I think she’s a keeper

  • Shadowedcross
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    421 month ago

    My brain is now forever tainted with the idea that you can, and some people do, boil bacon.

    • Nik282000
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      181 month ago

      If you put a little water in the pan with cold bacon it will steam for a bit and help render out the fat before it then deep-fries in that fat. To much water and you get whatever this is.

      • @[email protected]
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        81 month ago

        Not even. You can totally submerge the bacon in a pan full of water. As you say, the fat renders out and you then fry it in that fat when the water all boils off.

        This is literally just boiling it and taking it out of the water like it’s fucking spaghetti or something.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 month ago

        Fried bacon fat is amazing…

        There is only one true way to cook bacon and it’s in a CI pan and in it’s own grease.

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          1 month ago

          In the oven is superior. You get an even cook and the rendered fat can be saved in the fridge for cooking later without all the charred bits that you get in a cast iron skillet.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 month ago

            Charred bits? The hell, your CI pan shouldn’t have any charred bits in it. I like crispy bacon anyways.

      • Hellfire103
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        1 month ago

        Y’all’ve seriously never tried grilling your bacon in the oven? The fat just melts off and leaves your bacon perfect. If you like it crispy, just leave it in for a bit longer.

        • @[email protected]
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          51 month ago

          Yea, I use my air fryer for everything. Wife wanted bacon so I figured what the hell, put it on bake and it was the best bacon ever and all the fat poured right out crystal clear.

  • Sixty
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    71 month ago

    Besides the look I doubt you can boil bacon to the point of it tasting bad. Now I gotta test that theory.

    • tiredofsametab
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      41 month ago

      Boiled bacon is a thing in Japan. I have to hunt and pay out the ass to find streaky bacon that will crisp up, particularly that is also smoked.

      The boiled one tastes OK in things, but I have zero desire to ever eat it on its own.

  • @[email protected]
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    501 month ago

    I hope you call your girlfriend BB from now on. Not because it is a bastardization of “Baby” but because it is short for boiled bacon.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      251 month ago

      I’m washing the pot now. It was boiled in the same pot water as the eggs. Saves electricity

      • the_weez
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        271 month ago

        I just fry my eggs in the bacon grease, same energy, probably not as healthy but it doesn’t look like a crime scene either.

      • @[email protected]
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        231 month ago

        You’re saving 2c and wasting bacon… If you want to boil everything maybe pick foods that aren’t depressing when boiled.