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fabyak wrote:I'll see your http://www.5punk.co.uk/discuss/9153/ and raise you a http://www.5punk.co.uk/discuss/9153/

So close.. SO close.

For me, bacon butties occur when I'm fairly peckish, or if I'm too lazy for a full english. For the latter, thats when extra ingredients such as mushrooms get added. However as a lunchtime sarnie bought in a cafe, I'll get the bacon brie and cranberry sarnie whenever its available, and often ask for it if its not on the menu.

eion wrote:I'm kinda a bacon sandwich purist - any filling other than bacon, and it's no longer a bacon sandwich in my book (although I will sometimes add a layer of thinly-sliced roma tomatoes to a sandwich, but then it's a bacon and tomato sandwich).

Not saying fried eggs, fried mushrooms, et cetera are bad, but they aren't bacon.

I do understand that, I really do. But fried egg goes so well with bacon that it should be a minor criminal offence not to have them together without good reason.
But otherwise why spoil the taste with (bacon, or bacon and egg) with anything extra, and that includes tomato ketchup and brown sauce (unless the sandwich is of low quality, then you have the MacDonalds approach to bacon sarnies)

cheeseandham wrote: But otherwise why spoil the taste with (bacon, or bacon and egg) with anything extra, and that includes tomato ketchup and brown sauce (unless the sandwich is of low quality, then you have the MacDonalds approach to bacon sarnies)

Because ketchup and crispy fried bacon have a uniquely synergistic relationship. Far from spoiling the bacon, the ketchup improves it massively, and the bacon improves the ketchup.

Also, the ketchup helps to lubricate the bread, and frequently provides 100% of my daily fruit intake.

I subscribe to the Roman school of cured pork meats. I prefer lightly toasted white bread and sometimes ketchup, but by no means always. The addition of an egg (presumably over-easy, though that's an Americanism that despite years of Hollywood indoctrination I still fail to understand) is permissable under the right circumstances - usually in the field when getting fresh food inside you as quickly as possible is essential before the next battle run.

I have also been known to eat bacon and cheese baguettes but only in foreign countries.

In pictures. Proper Man's bacons sarnie. Huuaar!


Disable smoke alarm temporarily.


Cheap, thick, heavy white bread. No fancy girly rubbish.


Thick-cut bacons. Note it is mostly pink. Bacon is pink.


High smoke-point oil. Olive oil not recommended.


A large pan can comfortably accommodate 1 metric shitload of bacon.


Slight smoking may occur.

Apportion generously on bread.


Add a small amount of sauce of choice.


Eats me! Under no circumstances cut into triangles.

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Lateralus wrote:Had a BLT from the canteen at lunch yesterday, with loads of cold but crispy streaky bacon. The fatty bits were basically thin pork scratchings, good but oh so unhealthy, but it was salty beyond belief. Slightly ruined it for me.

Bugger. In a moment of pressure from the mardy bint behind the counter I panic-bought another BLT today, which again was salty as a very salty thing. I have since vowed to not repeat this mistake again.

Salty bacon is the curse of Satan. If I want salty bacon I will put salt on myself.

Yes, I know it's part of the curing process but it is still wrong

Wouldn't you put the salt on the bacon?

Lateralus wrote:
Bugger. In a moment of pressure from the mardy bint behind the counter I panic-bought another BLT today, which again was salty as a very salty thing. I have since vowed to not repeat this mistake again.

Father Dougal McGuire wrote: Just like I said last time, it wont happen again

Lateralus wrote:Wouldn't you put the salt on the bacon?

Pffft

Grammar Nazi strikes!

"If I wanted salty bacon, I would salt the bacon myself"

Better?

cupcake

Sheriff Fatman wrote:"If I wanted salty bacon, I would salt the bacon myself"

Oh you would, would you?

Much better. Just because I'm ill, don't think you can get lackadaisical with your language!

For a moment there I was tempted to edit your post to something like this:

Lateralus wrote:i r spazz, duh duh duh!

Hehulk wrote:
Oh you would, would you?

Gah!

I can't win. I either get pulled up for grammar, or innuendo-i-fied

Cheers, I though people were going to skip over that

I rate the finding of innuendo in seemingly innocuous sentences to be a skill worthy of overlooking poor grammar.

Also spoodie - I'm talking a bit like a spazz at the moment due to my constantly running nose. You can tell its real man-'flu as I mention it at every opportunity. I also managed to get someone to try biting his ear whilst clapping his hands and humming the other day - it took him longer than it should have done to realise why we were all pissing ourselves.

Hehulk - you dropped one of these: "t"

Lateralus wrote:Much better. Just because I'm ill, don't think you can get lackadaisical with your language!

What, like using a word with an incorrect meaning because it sounds nice?

Lackadaisical means "languid", "uninterested", or "vapidly sentimental" - it doesn't mean "careless", which is what I assume you meant. I suppose I'll let it slide this once though, given your illness.



Seriously, my pedantry knows no bounds.