Rasher or Bacon

Seth Brundle · 13-04-2008 10:13PM #1

I was brought up thinking it was called rasher. 'Er indoors was brought up calling it bacon. Now because I'm the man, my way is the right way but do other men call it bacon or do you call it by its proper term?

Ruu_Old · 13-04-2008 10:14PM

Rasher sammidge, please.

AlmightyCushion · 13-04-2008 10:15PM

Rashers for me.

Tails142 · 13-04-2008 10:18PM

To me, a rasher is the P shape with the rind of fat along the edge.

Bacon is that area of the pig served in any other way. Such as the small bits you get in a burger king burger etc. If you ask for a burger down the chipper with bacon and you get a rasher on the top, you didnt get what you asked for, you got a burger with a rasher on it, but you wouldnt want to complain about that anyway.

That's my definition and seen as I'm right about everything its the correct one.

dfx- · 13-04-2008 10:20PM

:eek:

There is only one answer to this question

:eek:

Wishbone Ash · 13-04-2008 10:20PM

I was brought up with 'bacon' and I cannot change.

'Rashers' just doesn't sound like a proper word!

Doctor DooM · 13-04-2008 10:21PM

Being Irish, they are rashers.

Bacon is a lump of also tasty pig meat in not rashulaic form.

trout · 13-04-2008 10:23PM

This is a trick question. Both are acceptable pig parts.

@ SDooM ... rashulaic ... that's some fine word-smithin' right there :cool:

patrickc · 13-04-2008 10:25PM

sausages:rolleyes:

Doctor DooM · 13-04-2008 10:25PM

trout wrote: »

This is a trick question. Both are acceptable pig parts.

@ SDooM ... rashulaic ... that's some fine word-smithin' right there :cool:

Thank you. The brothers always get My best.

DJ_Spider · 13-04-2008 11:27PM

patrickc wrote: »

sausages:rolleyes:

Walls! Sorry it was an ad in the UK where a guy was trying to get his dog to say sausages. He showd him 2 saws, and a hedge, but the dag kept saying Walls! It was a play on a dog who used to say sausages if the owner moved his mouth!

I call them bacon, but the g/f calls them rashers. I have to keep reminding her not to say that when we tell our foriegn students, they might not understand!

Mind you the 2 italian girls we got are not bad. Well the one is pretty hawt, the other is a little betty :eek:

Doctor DooM · 13-04-2008 11:32PM

DJ_Spider wrote: »

Walls! Sorry it was an ad in the UK where a guy was trying to get his dog to say sausages. He showd him 2 saws, and a hedge, but the dag kept saying Walls! It was a play on a dog who used to say sausages if the owner moved his mouth!

I call them bacon, but the g/f calls them rashers. I have to keep reminding her not to say that when we tell our foriegn students, they might not understand!

Mind you the 2 italian girls we got are not bad. Well the one is pretty hawt, the other is a little betty :eek:

You should be thankful. Some of us have no hot students to make us rasher sandwiches

JIZZLORD · 13-04-2008 11:40PM

Tails142 wrote: »

To me, a rasher is the P shape with the rind of fat along the edge.

Bacon is that area of the pig served in any other way. Such as the small bits you get in a burger king burger etc. If you ask for a burger down the chipper with bacon and you get a rasher on the top, you didnt get what you asked for, you got a burger with a rasher on it, but you wouldnt want to complain about that anyway.

That's my definition and seen as I'm right about everything its the correct one.

this is a good definition. you cant fault it

Zaph · 13-04-2008 11:47PM

A rasher is a thin piece of bacon that's suitable for frying and putting into a sandwich. Bacon is what you boil and have with that green, leafy stuff.

There are 3 types of rasher:

Streaky - the small thin rashers that have alternating streaks of meat and fat running through them
Back - the bigger rashers that have the larger round meaty bit
Collar - these unfortunately seem to have vanished in these days of vacuum packed standardisation. They were massive yokes altogether, like two back rashers in one. A real man's rasher, and damn tasty they were too. If anyone knows where they can still be bought in Dublin I'd like to know.

