| | A few years ago I was making breakfast when I still lived with my parents. I was about to cook the bacon in the microwave when my dad stopped me and said- "cook it in the pan, it gets crispier." Being their stubborn first born child I insisted that while my dad had his preference for cooking bacon that our methods really yielded the same results. For what ever reason this escalated into a heated debate about the merits of cooking bacon in the microwave vs. cooking it in a frying pan. For those of you who know my dad- it is rare when he raised his voice. Nothing like a family breakfast to start an argument!
A few years later; same scene, different kitchen. "Don't tell me you're going to cook the bacon in the mircrowave!" Dave told me with a sad face as I covered the strips of turkey bacon with a paper towel. "Why?" I ask, not remembering the Leep family bacon debate of 98'. Dave replies "It doesn't get as crispy in the microwave, it just gets dry and brittle." Thankfully that didn't turn into an argument but now every time I cook bacon, I have to microwave it before Dave can object. When he cooks bacon, he cooks it in a pan. We have agreed to disagree.
Tonight I was talking with my neighbors Dan & Meggan as our kids played on the porch. Dan and I were joking about not knowing what to make for dinner since our spouses with the culinary skills were absent over the dinner hour. When Meggan arrived at home, she hadn't eaten dinner so I told her about the tasty BLT (with sharp Wisconsin cheddar!) that I ate for dinner. "Meggan cooks bacon in the microwave- she just gets the precooked stuff" Dan quipped.
I proceed to tell them about the Fick bacon debates and Meggan chimes in that her mom & mom's boyfriend have the same debate! Meggan and I both agree that it's less messy when you microwave it & still tastes as good. Viva la microwaved bacon!
So blog friends- where do you stand in the great bacon debate? Is there any actual culinary proof of the crispiness factors of microwaving vs. pan frying? I'll give a red gummy bear to anyone who can provide me with some hard bacon facts. If this were a more interesting blog perhaps I would have posted about Sir Francis Bacon, father of inductive reasoning, or even Kevin Bacon of Footloose fame. |
| | Posted 9/16/2008 9:53 PM - 38 Views - 6 eProps - 3 comments
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