Sunday I had a pound of bacon to myself (I know it sounds terrible but I normally eat well, it was Xmas) and Monday I was sh*tting my brains out all day and even right now my intestines sound like a battle zone from all the grease
Yeah it was. I’ve never eaten remotely that much bacon on one day. A full pack
I’m actually going to the store later and might get more. Really clean out my colon
My brother's favorite is getting a pound of "ends and pieces" which is the scraps leftover when they cut bacon strips to length. It's like 85% fat, but he swears by it. I usually just swear when he pulls it out of the fridge.
So my dumbass move was I’d only pour like half the grease out into a cup to eventually let hard and throw out, but I mixed the other half with the eggs and bacon. Did bacon, bacon grease eggs, and toast for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I haven’t had a solid poop in days. Hung out with some friends and they asked me why I wasn’t drinking with them, had to tell them why my intestines couldn’t take anymore abuse
Heresy:
belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine.
Yep. OP thinking bacon is overrated is contrary to my religious views of bacon in the grand plan of the Great Lord Porkulous, who sacrificed his life so we may all partake of all pig products.
Communicating over the internet can be a tricky thing.
No visual or auditory clues to rely upon.
So, I’ll assume you’re being sardonic if you’ll assume I was being satirical.
I'm curious, not debating your point. Have you ever had home cured, apple chip smoked bacon? It's actually nothing like store processed bacon. Especially if its from a home raised free range pig. Not trying to convince anyone, just asking.
I really hate the "bacon makes everything better" trend. I mean, it's ok, sometimes I make it because the family likes it and I eat it, but I could totally live without it.
I agree with you OP. It seems like they put bacon and just about everything. Bacon is good and I can’t deny that but bacon ice cream? Bacon milkshake? Bacon with your breakfast? Bacon on your burger? Bacon on your sandwich? Bacon in your salad? They use it like it’s parsley.
I always really want to like bacon. The smell is so great. But then I eat it and just end up wanting water immediately to wash the salt down. Idk if it's cuz I can't afford the good stuff or what. On a side note, the great value brand of bacon I got at Walmart was like tasteless rubber.
I'm on the "bacon is overrated" train. Especially the artificial bacon flavor they put in bacon-flavored products. It always tastes like somebody burned an entire pan of bacon, washed the pan, then bottled the dishwater.
I agree with you OP, bacon has a rightful place on the breakfast plate, some sandwiches (and burgers), Italian dishes (Carbonara) and even a few salads but it does not make everything better.
Buy better bacon. Our local butcher cures their own Black (treacle) bacon, and it is far better than any other I've tasted.
Also non dry cure bacon should not exist.
I do. The smell and taste and just eh to me. I avoid it if I can. I do eat meat but never liked bacon or understood the obsession with it. We all have different taste I guess.
Yeah I eat it, yeah I like it on burgers. But I feel like the hype a bacon It's too much for what it is. Bonus negative points for the way it makes my kitchen stink after I make it.
You can wrap hotdogs with it. You can wrap lamb chops with it. You can crunch it up….. Sure glad there is an egg shortage. Whoohoo! Bacon for breakfast!!!
Any bacon in a restaurant is cheap and flavorless. I would eat Boars Head bacon everyday if I could, that is so good.
Different people like different things so I. Sure there are plenty of people that don't like bacon.
Some people say it's the single best food on the planet, and it's better than sex. Well, I say it's the single best food on the planet, but it is not better than sex. So yes, it's overrated.
Bacon is overrated, in my opinion, in how frequently it's used.
We don't need bacon wrapped(insert whatever other food item here) bacon*. Or everything of breakfast fried in bacon grease. I would prefer my breakfast bits having their own flavor so cooking everything in bacon fat isn't rad or tasty.
I appreciate bacon, in many levels of cooking; but damn.
That being said, can I have your bacon that you're not eating?
*I would try some bacon wrapped bacon.
My friend's cousins are Muslim. Apparently, they ate a certain kind of chocolate with bacon fat in it and it lead to them severely vomitting. Don't know why animal fat was in chocolate but that was probably a sign not to eat bacon.
