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A side of unsliced bacon is a "flitch" or "slab bacon", while an individual slice of bacon is a "rasher" (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom) or simply a "slice" or "strip" (North America). Slices of bacon are also known as "collops". Traditionally, the skin is left on the cut and is known as "bacon rind".
It is often used for roast game birds, and is a traditional method of preparing beef filet mignon, which is wrapped in strips of bacon before cooking. The bacon itself may afterwards be discarded or served to eat, like cracklings. It may also be cut into lardons. One teaspoon (4 g or 0.14 oz) of bacon grease has 38 calories (40 kJ/g). [52]
The following is a list of bacon dishes. The word bacon is derived from the Old French word bacon, and cognate with the Old High German bacho, meaning "buttock", "ham", or "side of bacon". [1] Bacon is made from the sides, belly, or back of the pig and contains varying amounts of fat depending on the cut. [2]
During a session at the Food & Wine Class in Charleston, we tasted four types of Benton’s bacon: applewood smoked, cherrywood smoked, hickory smoked, and unsmoked pepper.
A bacon and egg sandwich, consisting of sliced back bacon and a fried egg on white bread, garnished with salt and black pepper Numerous studies have showed a connection between processed meats and an increased risk of serious health conditions such as type 2 diabetes , various cancers , and cardiovascular disease .
ShutterstockBacon is a standard, if welcome, side to any breakfast or brunch, but lately, it's taken on a new role as a starring, stand-alone appetizer for any meal or time of day.These dishes are ...
Coddle (sometimes Dublin coddle; Irish: cadal) [1] is an Irish dish which is often made to use up leftovers. It most commonly consists of layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and rashers (thinly sliced, somewhat-fatty back bacon) with chunky potatoes, sliced onion, salt, pepper, and herbs.
Back bacon is derived from the same cut used for pork chops. [1] It is the most common cut of bacon used in British and Irish cuisine, where both smoked and unsmoked varieties of bacon are found. [2] In the United States, this is called Canadian bacon and goes in such recipes as Eggs benedict; in the U.K. and Canada it is called back bacon.