The elusive holy bacon grail

amazingemmet

Bethren,
Being a stranger to these parts I thought I might share on of my latest discoveries in the realms of fitness (yes fitness). Gentlemen I present the bacon weave

[img]http://fp_images.s3.amazonaws.com/bacon-and-cheese-roll.jpg[/img]

minidazzler

Brother's, I don't wanna freak ye out. But I have a strange stirring, In my pants!!!!

Steve

400°??? It would incinerate!
Bless those Americans, they don't even put meat in their bacon!

It does look tasty though, nom nom nom.

(If anyone wants to try it, try 200°C..)

humbert

Does look good. I'd say it's fahrenheit, which would be around 200 celsius.

Mint Sauce

<drools>

it taunting me, especailly after the recent ban, got to try that one out

Saibh

Looks very tasty, but my high cholesterol might have something to say about eating all of it.:(

orestes

Steps 6 and 7 need to be changed to suit a brother.

Step 5: Roll

Step 6: Pick up whole

Step 7: Consume while the second one is busy in the oven

trout

Nice enough snack I suppose ... needs eggs and onions.

brianthebard

Surely it should be battered and then deep fried?

Mint Sauce

brianthebard wrote: »

Surely it should be battered and then deep fried?

oh, sod the batered mars bar, i'll have that instead

amazingemmet

brianthebard wrote: »

Surely it should be battered and then deep fried?

I think that could make it the ultimate portable snack. Imagine being able to get one in a chipper late at night:eek: awesome

Overheal

The thought of eating that makes me sick. I'd do it just for a pack of rashers though. I miss them.

LolaDub

Overheal wrote: »

The thought of eating that makes me sick. I'd do it just for a pack of rashers though. I miss them.

Thumbs down overheal....seriously.

I'm going to try this out later tonight, let you all know how it works out. Although the rashers in that look longer than our own ones, does anyone know where you might ind extra long rashers? That are a bit more meaty than those pictured?

Zaph

Never seen rashers that long, I'd say that's two overlapped in the middle. Cooking would melt the fat and probably fuse them together.

Ruu_Old

That is American bacon, you won't find that in Ireland. Barely any meat on it at all, mostly fat and always shrivels up so you are left with barely anything.

Tom Dunne

Ruu wrote: »

That is American bacon, you won't find that in Ireland. Barely any meat on it at all, mostly fat and always shrivels up so you are left with barely anything.

Actually, correction Brother Ruu, while they are not American, they are available over here. I went down to the local Centra only yesterday to find me some rashers, and the only ones available were similar to those in the picture above. They were in a blue vacuum package, from Spain if I a remember correctly.

Certainly reminded me of US bacon, feck all meat on them.

LostinBlanch

The only rashers I remember being able to get in Spain were Oscar Meier ones. Yank company I think. The bleedin rashers were so thin you could read the other side of the package through them. :mad:

Virtually no meat and they were feck all use. It's all a plot by the veggies IMO.

Tom Dunne

They are actually ideal when used as a constituent ingredient in something else, such as a breakfast burrito, or, as indicated in the original post.

amazingemmet

I've seen them in butchers over here alright, If you want you can just get pork belly slices and slice them thin enough.

brianthebard

Surely its just streaky bacon?

trout

yeaaaaaaaaaaah

*drools*

LolaDub

I made it with smoked back rashers, sliced them into smaller strips to make the weave and maximise on meatage, friggin delish lads!:D

Zaph

Pics?

LolaDub

It made its way into my stomach too fast to take pics! Unless you want a pic of my tum and have xray vision?

Zaph

LolaDub wrote: »

It made its way into my stomach too fast to take pics!

In fairness, that's really as it should be.

LolaDub wrote: »

Unless you want a pic of my tum and have xray vision?

The old x-ray vision is on the blink at the moment so probably not much point.

LightningBolt

Straight to the Butchers in the morning to try that out, seriously. My mouth is drooling right now, I'll have to contend with Ben & Jerrys for now:rolleyes:

Fad

A friend sent me this

Eliminates the need for ham at Xmas

Looks hideous, sure it tastes great.

