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My mate made me laugh. She's muslim and said that bacon eating appears to be the most badly kept secret amongst her family and friends...a bit like Catholics using contraception

My fingers couldn't keep up with my brain in my desire to spit out how much I hate bacon, so apologies for the typos!!

oh yes veggie sure.
I only knew one Jewish person ever. Plus she was veggie.

I think Hindus can eat pig but not cow? I may be wrong.

The smell of cooking bacon is the worst bit IMO.

Not only can I not stand bacon, I can't stand anything containing pork. I'm not religious, I just won't eat pork because I think it tastes awful.

It's harder to explain than vegetarianism in my experience. People just look at you as if you've grown an extra head in front of their eyes. And so many things contain pork that really don't need to - I mean I wouldn't like to deprive anyone of their bacon and egg sandwich, but do these cafes really need to put bacon bits and/or chorizo onto everything? I bought beef sausages, nice I thought, I love beef sausages - thought they tasted a bit funny and somehow not entirely pleasant, looked at the ingredients, ah yes, that'd be the sausage casing made from pork. How do muslims and jews cope?!

I'm vegetarian, and the only things I miss are streaky bacon and smoked salmon.

Had to be crispy and streaky, if you're gonna eat thick-cut bacon you may as well eat a pork chop.

<sigh>

Yes worra I know plenty of Jewish people who sneak a bacon butty on the sly! As you say, Catholics and contraception. Good analogy!

sat reading this while having bacon and mozzarella roll for tea! yum!

i do think religious restrictions on food are silly. i know WHY but sheesh

I'm with you Naoko. I'm not a fan of anything porky at all.

My excuse is that pigs are intelligent and I'd not eat a dolphin either. <vague logic>

This is bacon

This is nasty

People who don't eat certain animals (and worship others) because their invisible friend of choice said so in a fictional book from thousands of years ago are stupid.

That is all.

However I love a bacon sarnie.

I quite like mine within thick slices of fresh white bread

With cold butter smeared on both sides of the bread.

Bacon HOT off the grill

I'm no normally a ketchup fan, however it may be appropriate in this circumstance.

The first bite should encounter textures, temperatures, flavours and contrasts.

(My happiest bacon sandwich story: I hitchhiked back from Cov Poly in the early 80's to my parents at the end of term. I arrived at the end of family Sunday lunch, my mum (bless her) got up and made a bacon sandwich, my dad got up and said "You've go some catching up to do!" and placed a bottle of Beaujolis in front of me. 'Sunday lunch' went on into the very early hours.)

YANBU hate the stuff

you are not alone.
I can't stomach it in the mornings, the smell is just too much.
esp when sometimes it smells like pigs piss <- vom that is

It's up to you whether you like the taste of bacon or not really isn't it.

I don't like the taste of salad stuff (I'm not a rabbit). I don't like the taste of lentils (pointless bitty things), so what?

YANBU

salty greasy yuk yuk

I like a tiny bit of very crispy bacon in a turkey and cranberry sandwich. In all other circumstances, I hate it. And Naoko, I so agree with you on the fad for putting chorizo in everything. You can't even pick it out as it's horrible smoky vileness permeates everything.

I've been a vegetarian for a very, very long time. (I'm old.) I know people often say how even strict vegetarians love the smell of bacon - I can't stand it. Horrible, yucky stuff. YANBU.

Bunny - those pictures are both vile swimming in fat and greasy the stink gets everywhere YANBU

I was a proper vegetarian for four years. It was a bacon sarnie that turned me back to meat.

Complexnumber your parents sound really lovely.

Mmmmmmm,,, bacon.
Nothing better than a Greggs sub White roll cut to the hinge, proper butter both sides, 4 thick cut crispy hot rashers ( not smoked ) with brown and red sauce, little bit sweet, little bit tangy.
Perfect with a cold can of coke for a hangover.

I don't know anyone who doesn't like it-even the vegetarian friends say it is one thing they miss.

I could easily have either of those between two slices of mighty white, bunny. <dribble>

It's vile and bacon butties are worse than devils testicles.

Devil's testicles are rather nice, I find. With ketchup, obviously

Yadnbu. It stinks. My stomach turns when I smell bacon cooking. Takes a lot of self control to not throw up anymore. Then there's the amount of fat and grease. Yuk. Given the choice between bacon, well pork in general, I would rather starve. It is not religious reasons. It stems back from seeing something as a child.

When we have this chat in work, them saying oohh such and such does a lovely bacon butty, and I say no, I am looked at like I have 3 heads. It's mad really. Religious reasons, noone batters an eye lid. Personal choice and you are some weirdo.