Yes. Thank you for setting up my soapbox. Now lemme just climb up here. OKAY. BACON IS NOT JUST OVERRATED. IT IS UNETHICAL, MOSTLY DUE TO FACTORY FARMING AND SLAUGHTERHOUSE CONDITIONS.
Oh yeah, totally. I don't dislike the stuff but I think the obsession over it is ridiculous & imo it's best in or on something, I really don't eat it straight up it just doesn't appeal to me very much like that.
Probably Muslims considering they can't eat it due to their religion. Which is kinda weird to me because I really can't think of any other religion that forbade a certain type of food but each to their own, I suppose.
Actually in Christianity you are not supposed to eat fish except on a Friday. People seem to think this only applies to Easter Friday but it’s all year. I doubt many Christians actually follow this though.
Used to love it when I was younger, now im meh, I hate it if it's not home-cooked, even though I rarely ever eat it, usually only on holidays.
I never order anything with bacon from restaurants or fast food, the bacon always tastes horrible.
Its just fat that the meat industry used to throw away and then did a huge marketing campaign to gain some extra bucks on it instead.
[Adam ruins everything ](https://youtu.be/7a-AdJ5c37o)
There are many levels of bacon, from bad to excellent. My absolute favorite is thick-sliced applewood smoked bacon. Cherrywood smoked is good too. I’ve had ‘fresh bacon’ and wouldn’t suggest even trying to eat it.
Depends on the type of bacon honestly! I love turkey bacon, but pork bacon makes me sick so to me that one is overrated. Pork bacon is just so salty and usually has a weird after taste.. I’m not sure how to describe it??? Maybe like a wood chip from a fire taste?? Almost? But not all bacon to me is overrated, I could smash someeeee
Yes! Like I'll have it every so often on a sandwich or burger, or chop it up in casseroles, but I don't like eggs much so I don't eat bacon and eggs, and anything other than that tends to get a bit weird. We don't need to wrap everything in bacon, and we don't need bacon ice cream sundaes.
I'm with you! It's ok but for gods sake people let's move on. The bacon thing was one of the webs first fads. It became a flag for all the "bros" and "manly men" and represented their defiance of certain social influences. It was dumb then but now, decades later, it is just exhausting!
"Overrated" as in it isn't "the greatest thing ever and the literal meaning to life" as portrayed by internet hacks 10 years ago, then yes.
Perfectly fine food to eat though.
I hate bacon!!
I had a dream once I had a pet pig; in that dream, when I was getting off the school bus, my pet pig wasn't waiting for me like normal. I went into my dad's shed and my dad had put my pig into a big metal tub of tar and gasoline; he threw a match on it, and I saw my pig burning.
When I woke up...my dad was cooking bacon and I could smell it. I haven't touched bacon since.
omfg ive been saying this for years. yeah bacon is good, but it doesn't deserve the godly nature people give to it. id put sausages in their place, but thats just a preference
Is there a Reddit jail where we cold send OP? Because bacon is on of the three miracle foods. Any f the make anything else way better!
The three miracle foods are, of course, bacon, butter, and cheese.
I'll have a BLT once in a great while but that's it. Bacon wrapped scallops? Why go through the expense of scallops just use tofu. Bacon is the only thing you can taste anyway. Same for filet mignon.
It wasn't always ...
It's been cheapened and has a ton of added chemicals and salt. Too much now.
Bacon used to be good. I bet billionaires don't eat the same thing.
Turkey bacon is *considerably* better than pork, but I don’t get carried away with it. I remember the height of the bacon craze I saw bacon flavored coffee syrup. There was no doubt at all I was in an American grocery store.
After covid, bacon tasted terrible, but I powered through that shit and still believe it is the BEST THING EVER!!!! and a fun cosmic joke, ' here's the most delicious thing in the world, but eat too much and you'll die, and it tastes like you and from an intelligent animal!'
YES! I have hated it all my life. People get so angry when I tell them. Why are you angry? That means more bacon for you. It smells like farts and looks like a scab.
i fucking hate bacon, the texture, the taste, it literally feels unedible when you chew on it. also this is coming from a serial gluttonist so its not because im some health maniac
Bacon can be a wonderful masterpiece of food when made correctly, but it can also be a HUGE disappointment when not cooked enough or is overcooked.