Kold · 14-04-2008 01:16AM

Bacon for me, is it because I'm English?

The Hill Billy · 14-04-2008 07:11AM

Bacon describes the meat, i.e. flesh from the back, sides or belly of a pig that has been cured (sometimes smoked).

Rasher describes the cut of that meat, i.e. a strip or slice of meat.

John Mason · 14-04-2008 07:13AM

its bacon

Rasher is an artist

Pighead · 14-04-2008 07:17AM

Is there any way you can get a salt free bacon slice? Once a month if Pigheads feeling naughty he'll treat himself to a bacon sandwich. Quite enjoyable but they tend to be a bit too salty which isn't good for the tastebuds or the health. Salt free bacon is something we should be pushing.

smellslikeshoes · 14-04-2008 07:19AM

Kold wrote: »

Bacon for me, is it because I'm English?

Yep I would think so, think its a bit of an Irish term.
I say rasher usually but Ive had enough looks of confusion from someone from outside of the confines of the Emerald Isle to know when to say bacon. Both are acceptable in my opinion as long as they describe the same thing which is a nice thick strip of pig.

johnnyskeleton · 14-04-2008 07:21AM

Bacon is an essential ingredient in a fry; I usually have two rashers but sometimes have three.

mikewest · 14-04-2008 07:22AM

any way you can get a salt free bacon slice?

Good god man salt is the reason it is bacon (or sliced, rasher) otherwise its just pork. Its nearly as bad as asking for alcohol free beer.

Rasher all the way especially extra thick home cut rasher.

trout · 14-04-2008 07:25AM

Zaph wrote: »

A rasher is a thin piece of bacon that's suitable for frying and putting into a sandwich. Bacon is what you boil and have with that green, leafy stuff.

There are 3 types of rasher:

Streaky - the small thin rashers that have alternating streaks of meat and fat running through them
Back - the bigger rashers that have the larger round meaty bit
Collar - these unfortunately seem to have vanished in these days of vacuum packed standardisation. They were massive yokes altogether, like two back rashers in one. A real man's rasher, and damn tasty they were too. If anyone knows where they can still be bought in Dublin I'd like to know.

that's mighty close to Charter material

Pighead · 14-04-2008 07:29AM

mikewest wrote: »

Good god man salt is the reason it is bacon (or sliced, rasher) otherwise its just pork. Its nearly as bad as asking for alcohol free beer.

Listen mikewest, Pigheads no killjoy but c'mon, after car crashes and getting trampled to death by cows, salt is the biggest killer in this country.

We should be getting no more than 2.4 grams of salt a day. But we in this salt obsessed island of ours are averaging 6 grams. Thats ridiculous. Pighead reckons if we can unsalten our rashers then we'll be back on an even keel.

RE*AC*TOR · 14-04-2008 07:36AM

my understanding was bacon was from the belly, and rashers are from the back

mikewest · 14-04-2008 07:48AM

Pighead me thinks that it being a very groggy monday morning my explanation may not have been clear enough

Bacon - salt = Pork

or the inverse

Dead pig + Salt = Yummy bacon

Now off for a rasher sandwich in a couple of minutes. :pac::pac:

_blank_ · 14-04-2008 08:07AM

Zaph wrote: »

Collar - these unfortunately seem to have vanished in these days of vacuum packed standardisation. They were massive yokes altogether, like two back rashers in one. A real man's rasher, and damn tasty they were too. If anyone knows where they can still be bought in Dublin I'd like to know.

I've never heard of collar rashers, but they sound like Gammon steaks.

smashey · 14-04-2008 08:10AM

Bacon.

Galadriel · 14-04-2008 08:15AM

Rashers....mmmmmhhh rashers

ShayK1 · 14-04-2008 08:19AM

dfx- · 14-04-2008 09:36AM

Pighead wrote: »

Salt free bacon is something we should be pushing.

That sounds disturbingly similar to that myth of fat-free stuff. Neither must happen.

Steak · 14-04-2008 10:35AM

rashor, ftw!

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