how should I cook my bacon? (updated: baked)

[nageov3t]

so, I'm making a bacon-wrapped meatloaf for dinner tonight... I'll inevitably have about half a pound of left-over bacon to cook.

any suggestions on how? ordinarily I'd just throw it in a cast iron pan on the stove, but I spent like an hour scrubbing my stove yesterday, I'd hate to mess it up with bacon fat tonight.

what's my better option, oven or microwave?

update:

20 minutes in the oven @ 350 on a foil-lined baking sheet made them perfectly crispy with no mess, after which they got crumbled up and put into my meatloaf mix.

 

[Numenorean]

Cast iron pan.

 

[nageov3t]

Cast iron pan.

:hmm:

 

[Rockinacoustic]

Cast iron in oven?

 

[Anubis]

batter it and deep fry it

edit: you have to put a skewer through it or itll curl up

 

[Leros]

Baking sheet lined with foil in the broiler.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Baking sheet lined with foil in the broiler.

I like a baking sheet lined with foil in a normal 350* oven. It comes out great and doesn't make a mess. Cooking it on the stovetop is more trouble than it's worth.

 

[CZroe]

Because all men love bacon, real men eat bacon raw and love the salmonella and squirts it gives them too.

 

[WelshBloke]

so, I'm making a bacon-wrapped meatloaf for dinner tonight... I'll inevitably have about half a pound of left-over bacon to cook.

any suggestions on how? ordinarily I'd just throw it in a cast iron pan on the stove, but I spent like an hour scrubbing my stove yesterday, I'd hate to mess it up with bacon fat tonight.

what's my better option, oven or microwave?

NOT MICROWAVE!


Ohhh, I've never posted all in caps before. I feel strangely aroused.

 

[KeithP]

Take your best guess on how much leftover bacon there will be, pre-cook it, cut it into bits, place in meatloaf.

-KeithP

 

[sonambulo]

Of your two options? I'd say oven.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Because all men love bacon, real men eat bacon raw and love the salmonella and squirts it gives them too.

Real men understand that bacon gets even tastier when cooked.

 

[Bignate603]

Make candied bacon.

 

[davmat787]

Cook it in the oven, once you start cooking bacon in the oven, you won't go back. It is easier and less messy. 400 degrees for 20 minutes or so.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

The real question is if the 1/2 pound of bacon will be alternator sized... cooking bulk quantities requires serious planning.

 

[Imp]

Don't. Just throw it out, mucho bad for you man.

 

[JimW1949]

We usually get Canadian Bacon, which is pretty much like ham. Regular bacon isn't real good for you so I try to stay away from it, although once in awhile I like a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich on whole wheat bread.

 

[nageov3t]

Don't. Just throw it out, mucho bad for you man.

80 calories/5 grams of protein? it's not that bad.

I don't have sodium issues.

 

[FallenHero]

Don't. Just throw it out, mucho bad for you man.

Motion for ban

 

[ElFenix]

if you want no mess just bake it in the oven with the meatloaf.

 

[Soccerman06]

Regular bacon isn't real good for you

You dont say?

 

[tcsenter]

Because all men love bacon, real men eat bacon raw and love the salmonella and squirts it gives them too.

Trichinosis

 

[JimW1949]

You don't say?

According to what I have read, bacon is good, and bad, for you. The part of bacon that isn't good for you is the fat, and the salt isn't real good for you either. The lean part of bacon actually has some health benefits for you. So bacon isn't all bad, but it isn't all good either. There are good and bad things and the bad sort of outweighs the good. Still, eaten in moderate amounts it should be OK.

Over the years bacon has been associated with obesity, clogged arteries, etc. Today, studies have shown that bacon actually has health benefits, but even so, too much animal fat and too much salt are not good things for you to ingest. A little bacon is OK, but since bacon tends to be high in both fat and salt, it is best not to eat too much of it.

Some brands of bacon may have less fat and less salt than others, so maybe if you shop around and try to find leaner and less salty bacon it would be better for you.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Bacon is made of 100% pure, unrefined WIN.

FTFY

 

[slayer202]

Cook it in the oven, once you start cooking bacon in the oven, you won't go back. It is easier and less messy. 400 degrees for 20 minutes or so.

this, but put the bacon in the cold oven, not preheated