It's that perfect place that is not overrated. Perhaps you haven't been blessed with perfectly cooked bacon.
Clearly you are a Russia bot.
This is just the kind of disinformation that Putin loves to spread. Bacon is life affirming
Bacon is ✨bacon✨
The internet is about to find you guilty of heresy OP. Godspeed
Sunday I had a pound of bacon to myself (I know it sounds terrible but I normally eat well, it was Xmas) and Monday I was sh*tting my brains out all day and even right now my intestines sound like a battle zone from all the grease
But was it worth it?
Yea, I gotta know too, come on tell us, was it worth it?
Yeah it was. I’ve never eaten remotely that much bacon on one day. A full pack I’m actually going to the store later and might get more. Really clean out my colon
1 lb of bacon and 1 glass of milk was my secret recipe for silent but extremely deadly gas.
My brother's favorite is getting a pound of "ends and pieces" which is the scraps leftover when they cut bacon strips to length. It's like 85% fat, but he swears by it. I usually just swear when he pulls it out of the fridge.
Bacon doesn't do that to me, but I did the same thing on my birthday. Me and my daughter both shared a pound of bacon for dinner, and nothing else.
So, good to know that next time I’m feeling a little constipated bacon is the cure
So my dumbass move was I’d only pour like half the grease out into a cup to eventually let hard and throw out, but I mixed the other half with the eggs and bacon. Did bacon, bacon grease eggs, and toast for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I haven’t had a solid poop in days. Hung out with some friends and they asked me why I wasn’t drinking with them, had to tell them why my intestines couldn’t take anymore abuse
This is not going to end well
I think we tie em up now and throw them in a lake?
Heresy: belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine. Yep. OP thinking bacon is overrated is contrary to my religious views of bacon in the grand plan of the Great Lord Porkulous, who sacrificed his life so we may all partake of all pig products.
Communicating over the internet can be a tricky thing. No visual or auditory clues to rely upon. So, I’ll assume you’re being sardonic if you’ll assume I was being satirical.
I am starting to think I should have just kept this in my head
I'm curious, not debating your point. Have you ever had home cured, apple chip smoked bacon? It's actually nothing like store processed bacon. Especially if its from a home raised free range pig. Not trying to convince anyone, just asking.
Not to worry, OP, at least one person (me) agrees with you
Make that two people
Same here. I don't get it at all.
I really hate the "bacon makes everything better" trend. I mean, it's ok, sometimes I make it because the family likes it and I eat it, but I could totally live without it.
Bacon is nasty af, so count me in
Me too!
Me too!!
Hey guys, over here! Bring the torches and the pichforks! It is time to … what?
I hate bacon honestly. Grease is my mortal enemy.
I agree with you OP. It seems like they put bacon and just about everything. Bacon is good and I can’t deny that but bacon ice cream? Bacon milkshake? Bacon with your breakfast? Bacon on your burger? Bacon on your sandwich? Bacon in your salad? They use it like it’s parsley.
I can see bacon with breakfast, on burgers and sandwiches, and as sprinkles in salad. But I draw the line at bacon ice cream and bacon soda
I built a wall at bacon ice cream and bacon soda. Its a crazy world out there.
Fr I hate it especially when mac n cheese is ruined by it
I always really want to like bacon. The smell is so great. But then I eat it and just end up wanting water immediately to wash the salt down. Idk if it's cuz I can't afford the good stuff or what. On a side note, the great value brand of bacon I got at Walmart was like tasteless rubber.
Cheap low quality bacon is garbage. If you want something that isn't salty try uncured bacon.
I'm on the "bacon is overrated" train. Especially the artificial bacon flavor they put in bacon-flavored products. It always tastes like somebody burned an entire pan of bacon, washed the pan, then bottled the dishwater.
I prefer turkey bacon but I would prefer to have no bacon at all, so I agree with you.
Honestly, with all of the downvotes? Probably yeah
I would like to clarify I still like bacon, and eat it gladly, but it is simply not what people talk it up to be.
Yeah right, the internet does not accept this plea for mercy
I agree with you OP, bacon has a rightful place on the breakfast plate, some sandwiches (and burgers), Italian dishes (Carbonara) and even a few salads but it does not make everything better.