Zaph

Eliminates the need for a ham at Christmas? What sort of heresy is this? :mad:

robtri

LolaDub wrote: »

It made its way into my stomach too fast to take pics! Unless you want a pic of my tum and have xray vision?

interesting offer

Fad

Zaph wrote: »

Eliminates the need for a ham at Christmas? What sort of heresy is this? :mad:

It means you only have to concentrate on cutting one thing at a time

While fulfilling your RDA of Bacon

Seth Brundle

That looks more like a bacon desert - could be nice after a bacon sandwich

Silverfish

I will be attempting this shortly.

With pics.

Its become my sole ambition to make this thing.

Mr. CooL ICE

As soon as I can find the right bacon, I'm making this too.


It already inspired me to try putting bacon into taco fries (did it yesterday), which went down well with the other 4 who ate them. It fortified my belief that bacon added to anything automatically makes it nicer

Fad

I had an English Exam yesterday and could barely concentrate with thought of the Bacon Roll, as with other posters as soon as I can find the bacon, I'm making one.

tony 2 tone

http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/
A version of the above, with added meat and sauce, NOM!

Executive Steve

inspired and full of bacon-lust i decided to rope a friend in to see whether the taste matches the pictures.

we went through two packets of ordinary denny's rashers, we used mature red cheddar for the centre filling.

after eating one of these each together with a liberal portion of boiled baby new potatoes in garlic butter with thai sweet chilli sauce i can reveal the following:


the bacon weave is surprisingly easy to do

care should be taken to spread the cheese uniformly as otherwise you end up with cheeseless ends - and what a travesty would THAT be?

plain bacon and cheese is quite insufficient - we intend to experiment with chopped spicy pickles, jalapeno peppers and perhaps red onions in the centre for texture's sake.

caution - you can feel your arteries harden after one of these; standing up was an arduous process not without discomfort.



A big thank you to the OP by the way - my friend is a hardcore bacon addict and is about to move to a muslim country

Rented Mule

Ruu wrote: »

That is American bacon, you won't find that in Ireland. Barely any meat on it at all, mostly fat and always shrivels up so you are left with barely anything.

That's why we cook it by the pound !!

My nitrate deficiency is suddenly kicking into overdrive reading this thread !!

sheesh

LordChessington wrote: »

As soon as I can find the right bacon, I'm making this too.


It already inspired me to try putting bacon into taco fries (did it yesterday), which went down well with the other 4 who ate them. It fortified my belief that bacon added to anything automatically makes it nicer

I'm thinking if as I read that if bgrh ever decide to create a constitution that the phrase 'bacon, added to anything makes it nicer' would definitly appear in it somewhere.

exiot

I know what Im going to have for breakfast now....

Im sitting in bed, looking at those photos and my stomach is growling for bacon

Snowie

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh drewls im going to mkae that

Executive Steve

ok quick update, been making these regularly and the best way to do it is to use:

two types of cheese,

white pudding dry fried with loads of pepper,

and chilli gherkins



adding all the above into the centre of the bacon lattice will ensure the result tastes like something that could well be enjoyed as a part of a balanced diet as opposed to a sweet sweet dose of cardiac self-abuse

the gherkins in particular add "green" to the dish, and it's well known that "green" things are full of fantastic health benefits.

S.L.F

[cm]tyranny wrote: »

caution - you can feel your arteries harden after one of these

I can feel my arteries harden just thinking about what I'll do in the morning.

deleriumtremens

Ahh, I think I'l just have a salad.


/f'ucking legs it

trout

deleriumtremens wrote: »

Ahh, I think I'l just have a salad.


/f'ucking legs it

salad

GTFO

deleriumtremens

trout wrote: »

salad

GTFO

I joke. I fuppin hate salad and would munch the sh'ite out of that bacon roll!

trout

deleriumtremens wrote: »

I joke. I fuppin hate salad and would munch the sh'ite out of that bacon roll!

Ah ... that's better. Carry on.

deleriumtremens

trout wrote: »

Ah ... that's better. Carry on.

Actually I dont know if I hate salad or not because I cant remember ever tasting it. Dont plan on trying it soon either!!

Seth Brundle

I have to say that I do like salad - it makes a Big Mac taste like a Big Mac!

Seraphicblue

Welcome to BGRH
No Salad for 200 miles