When Pigs Fly (Onto My Plate)
Turkey bacon is a crime against bacon.
AMY ALKON, APPLIED BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AUTHOR, SPEAKER, NATIONALLY SYNDICATED COLUMNIST
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A complete waste as well. There's nothing like the original!
sara at August 31, 2013 11:16 AM
Unless you're allergic to pork, like my husband. Then turkey bacon is much better than it's anemic cousin chicken bacon.
Nicky at August 31, 2013 11:21 AM
Hey Nicky, did you know they make duck bacon? It's spendy but a nice treat when you want something tastier than turkey bacon.
http://www.dartagnan.com/Uncured-Smoked-Duck-Bacon/PSMBD002-1,default,pd.html?dwvar_PSMBD002-1_freshFrozenWeight=Fresh%20%2f%208%20oz&cgid=Bacon#start=4
There's beef bacon too, but it's not as amazing as the duck bacon in my opinion.
Elle at August 31, 2013 11:43 AM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/08/when-pigs-fly-o.html#comment-3884611">comment from ElleDuck bacon sounds great. And Dartagnan anything is great. Dartagnan duck fat, for example. A friend who is a pro chef uses it.
The problem with turkey bacon is that it's about removing the fat from bacon. The fat is the point. The problem with cold cuts in stores -- among other things -- is that they have the fat sucked out. They are tasteless and pretty useless as food.
Amy Alkon
at August 31, 2013 12:09 PM
We love beef bacon but I can't find it in TO anywhere. I'll have to try duck bacon though. For fat I fry the turkey bacon in butter because otherwise its just sorta limp and soggy.
Nicky at August 31, 2013 2:29 PM
My sweetie brought some of this abomination home from the grocery store recently, free fortunately. Now being the dutiful ,and understanding, husband that I usually am, I gave it a try. I suggested that ,perhaps, if we cooked it in lard it might, might be palatable, might.
Edward Lunny at August 31, 2013 6:11 PM
In college, I had a roommate who never took out the trash. She also cooked ground turkey all the time because it was "healthier."
Sosij at August 31, 2013 8:01 PM
Turkey bacon's not great Amy, but it could be far, FAR worse. Out there somewhere in the great Southern California wasteland, there's also...
TOFU bacon.
(cue theme from "Psycho" here)
;-)
qdpsteve at August 31, 2013 9:18 PM
I was going to include a google link to images of Tofu Bacon... but the results are waaaay too terrible to contemplate.
((((Shudder.....))))
qdpsteve at August 31, 2013 9:21 PM
"Turkey bacon is a crime against bacon."
I always thought turkey bacon was a crime against cardboard.
Charles at August 31, 2013 9:47 PM
Oh gods, soy bacon. I tried it once. It tasted the way dry dog food smells.
Elle at August 31, 2013 11:48 PM
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