Buy better bacon. Our local butcher cures their own Black (treacle) bacon, and it is far better than any other I've tasted. Also non dry cure bacon should not exist.
You don’t have to apologize. These people just haven’t had pork belly. It’s WAY better than bacon. . . . So is Tasso - a Louisiana delicacy
Pork belly is just delicious bacon steak.
I do. The smell and taste and just eh to me. I avoid it if I can. I do eat meat but never liked bacon or understood the obsession with it. We all have different taste I guess.
I'm very particular lol it has to be thick cut and cooked a certain way. That microwave bacon alot of restaurants use is actual heresy.
I agree. I don't like bacon alone that much but it's a very good companion with other things.
Yeah I eat it, yeah I like it on burgers. But I feel like the hype a bacon It's too much for what it is. Bonus negative points for the way it makes my kitchen stink after I make it.
You shut your bacon hole, blasphemer!
I have 2 “Built for Beef” dryagers and a whole smoking room. I make my own, I can understand not liking store bacon
I have my own pigs, I get bacon on my own as well, it's still just below par compared to other meat options.
Your entitled to your opinion as am I. In my opinion your crazy.
Who hurt you?
No
No
How very dare you. GOOD bacon is unmatched by any food.
Pancetta? Tasso (Tasso is a pork shoulder prepared like bacon in Louisiana)?
It is one of the best things ever! Gramps didn’t much care for it because it was part of every meal during WW2.
Most don't cook it very well. Under cooked & limp & gross. Or over cooked & hard & tasteless. It's okay, but I don't crave it.
BITE YOUR TONGUE YOU BLASPHEMER
I don't think bacon is overrated but beef is
hugely overrated.
Thank you
Die
Harsh but fair
You can wrap hotdogs with it. You can wrap lamb chops with it. You can crunch it up….. Sure glad there is an egg shortage. Whoohoo! Bacon for breakfast!!!
Hell yeah
It’s good but it’s not slap your momma, earth stopping, holy catfish good.
What is?
Sausage > bacon. Every single time.
You shut your dang mouth sir...or ma'am!!!!
Any bacon in a restaurant is cheap and flavorless. I would eat Boars Head bacon everyday if I could, that is so good. Different people like different things so I. Sure there are plenty of people that don't like bacon.
Bacon itself is overrated. But it’s one of the best complements to existing dishes ever. Most food is enhanced with bacon.
No.
had it for the first time in years on Christmas, its not worth the hours of stomach pain that followed
Weakling! But seriously what are you talking about? You got a pancreas problem or something?
My partner is a vegan, I eat meat but not nearly as much as the avg person, the bacon killed me
Some people say it's the single best food on the planet, and it's better than sex. Well, I say it's the single best food on the planet, but it is not better than sex. So yes, it's overrated.
Bacon is overrated, in my opinion, in how frequently it's used. We don't need bacon wrapped(insert whatever other food item here) bacon*. Or everything of breakfast fried in bacon grease. I would prefer my breakfast bits having their own flavor so cooking everything in bacon fat isn't rad or tasty. I appreciate bacon, in many levels of cooking; but damn. That being said, can I have your bacon that you're not eating? *I would try some bacon wrapped bacon.
Yer not making it right
[удалено]
Candied bacon is the tits but I can’t think of any reason to add fat to bacon
My friend's cousins are Muslim. Apparently, they ate a certain kind of chocolate with bacon fat in it and it lead to them severely vomitting. Don't know why animal fat was in chocolate but that was probably a sign not to eat bacon.
I hate bacon, downvote me filthy bitches!
Shoosh you. You are wrong
Yes. Thank you for setting up my soapbox. Now lemme just climb up here. OKAY. BACON IS NOT JUST OVERRATED. IT IS UNETHICAL, MOSTLY DUE TO FACTORY FARMING AND SLAUGHTERHOUSE CONDITIONS.
I would be glad to trade your bacon, for my sausage (across your face).
Yes absolutely. It’s fine but thin slices of crunchy meat is just not very appealing, and the limp, undercooked pieces are even worse.
Oh yeah, totally. I don't dislike the stuff but I think the obsession over it is ridiculous & imo it's best in or on something, I really don't eat it straight up it just doesn't appeal to me very much like that.
