Bacon...
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wrote on 27 Mar 2022, 21:43 last edited by
When I've made it in the oven, I've put it on a baking rack. It's difficult to get off, and the rack is a PITA to clean with all the cooked-on stuff.
What do you guys do?
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wrote on 27 Mar 2022, 21:46 last edited by Mik
I put it on a half sheet rack and cook a pound at a time. I rub the rack with oil so it is never too tough to clean.
There's a Shark Tank product called the Scrub Daddy that I can no longer live without. Does a great job and lasts forever. If it gets dirty just stick it in the dishwasher. Pay no mind to the kitschy smile.
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When I've made it in the oven, I've put it on a baking rack. It's difficult to get off, and the rack is a PITA to clean with all the cooked-on stuff.
What do you guys do?
wrote on 27 Mar 2022, 21:48 last edited byWhen I've made it in the oven, I've put it on a baking rack. It's difficult to get off, and the rack is a PITA to clean with all the cooked-on stuff.
What do you guys do?
I just use an oven-safe pan. It's the grooved kind that collects the grease. Not too bad to clean if you catch it fairly early.
I don't use the oven all the time—usually I just cook it on the range.
The microwave I only use to thaw out or reheat. I think they're total crap for cooking, but, YGASMV.
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wrote on 27 Mar 2022, 21:53 last edited by
Microwave is fine for vegetables, eggs, etc. Other than that, just reheating.
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wrote on 27 Mar 2022, 22:01 last edited by jon-nyc
I’ve only recently started making bacon in the microwave. I agree that the convenience outweighs any taste/texture differential. Never tried the oven and wouldn’t want to deal with the mess.
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wrote on 27 Mar 2022, 22:05 last edited by Mik
@Mik ...eggs? Really?
Sure. Poached eggs, egg for a McMuffin thing or sunny side up. Do it all the time. One of my favorite breakfasts is two eggs cracked into a cereal bowl, cooked for 45 second, add 1 T melted butter and a couple pieces of toast torn into bite size pieces. Mix well, add a sprinkling of salt and voila! You have eggs and toast you can eat with a spoon and not have to mop up the yolks. You can do something similar with hash brown patties.
My other current fave breakfast is avocado toast. One small avocado mashed up with a little salt, lime juice, cilantro and crushed red peppers, all on toasted sourdough. Hardest part is learning to judge when the avocados are just right.
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I put it on a half sheet rack and cook a pound at a time. I rub the rack with oil so it is never too tough to clean.
There's a Shark Tank product called the Scrub Daddy that I can no longer live without. Does a great job and lasts forever. If it gets dirty just stick it in the dishwasher. Pay no mind to the kitschy smile.
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wrote on 28 Mar 2022, 14:09 last edited by
Mik's doing the same thing you do with a barbecue grill. It works.
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wrote on 29 Mar 2022, 02:19 last edited by 89th
Microwaved eggs? And then the murders began.
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@Mik ...eggs? Really?
Sure. Poached eggs, egg for a McMuffin thing or sunny side up. Do it all the time. One of my favorite breakfasts is two eggs cracked into a cereal bowl, cooked for 45 second, add 1 T melted butter and a couple pieces of toast torn into bite size pieces. Mix well, add a sprinkling of salt and voila! You have eggs and toast you can eat with a spoon and not have to mop up the yolks. You can do something similar with hash brown patties.
My other current fave breakfast is avocado toast. One small avocado mashed up with a little salt, lime juice, cilantro and crushed red peppers, all on toasted sourdough. Hardest part is learning to judge when the avocados are just right.
wrote on 29 Mar 2022, 16:12 last edited bySure. Poached eggs, egg for a McMuffin thing or sunny side up. Do it all the time. One of my favorite breakfasts is two eggs cracked into a cereal bowl, cooked for 45 second, add 1 T melted butter and a couple pieces of toast torn into bite size pieces. Mix well, add a sprinkling of salt and voila! You have eggs and toast you can eat with a spoon and not have to mop up the yolks.
