Bacon goes cold so quickly

[purpleme12]

When we make bacon it just seems to go cold ridiculously quickly
I don't hang around to eat it but it's like it's cold as soon as I start eating the sandwich
Does this happen to everyone else?
Why does this happen and has anyone else managed to eat warm bacon?

Cook it in a pan. Rather than buttering the bread, dip it in the fat in pan to warm through , then put bacon in between.

Interesting about dipping it in the fat
It doesn't make it too soggy?

When you say pan you're talking about frying pan right?

Are you cooking it at a low heat to be pale and floppy or high heat to be sizzling crispy brown?

New fresh bread & half the butter dish & straight off the pan¹ dripping in fat melting the butter.

Ummmmm

¹Or healthy grill/air fry version

Fried bread 🍻

It's not crispy no because I don't like it crispy

I have never tried grilling it to be honest

I will try this dipping thing next time

Yes, frying pan. No, not soggy if it’s at a high heat . I suppose you could cook it till crispy ( the bread), but I don’t.

Does grilling make it stay hotter longer then

I've always cooked it in a frying pan

You can fry it, but this is just to heat it through. It works, think might have been a Nigella tip years ago!

I don't think so. Not on my grill anyway as the pan can get much hotter. I do know what you mean though. I guess if you use toast rather than bread it might help?

Oh no. Now you've reminded me of when I was a child and my mum would soak a slice of bread in bacon fat for me and my sis to eat! Best thing ever. Like being allowed to pick the marrow out of bones on a Sunday. I don't even know what those bones were. I'll have to find out.

The paler it is the less heat it has obsorbed and so has a lower temp so will cool faster.

Bread is a insulator 😉

Nope it just removes the rendered fat and makes it less fatty

But if you have it there anyway 🤷‍♀️

Oh ok thought it was suggested cos it kept it hotter or something

Anyway will try the bread thing next time

Things I've found that help:
Warm the bread or rolls, or use toast
Soften the butter to the point of almost melting before spreading
Pan fried tends to be hotter than grilled (IME)

Cook bacon to the edge of crisp, so a couple if brown bits on the surface but still soft
Warm the plates you put the sandwich on
Eat sandwiches straight after making, no leaving on the side while you finish making tea to go with

I feel your pain, OP, as my late DH didn't like cold bacon in a sandwich.

Bacon has a large surface area to it's thickness, so when you lay it on something cold, e.g. buttered bread, the heat is sucked out of it to warm or melt the bread/butter.

Thanks will try this too next time

I usually cook eggs too ,and maybe mushrooms or tomatoes .I find if I cook the bacon first then transfer to a warm oven (on a metal tray) .It keeps hot when served up all together

The dipped bread is the best thing about a bacon sandwich, absolute nectar, no butter required as the oil is enough.
Warm your plates as well.

When I have to cook one part of a meal first, before assembling it, I pop the hot food, on a plate, and into the microwave, cover it with the plastic spatter cover and close the mic door.

The microwave is essentially an insulated box and it keeps the food warm whilst I prepare the sandwich, or whatever.

I do this with hot plates of food too if one of the DCs is a minute or two late to sit down at the table.
It seems to work well.

....I don't mind bacon cooling off as I like it crispy/cremated. Pasta....now pasta cools down as soon as you drain it, I sometimes stir it in the hot sauce which helps but never quite get the quantities right.