Bon appetit? .... yum! What's on your menu?

[Ghoti Ichthus]

My wife is taking our 9 year old GD to a local minor league baseball game tonight, so Im open for suggestions for what I should make or buy for dinner?

It's probably too late, but if you haven't eaten yet:

If you have some frozen leftovers, like maybe some roast beef and gravy, and mashed potatoes, you could heat that up and make a nice salad or peas to go with.

If no leftovers in the freezer, maybe a nice organic chef's salad with BACON as the meat
Organic herbs, organic red wine vinegar, and organic olive oil to dress it.

Either way, a dish of ice cream for dessert (or maybe just eat the whole carton and not have to wash the dish).

 

[Tall Timbers]

Thin sliced bacon is not in my vocabulary. Fat, thick, juicy only, but not too often.

Normally I'd say the same, but the skinny stuff was the only stuff that was discounted... kudos on your peference for thick sliced bacon. you are both a gentleman and a scholar, at least when it comes to bacon.

 

[Praying]

Tonight, I made chicken fajitas with all the trimmings, with homemade tortillas, and homemade cherry cobbler for dessert.

 

[Praying]

We are going to have bacon and eggs for supper.

I love having breakfast for dinner!

 

[Praying]

That sounds like a great meal. Dont wory about under eating carbs, I will eat enough for both of us….

 

[lightofmylife]

Eye of the round roast cooked with potatoes, and fried green beans.

 

[Armor of Light]

It's interesting that a 12 oz package of thin sliced bacon only produced 8 slices of bacon to use on the burgers... Is that consistent with your experiences with a similar size package of thin sliced bacon?

I usually buy the 12 oz package of thick cut bacon and think there are 9-10 slices, will be opening a pack later today as we need some for baked beans, will try and remember the count and post on it.

 

[Armor of Light]

Charcoal grilled chicken drumsticks, baked beans with LOTS of chopped BACON, and bread and butter.

 

[Tall Timbers]

I usually buy the 12 oz package of thick cut bacon and think there are 9-10 slices, will be opening a pack later today as we need some for baked beans, will try and remember the count and post on it.

I favor the 24 or 48 oz thick slice packages but pretty much only buy what's been discounted because it's approaching its sell by date. If my frozen stock of bacon is getting low I'll buy almost any bacon that's deep discounted.

 

[Armor of Light]

I favor the 24 or 48 oz thick slice packages but pretty much only buy what's been discounted because it's approaching its sell by date. If my frozen stock of bacon is getting low I'll buy almost any bacon that's deep discounted.

You have more mouths to feed so those bigger packages are beneficial, just me and wife and the 12 oz thick cut is perfect, enough for the baked beans with enough left over for burgers during the week, or bacon & eggs, cooked bacon lasts quite a while. And the thick cut is about the only 12 oz I can find at a good price, all the rest of the thick cut or thin cut is 1 pound or more and out of our budget, so we try to keep 5-6 packs in the freezer.

 

[Andy C]

My 9 yeard old GD cooked 2 eggs over easy without breaking either yoke!

I had a toasted and buttered bagel, cashews, almonds, banana, dozen ritz crackers.

 

[Armor of Light]

My 9 yeard old GD cooked 2 eggs over easy without breaking either yoke!

I had a toasted and buttered bagel, cashews, almonds, banana, dozen ritz crackers.

That's pretty good skill for a 9 yr. old, I still break a yoke now and then, usually when the shell is real tough and one handing them.

 

[Andy C]

Normally I'd say the same, but the skinny stuff was the only stuff that was discounted... kudos on your peference for thick sliced bacon. you are both a gentleman and a scholar, at least when it comes to bacon.

Scholarme…..?

I cant stand thin bacon, it must be fat and thick. I still have several packages in my freezer from my favorite bacon dealer, long time connection, helps me when Im jonesing, brother in law.

 

[Tall Timbers]

I cant stand thin bacon, it must be fat and thick.

I like just about any bacon, though I have my preferences. If it's real bacon, I love it.

 

[Armor of Light]

I cant stand thin bacon

I like just about any bacon

So how do you guys like it cooked, done but soft, crispy, crunchy.? Today I need some for baked beans so it will be done but soft, then I chop it up and into the beans, to me it seems to have better flavor than crispy or crunchy.

 

[Andy C]

So how do you guys like it cooked, done but soft, crispy, crunchy.? Today I need some for baked beans so it will be done but soft, then I chop it up and into the beans, to me it seems to have better flavor than crispy or crunchy.

I like it just done enough and still soft, and my wife likes hers well done and crunchy. I rarely east just bacon by itself, and enjoy it best on a bagel sandwich with a fried egg, or dipped in maple syrup when eating pancakes. I never eat pancakes or French toast without bacon.

 

[Baby Yoda]

Thin sliced bacon is not in my vocabulary. Fat, thick, juicy only, but not too often.

I buy the precooked bacon for easy meals while I'm working. Not as good as home-cooked, but ready-to-eat hot or cold, and easy to heat up big stacks of it. I do stacks, not slices.

 

[Baby Yoda]

Tonight will be Shrimp cakes and strawberries.

 

[Tall Timbers]

So how do you guys like it cooked, done but soft, crispy, crunchy.? Today I need some for baked beans so it will be done but soft, then I chop it up and into the beans, to me it seems to have better flavor than crispy or crunchy.

I like it best just done, not crisp. If I'm going to add it to something like baked beans or some other thing, I'll cook it more as it softens after being added. As to the mystery upstream as to why I only had 8 slices of bacon after cooking up a 12 oz package of thin sliced bacon... that's how many slices were left after the cook ate his share.

I've noticed that the level of heat at which you cook the bacon can change the quality of the final product. If I'm cooking 3 pounds for example. The later batches go into a pan with a lot of hot bacon fat in it, and if the heat is set too low the bacon doesn't taste as good for some reason or other...

 

[Armor of Light]

I only had 8 slices of bacon after cooking up a 12 oz package of thin sliced bacon

Today my 12 oz pack of thick sliced bacon had 8 thick slices and 1 thin slice