Friday's Unscientific Poll: Important Bacon Question

[nanila]

Poll #17390 Important bacon question

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 52

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I prefer

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thin-cut/streaky/American-style bacon
21 (41.2%)

thick-cut/back/British/Canadian-style bacon
21 (41.2%)

not to eat bacon
9 (17.6%)

If you eat bacon, do you prefer it

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crispy
26 (57.8%)

chewy
19 (42.2%)

If you eat bacon, do you prefer it

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smoked
29 (69.0%)

unsmoked
13 (31.0%)

For those who eat bacon: Here is a food that is *not* improved by the addition of bacon:

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Today's Unscientific Poll was prompted by the realisation that after all these years in Britain, I still (not-so-)secretly prefer thin, crispy, streaky bacon to the thick-cut back bacon that gets served with a full English.

Comments

[niqaeli]

Ha! The funny thing is, I acquired my taste for thick-cut, chewy back bacon in England when I was 8 and lived there for six months, and have never stopped missing it.

I do like American thin-cut bacon okay, but I can't eat it if it's done up crispy. It's a whole texture issue, it makes me cringe.

[nanila]

Yes, I've noticed that texture seems to be more important to bacon-eaters with bacon preferences than other variations (e.g. flavour or cut). Some people can't get enough of crispy crunchy bacon and other people feel that that's overcooked. I'm in the crispy camp, so we would definitely have a harmonious shared-bacon-eating experience since we have orthogonal preferences. No arguing over who gets which pieces!

[nou]

I think of crisp, crunchy bacon as basically crisps rather than bacon.

[niqaeli]

We would! :D I cheerfully chomp down on all the chewy bits and cede the crispy ones to my companions.

I can deal with crispy bacon only if it is chopped into tiny bits and used as a condiment. But then it's not so much bacon as... slightly flavourful crunchy bits?