Here in Bavaria they mostly use belly, too. Back is leaner, I presume?
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I don’t know if I have had belly bacon, unless it’s what we call streaky bacon, which we use mostly to wrap things like turkey, chicken, carrots, apples, onions. Not much what can’t be improved by wrapping it in bacon. Streaky is also the bacon of choice for burgers.
Yes @Butters, streaky bacon is the belly cut. In the US, agricultural regulations make this the default form of bacon. So if a bacon is made from a different cut, then it must be clearly labeled as such instead of simply being labeled as "bacon." Everything has to have rules, rules, rules...
Back bacon is leaner as you surmise, @rhubarbodendron. It is cut from the loin, and has much less splatter when cooking in a pan on the stove top.
I understand a proper English bacon rasher has both the round loin piece as well as a streaky portion on one end. The place I found just does the loin, though. The actual correct way would be considered a non-standard cut here.
Kor
Back bacon is leaner as you surmise, @rhubarbodendron. It is cut from the loin, and has much less splatter when cooking in a pan on the stove top.
I understand a proper English bacon rasher has both the round loin piece as well as a streaky portion on one end. The place I found just does the loin, though. The actual correct way would be considered a non-standard cut here.
Kor
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thanks for the explanations! 
In Bavaria, raw smoked ham is extremely popular and often used as a leaner alternative to bacon. I particularly like it with dates
In Bavaria, raw smoked ham is extremely popular and often used as a leaner alternative to bacon. I particularly like it with dates
Since this is a food thread... I had my first "Impossible Whopper" last night.
Since my traditional Wednesday night meal is a double-whopper with cheese, no tomato, no onions, that is how I special-ordered my IW, the intent being to make the sandwiches as similar as possible in order to adequately gauge the experience.
Verdict: I found the Impossible Whopper to be, for all intents and purposes, identical to the Whopper in size, texture, and juiciness. There was some slight difference in taste, that I could not quite pin down, a tiny smidgen of a spice or tang, but to my tongue, this actually made the meal marginally tastier. I even seemed to feel more full after eating, meaning that next time I may just go with the single patty.
Looks like my Wednesday nights will be vegetarian for the foreseeable future.
Since my traditional Wednesday night meal is a double-whopper with cheese, no tomato, no onions, that is how I special-ordered my IW, the intent being to make the sandwiches as similar as possible in order to adequately gauge the experience.
Verdict: I found the Impossible Whopper to be, for all intents and purposes, identical to the Whopper in size, texture, and juiciness. There was some slight difference in taste, that I could not quite pin down, a tiny smidgen of a spice or tang, but to my tongue, this actually made the meal marginally tastier. I even seemed to feel more full after eating, meaning that next time I may just go with the single patty.
Looks like my Wednesday nights will be vegetarian for the foreseeable future.
The thing I don’t get about vegan burgers is why vegans have a problem with their plants looking like plants. I think they are much more visually appealing in plant form. Burgers are tasty but just plain ugly.
And I’m sure Burger King will find a way to save money by stripping out the vitamins like with all their other food.
And I’m sure Burger King will find a way to save money by stripping out the vitamins like with all their other food.
As an aside, I just read an article about how these aren't suitable for vegans due to mayonnaise, as well as the patties being cooked on the same surfaces as the meat patties.
Kor
I'm no vegan, but I only have a problem with plants tasting like plants. To me, the fact that nothing good for us tastes nearly as good as most of the stuff that is bad for us is simply evidence that the Deity is malicious.
I’ll take pasta with marinara and vegetables over a cardboard, greasy Big Mac any day.
Side note, I just googled the nutrition of the impossible burger. It’s actually super-processed with more saturated fat than a hamburger. So it’s just as unhealthy as a hamburger, you just aren’t killing animals to get them.
It’s basically the hamburger they served at double meat palace in Buffy, only being honest there is no meat.
I suppose “Cardboard” is fairer than “Greasy”.
I know it’s not good food but sometimes it hits the spot. I suspect it’s the nostalgia spot because when I’m not ravenous it seems awful. A homemade burger and fries are always better but not always as practical.
I thought Big Mac *was* one of their classics?I generally try to avoid McDonalds as much as possible... but then that's fairly easy since I don't have a lot in the budget for fast food. Although I was recently in a situation where I was out and it was after midnight, and I needed to eat something, so McDonalds it was because they're the only one still open then. So I tried a Cajun McWrap. It was actually quite tasty! (But I don't know how much of that is because I hadn't eaten anything since lunch!
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Well, it depends on how far back you go. What is now the basic cheap little hamburger on the value menu was once their main feature, at fifteen cents. Or you could get the cheeseburger for four more cents. And that was it for burger choices!
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Kor
Time to get cooking. It's almost dinner time, for me, 5pm. Stuffed Pork Chops tonight.
What time does everyone eat dinner around here?
What time does everyone eat dinner around here?
I usually eat dinner around 8 pm.
I had a quarter pounder the other day. It was the first hamburger I've had at McDonald's for awhile. Cardboard is exactly right. I remember seeing fairly recent commercials about how they've improved (fresher meat?) but the one I had was pretty tasteless. It might have partly been because of the American "cheese". It was like plastic.
Home cooking (when you can) spoils you for fast food.
