mmm.... bacon

[mollydot]

Is there a difference between Irish bacon and British bacon?

Prompted by comments to this: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3090505.html

Comments

[holmesfan]

What a truly rivetting thread james-nicoll started. Wasted half a morning. Were you able to see a consensus running through the thread? It seemed more to me a matter of cooking and purpose with no clear answer.
Did you ever try bacon when you were in NZ? We think ours is pretty good stuff but I have a sneaky feeling that some of our pork is imported.

[mollydot]

He has a habit of doing that. Lots of intelligent people who like to discuss things follow him. It's more often about science fiction than bacon though.

I don't think this discussion has changed anyone's mind!

I did. I probably had it in other dishes, but the one I remember was pancakes, maple syrup, bacon and bananas. I enjoyed it, but it was such a strange combination for me that I couldn't eat a mouthful that had both bacon and banana in it.

I couldn't eat a mouthful

[holmesfan]

Oh! My dear. You don't know what you missed. Nectar from the Gods even with NZ bacon.

Re: I couldn't eat a mouthful

[mollydot]

Well, I can tell you that pancake, syrup and banana were delicious together, as were pancake, syrup and bacon.

It's hard to get the thick pancakes here, esp with bacon. I miss it.

[dorianegray]

I've never noticed any great difference between their rashers and ours. Their sausages, on the other hand...

[mollydot]

I do like the M&S sausages with the extra flavours in. Or venison instead of pork.

[msstacy13]

I don't know,
but I could swear I've spent hours
contemplating rashers of streaky bacon
just because the phrase is so...
contemplative...

[mollydot]

I'm not a streaky bacon fan. Much prefer back bacon, where I can leave the rind/fat off.

[msstacy13]

Well, yes, when I ate meat
and wasn't allergic to pineapple,
I loved back bacon and pineapple pizza...

but "rashers of streaky bacon" has such a sound to it...
very mysterious to American ears...

rrrrrraSHerssss of stir-EEK-key bacon...

"When I knock you up in the morning, shall I bring a few rashers of streaky bacon?"
has got to be among the scariest questions an American ever hears in England.

[mollydot]

Well, if you're going to have your eggs fertilised, you've got a have some bacon to go with them.

Bacon and pineapple go so well together. Especially on a pizza with sweetcorn.

[elorie]

I had no opinions about bacon, but someone mentioned barbecue and some other poor soul was confused, so I had to chime in.

[mollydot]

Makes me wonder if I'll be near Georgia any time soon.

And her response makes me want to see if there's a way I can use barbecue as a preposition.

[msstacy13]

Hmmm...

I suppose you could,
but I suspect it works better as a proposition.

-Barbecue?

-Mmmm.... barbecue...

[mollydot]

16th July! But apparently not proper barbecue.

[lazy_hoor]

I think Irish rashers are nicer (she said, unpatriotically). I find (or have found recently) that British bacon is too salty.

Also, the following Irish foodstuffs are far superior(in my experience):
Milk
Black/white pudding (white pudding is rare in England)
Sausages
Crisps (apart from Pickled Onion Monster Munch, natch)
Chinese take aways.

The Brits win at
Doner kebabs
Fish n chips
Indian food in general
Fizzy pop (though I can get Vimto here now, huzzah!)

Says a lot about British cuisine doesn't it?

OT I've only just realised that Robson of Robson & Jerome was in GoT t'other week.

[daveon]

Funny. I find Orish bacon saltier than English :p

Yes to most of the others, except I happen to think Red Lemonade is nicer than any English fizzy drink.