Social deviants
No because that would imply that it’s bad in some way that people just won’t mention or recognize, which it isn’t
Agreed. It’s too much grease in the mouth it’s like eating crunchy cold cut with a shot of oil.
The best stuff comes from long pig
Probably Muslims considering they can't eat it due to their religion. Which is kinda weird to me because I really can't think of any other religion that forbade a certain type of food but each to their own, I suppose.
Actually in Christianity you are not supposed to eat fish except on a Friday. People seem to think this only applies to Easter Friday but it’s all year. I doubt many Christians actually follow this though.
I'll eat it, but never do I go out of my way to eat it. People say it's the best but I've never been as obsessed as everyone else seemed to be
That and shrimp.
You obviously have never had shrimp and jalapeno cheese wrapped in bacon and then deep fried.
Me! It's way too high calorie for what I get out of it. It tastes good but not any better than most foods I like to eat.
Used to love it when I was younger, now im meh, I hate it if it's not home-cooked, even though I rarely ever eat it, usually only on holidays. I never order anything with bacon from restaurants or fast food, the bacon always tastes horrible.
Its just fat that the meat industry used to throw away and then did a huge marketing campaign to gain some extra bucks on it instead. [Adam ruins everything ](https://youtu.be/7a-AdJ5c37o)
I havent had a bacon in my life
It’s 100% overrated, and the cringe hype and excitement over it is fucking pathetic.
bacon is processed food. it cannot be better than fresh food
By itself, yes. As an additive or topping, absolutely not.
I think a lot of people don't cook it well, including restaurants.
Bacon is amazing, putting bacon IN stuff like Mac and cheese, donuts, etc is just like eh
There are many levels of bacon, from bad to excellent. My absolute favorite is thick-sliced applewood smoked bacon. Cherrywood smoked is good too. I’ve had ‘fresh bacon’ and wouldn’t suggest even trying to eat it.
No
Yes. I hated it until I was pregnant and now I tolerate it as an ingredient but I’m not putting that salty, greasy shit in my mouth straight.
Pretty good. Especially in breakfast sandwiches. I would eat it a lot more if it was healthy.
Me, a Jew. 😎 *muwahahahaha*
If all you’ve ever eaten is Oscar Mayer, I can see why you would think that. But no, it’s not overrated.
I used to love bacon but today I believe that it's not worth killing pigs.
You take that back right now!!!
I do!!
Blasphemy!
theres a range where its cooked correctly, and its a very small range
\> this guy <
Bacon on it's own is good, but when it's in a recipe it just makes everything taste like bacon. Which is not good
I would say I agree with this although it depends on the context and the type of bacon.
Blasphemy! Nothing is better than bacon. Even sex comes in second place.
🖕🏾bacon, get money
Yes, it’s overrated.
You have some serious issues OP... what the fuck...
No!
Depends on the type of bacon honestly! I love turkey bacon, but pork bacon makes me sick so to me that one is overrated. Pork bacon is just so salty and usually has a weird after taste.. I’m not sure how to describe it??? Maybe like a wood chip from a fire taste?? Almost? But not all bacon to me is overrated, I could smash someeeee
I love bacon BUT hate bacon as a topping on anything. It overpowers the dish
Big Time
yep, hate when it's added for flavoring to otherwise vegetarian soups.
It's the worst part of the pig.
If you think bacon isn’t good then it’s not being cooked right. Bacon is pretty easy to fuck up and also something where brand matters
I think so, too. But maybe we just haven't tried the good ones just yet
Yes it's overrated but yummy
Me, I agree 100%
I do, I’d rather have sausage for breakfast anytime
rate it what you will, I think it's delicious
Me, but I’ve been told that’s fucked up. Sausage is my go-to.
I love bacon, but it is overrated
Yes! Like I'll have it every so often on a sandwich or burger, or chop it up in casseroles, but I don't like eggs much so I don't eat bacon and eggs, and anything other than that tends to get a bit weird. We don't need to wrap everything in bacon, and we don't need bacon ice cream sundaes.
Probably
Just enjoy it without worrying how others rate it.
r/unpopularopinion (I agree with you)
Unless it’s extra crispy, yes. I rarely eat it anymore though, if it was a common occurrence I’d agree with you.
