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cook it on your flat top Camp Chef griddle that you keep out in the garage..do the bacon, the eggs and the hotcakes all at the same time..that's what I do..I also use one of my cast iron skillets as a bacon press while doing it..
I will always make time to express my admiration for it by properly frying it up in a skillet stove top.
Where each and every piece gets turned and cooked to perfection.
Yes, indeed!
My housemate likes microwaved bacon, and I humor her in this if I am fixing it only for her, but when I make it for myself, or for both, it gets fried in the skillet. Why would I waste all that lovely bacon grease by soaking it up with paper towels? I save it. It's a wonderful seasoning for things like green beans or black-eyed or purple hull peas.
We make bacon every morning, 3/4 of the time in the microwave with paper towels. The cheap paper towels and any kind of napkins will usually stick to the bacon. The better brands do not. Also if you run out of paper towels and napkins and really want bacon, do not try using toilet paper - it is a disaster. Cardboard works OK. Poke some holes through the upper paper layer and let the grease soak down into the corrugation. the key is to use something that keeps the grease away from the bacon so you do not end up with deep fried bacon.
Popular thread here. I guess people like bacon and are particular on how they cook it. I cook my bacon in a skillet on low heat when I have time, in the oven when I have a lot of it to cook or in the microwave when I want it quick. They all work for me. I did see this lately and was thinking of trying it. The biggest problem I have seen with contraptions like this is the cleanup.
We make bacon every morning, 3/4 of the time in the microwave with paper towels. The cheap paper towels and any kind of napkins will usually stick to the bacon. The better brands do not. Also if you run out of paper towels and napkins and really want bacon, do not try using toilet paper - it is a disaster. Cardboard works OK. Poke some holes through the upper paper layer and let the grease soak down into the corrugation. the key is to use something that keeps the grease away from the bacon so you do not end up with deep fried bacon.
Toilet paper??? Why not use a frying pan? lol...I always pan fry and lay the strips on a plate with a paper towel underneath and if needed, I blot it but generally never need to.
Popular thread here. I guess people like bacon and are particular on how they cook it. I cook my bacon in a skillet on low heat when I have time, in the oven when I have a lot of it to cook or in the microwave when I want it quick. They all work for me. I did see this lately and was thinking of trying it. The biggest problem I have seen with contraptions like this is the cleanup.
I can't imagine anyone wasting their time with something like that. I know several people who use the microwave for bacon and everyone uses a basic tray or plate along with paper towels. As noted above, I also use some newspapers to help absorb the grease. I cook bacon once or twice a month, and do not save the grease for other cooking purposes, I'm all about the quick and easy clean up!
I can't imagine anyone wasting their time with something like that. I know several people who use the microwave for bacon and everyone uses a basic tray or plate along with paper towels. As noted above, I also use some newspapers to help absorb the grease. I cook bacon once or twice a month, and do not save the grease for other cooking purposes, I'm all about the quick and easy clean up!
I have a thing about not heating plastic in the microwave, even "safe" plastic so I always use a regular plate. That and the cleanup convinced me not to try it.
If I have to make just a few slices of bacon, I will make it in the micro, but I use lower than full power, and I will remove the outer slices sooner. I make bacon on a paper towel over a pad of used newsprint.
If I have to make a lot of bacon, I put it on the broiler pan and bake it.
And, I think bacon has changed. It most likely has sugar in in it. In fact the gunk left in my iron skillet after frying bacon is the reason I use other cooking methods now. That gunk is sugar.
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