancement to chocolate. It's not over powering, but there is a back flavor that will knock your socks off.

Thank you! i am going to try this! I wonder if bits of pretzel would be good in it....

Genesia said:

ernestsewell said:

Actually try this:

Make your burger meat as normal (using a good 80/20 mix). Grilling is best.

Make your bacon to put on it. Couple of meaty strips. (Try to stay away from the pepper bacon.)

Get some organic non-Jiffy style peanut butter (smooth, although you could do crunchy if really desired). Put a wad of it on your hot burger, and put the bacon on top of it, and enjoy. That great natural nutty flavor works great against the salty bacon, and the savory burger. Stuff like Jiffy or whatever will taste pretty bad. Spend the extra couple $$ and get the organic, or natural, kind of stuff.

I do want to make peanut bacon brittle as well.

Peanut butter on a burger...?

I saw that on a food show! But they put a HUGE dollop of mayo on it as well

I prefer the pig but since I've decided I like to live long enough to retire I go for the bird bacon.

I haven't had pork bacon in about 15 years... and I still love the smell of it cooking.

Turkey bacon is meh, but it does its job sometimes.

Jenny-O should be arrested for what she does to turkey products!

apostrophe edit

[Edited 6/14/10 14:25pm]

I enjoy turkey bacon!!

tinaz said:

Thank you! i am going to try this! I wonder if bits of pretzel would be good in it....

I think it might go soggy before it totally cooled, considering you have to crunch them up.

missfee said:

Nothinbutjoy said:

Yeah, "Beggin Strips" kinda jump to mind....

The doggy treats?

yep

weused2luvhim said:

I prefer the pig but since I've decided I like to live long enough to retire I go for the bird bacon.

Oprah had a nutritionist on her show who said that turkey bacon isn't necessarily healthier because it's high in sodium.

I still eat it, tho.

If bacon didn't kill my ass, and make me fat as fuck, i'd probably eat it all day long. When i read about the sandwiches Elvis used to make towards the end, couple of packs of bacon, jar or two of peanut butter in a hollowed out loaf, well i'll be having that in heaven. Elvis just couldn't fucking wait.

^^

That is one EVIL looking pig!

I had a weird "Amityville Horror" moment!

I prefer pork bacon and the only vegetarian bacon I want is either greens or string beans seasoned with bacon grease.

tinaz said:

I must confess

I too go oink oink for the sweet greasy hardly any meat stuff.

turkey bacon tastes nasty.