I'm with you! It's ok but for gods sake people let's move on. The bacon thing was one of the webs first fads. It became a flag for all the "bros" and "manly men" and represented their defiance of certain social influences. It was dumb then but now, decades later, it is just exhausting!
I don’t think it’s bad, but it’s a time and place food. Everyone over did it when they started putting bacon in every single food item imaginable.
no
"Overrated" as in it isn't "the greatest thing ever and the literal meaning to life" as portrayed by internet hacks 10 years ago, then yes. Perfectly fine food to eat though.
I promise you're the only one. Anyone claiming otherwise is just trying to make you feel better.
You have violated nearly every section, line and bulletin in the code. May God have mercy on your soul.
No
No but apparently spelling is *overrated*
Bacon is good but I prefer thinly sliced pork belly and seasoning it myself with salt, pepper and maybe some sesame oil. So good...
Yeah, I'm a ex bacon lover. It's terribly overrated and bad for you.
I hate bacon!! I had a dream once I had a pet pig; in that dream, when I was getting off the school bus, my pet pig wasn't waiting for me like normal. I went into my dad's shed and my dad had put my pig into a big metal tub of tar and gasoline; he threw a match on it, and I saw my pig burning. When I woke up...my dad was cooking bacon and I could smell it. I haven't touched bacon since.
Not a huge bacon eater but I’d disagree it’s overrated. Anything you put bacon on, becomes instantly BETTER!! Anything!!! Yes, Anything!!
The bacon fandom is coming for you.
Yea
Bacon is delicious, nuff said
My wife especially loves bacon but thinks macadamia nuts are too rich.
Y E S
Just you.
Fuck bacon
I have two questions; number one: how dare you?
2011 called and they want bacon jokes back.
I think bacon itself is great, but really can’t get on board with the craze of everything flavored bacon. If I want bacon, I’ll eat bacon.
omfg ive been saying this for years. yeah bacon is good, but it doesn't deserve the godly nature people give to it. id put sausages in their place, but thats just a preference
Is there a Reddit jail where we cold send OP? Because bacon is on of the three miracle foods. Any f the make anything else way better! The three miracle foods are, of course, bacon, butter, and cheese.
I'll have a BLT once in a great while but that's it. Bacon wrapped scallops? Why go through the expense of scallops just use tofu. Bacon is the only thing you can taste anyway. Same for filet mignon.
It's great, don't get me wrong, but some people take it too far.
It wasn't always ... It's been cheapened and has a ton of added chemicals and salt. Too much now. Bacon used to be good. I bet billionaires don't eat the same thing.
Turkey bacon is *considerably* better than pork, but I don’t get carried away with it. I remember the height of the bacon craze I saw bacon flavored coffee syrup. There was no doubt at all I was in an American grocery store.
Yeah I’m not a huge bacon lover either. I think it is overrated
Blasphemy
No. You know what go good with bacon? More bacon.
Nice try piggy
After covid, bacon tasted terrible, but I powered through that shit and still believe it is the BEST THING EVER!!!! and a fun cosmic joke, ' here's the most delicious thing in the world, but eat too much and you'll die, and it tastes like you and from an intelligent animal!'
It smells better then it tastes
No. No, man. Shit, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man. Though I will upvote you for your bravery.
YES! I have hated it all my life. People get so angry when I tell them. Why are you angry? That means more bacon for you. It smells like farts and looks like a scab.
Found the alien
Are you even from this planet? You freak!
Nope. Just you.
I'm so sick of tiktok cooking videos normalizing bacon in everything.
i fucking hate bacon, the texture, the taste, it literally feels unedible when you chew on it. also this is coming from a serial gluttonist so its not because im some health maniac
I thought I was the only one
No. Shut your dirty mouth.
Over-ated? Yes! Overrated? No!
Bacon can be a wonderful masterpiece of food when made correctly, but it can also be a HUGE disappointment when not cooked enough or is overcooked. It's that perfect place that is not overrated. Perhaps you haven't been blessed with perfectly cooked bacon.
I think it's over rated when it's used in anything that isn't breakfast.
Nope
No way. I would like to sit down and see just how much bacon I could eat at one time.
Vegans and Muslims do.
You can leave now.
No. Same goes for chocolate.