Important matters concerning the existence of Humanity - BACON

[THParent]

Many, many years ago, I had a friend who worked at a Burger King. After he closed up for the night, he would let my friends and I come in and eat for free. I remember getting a tray with the paper placemat on it, filled with french fries. That was pretty great, but my favorite thing was the left-over bacon. He would make me a BLT (no beef patty, just bacon) on a Whopper bun, with whatever bacon was left over. It was usually about a half-pound of bacon. Best Whopper I ever had.

 

[Devil Doc]

One of my brother's business ventures was a fast food restaurant. It was the Big Chief in Glencoe, Alabama. It's a famous place in an A frame building with great burgers and whatnots. Anyway, when we would go visit when the kids were young, we'd go hang out eat and drink milk shakes. My mom would occasionally make a guest appearance to cook and she would bring bacon and surprise the customers with a little extra stuff. Her "special sauce" for chicken fingers was ketchup and mayonnaise mixed just right. Customers raved over this condiment and asked if they could buy some to take home.

 

[USMCGrunt]

I love bacon as much as the next guy but I am afraid this thread is being hijacked by members of the Food Network.

This Forum is focused on the military and those interested in the military. As such, I thought I would share how a Marine cooks his bacon:



As LtCol Jessup so aptly put it:

“Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns...You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall -- you need me on that wall.”

 

[Heatherg21]

Trying to capitalize on time with DS before he launches into the next adventure (senior in HS, I am going through kleenex already), he was wanting to make chocolate chip cookies and so we did. Is it wrong that while we were making the dough I was eyeballing the crumbled bacon I had prepped for loaded baked potatoes and considered throwing it in to the chocolate chip cookie dough?????

 

[THParent]

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I like how that lubricates the outside of the barrel and suppressor. You have a wonderful snack, with less corrosion.
Oh my, there's a video!

I am genuflecting, @USMCGrunt !

 

[Capt MJ]

Trying to capitalize on time with DS before he launches into the next adventure (senior in HS, I am going through kleenex already), he was wanting to make chocolate chip cookies and so we did. Is it wrong that while we were making the dough I was eyeballing the crumbled bacon I had prepped for loaded baked potatoes and considered throwing it in to the chocolate chip cookie dough?????

Completely normal for Stage IV baconitis.

 

[Capt MJ]

I know I have mentioned DH’s Christmas stocking is a food theme each year - mustards, hot sauces, jams, etc. This year, **light bulb**, bacon.

Just scored two items, always enjoy shopping for him when it’s not socks:

 

[THParent]

I used my grill press this morning.

 

[MidCakePa]

“Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns...You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall -- you need me on that wall.”

And do you know what LTC Jessup ate while manning that wall? Bacon!!!

(Jessup was a failed officer, of course, and is spending the rest of his life in the brig for conspiracy to commit murder. Does anyone know if he was USNA?)

 

[StPaulDad]

A man doesn't get much bacon in the brig. Just sayin' make good choices, people.

 

[Chockstock]

Not sure if its fake news...but looks like plants have feelings too! Bacon - 1, Vegeterians - 0.

Plants 'Scream' in the Face of Stress

A new study suggests that plants that are stressed by drought or physical damage may emit ultrasonic squeals.

www.livescience.com

"Plants 'Scream' in the Face of Stress"

"A new study suggests that plants that are stressed by drought or physical damage may emit ultrasonic squeals."

"In times of intense stress, people sometimes let out their angst with a squeal ⁠— and a new study suggests that plants might do the same.

Unlike human screams, however, plant sounds are too high-frequency for us to hear them, according to the research, which was posted Dec. 2 on the bioRxiv database. But when researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel placed microphones near stressed tomato and tobacco plants, the instruments picked up the crops' ultrasonic squeals from about 4 inches (10 centimeters) away. The noises fell within a range of 20 to 100 kilohertz, a volume that could feasibly "be detected by some organisms from up to several meters away," the authors noted. (The paper has not been peer reviewed yet.)"

 

[justdoit19]

Not sure if its fake news...but looks like plants have feelings too! Bacon - 1, Vegeterians - 0.

Plants 'Scream' in the Face of Stress

A new study suggests that plants that are stressed by drought or physical damage may emit ultrasonic squeals.

www.livescience.com

"Plants 'Scream' in the Face of Stress"

"A new study suggests that plants that are stressed by drought or physical damage may emit ultrasonic squeals."

"In times of intense stress, people sometimes let out their angst with a squeal ⁠— and a new study suggests that plants might do the same.

Unlike human screams, however, plant sounds are too high-frequency for us to hear them, according to the research, which was posted Dec. 2 on the bioRxiv database. But when researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel placed microphones near stressed tomato and tobacco plants, the instruments picked up the crops' ultrasonic squeals from about 4 inches (10 centimeters) away. The noises fell within a range of 20 to 100 kilohertz, a volume that could feasibly "be detected by some organisms from up to several meters away," the authors noted. (The paper has not been peer reviewed yet.)"

I thought you were linking us to a vegan-bacon. Plant based bacon. Shout out to McD’s and BK’ current plant based burgers. Btw, I. Just. Can’t.

 

[Capt MJ]

If I talked to my plants about bacon, read them some posts from this thread, would that shut them up?

 

[kinnem]

If I talked to my plants about bacon, read them some posts from this thread, would that shut them up?

It probably depends on if the bacon related recipes you might read contain food from plants as well.

 

[Capt MJ]

It probably depends on if the bacon related recipes you might read contain food from plants as well.

Oh dear. I need to be more sensitive to that.

 

[AROTC-dad]

If I talked to my plants about bacon, read them some posts from this thread, would that shut them up?

 

[Capt MJ]

This thread is refreshingly nuts.

 

[Heatherg21]

@Capt MJ just read your post regarding pork roast with lime and copious amounts of garlic. Made me want the recipe! Any recipe from an abuela would be a good one, for sure. (think this is ok on this thread since a pork roast comes from the same lovely pig that bacon does!)

 

[THParent]

This thread is refreshingly nuts.

If you run - I'm so fast - I'll cashew.

 

[MidCakePa]

Plants are known as the “snowflakes” of the natural world. Confronting them with any talk of bacon will surely raise cries for a safe space. Some will simply wilt! Proceed with extreme caution.