Tried it just now.
After 45 seconds, the egg whites were still uncooked in the center of the bowl, but the yolks looked okay. I gave it another 15 seconds, and there were a couple of small explosions. Whites still not there. Another 10 seconds, and they were done, but the yolk was way overcooked.
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wrote on 29 Mar 2022, 16:17 last edited by
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Sure. Poached eggs, egg for a McMuffin thing or sunny side up. Do it all the time. One of my favorite breakfasts is two eggs cracked into a cereal bowl, cooked for 45 second, add 1 T melted butter and a couple pieces of toast torn into bite size pieces. Mix well, add a sprinkling of salt and voila! You have eggs and toast you can eat with a spoon and not have to mop up the yolks.
Tried it just now.
After 45 seconds, the egg whites were still uncooked in the center of the bowl, but the yolks looked okay. I gave it another 15 seconds, and there were a couple of small explosions. Whites still not there. Another 10 seconds, and they were done, but the yolk was way overcooked.
wrote on 29 Mar 2022, 16:48 last edited bySure. Poached eggs, egg for a McMuffin thing or sunny side up. Do it all the time. One of my favorite breakfasts is two eggs cracked into a cereal bowl, cooked for 45 second, add 1 T melted butter and a couple pieces of toast torn into bite size pieces. Mix well, add a sprinkling of salt and voila! You have eggs and toast you can eat with a spoon and not have to mop up the yolks.
Tried it just now.
After 45 seconds, the egg whites were still uncooked in the center of the bowl, but the yolks looked okay. I gave it another 15 seconds, and there were a couple of small explosions. Whites still not there. Another 10 seconds, and they were done, but the yolk was way overcooked.
If you are putting in the toast the sightly underdone whites are ok. It gets soaked up.
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wrote on 30 Mar 2022, 17:41 last edited by
Made it again today. Cooked the eggs for 1 minute, and there were fewer (cough) eggsplosions. Yolks still a bit overdone for my taste. You might be right about the 45 seconds.
Also sprinkled in some shredded cheddar.
Pretty tasty, akshually.
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wrote on 30 Mar 2022, 18:10 last edited by mark
We bake our thick cut, fresh from the butcher bacon, on a baking pan lined with parchment paper. 400f for 20-25 minutes. Clean-up is a breeze.
I agree that microwave bacon is tough and the pre-cooked "microwave bacon" is just not something we will ever buy again.
I have poached eggs in the microwave. They are OK. I vastly prefer traditional cooking techniques when it comes to eggs.
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wrote on 30 Mar 2022, 18:22 last edited by Catseye3
I make poached eggs in an ancient version of this:
-- with three cups and without the spatch (which is not necessary). I bring the water to a boil, grease the cups with EVOO (butter makes the cups too hard to clean), crack the eggs into the cups, cover, and let 'em go for four minutes. They come out perfect every time.
Got the egg poacher at an estate auction in what we'uns around here call a "box 'n contents". Box 'n contents are my favorite part. The auction staff line the floors at the walls with cardboard boxes full of tchochkes (mostly of-a-kind), with the good stuff on top of course. Bidders are allowed to stroll around and look at the surfaces, but no touching. Yuh takes yuh chances; you bid on the whole box. The poacher was buried in the middle. One of my most-used items.
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We bake our thick cut, fresh from the butcher bacon, on a baking pan lined with parchment paper. 400f for 20-25 minutes. Clean-up is a breeze.
I agree that microwave bacon is tough and the pre-cooked "microwave bacon" is just not something we will ever buy again.
I have poached eggs in the microwave. They are OK. I vastly prefer traditional cooking techniques when it comes to eggs.
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Does the parchment paper really contain the grease? I would imagine it would seep through or around it.
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@jon-nyc when I made bacon in the oven, I line a rimmed cookie sheet with non-stick aluminum foil in such a way as to contain the grease.
Comes out good, but it's slow.
wrote on 30 Mar 2022, 19:09 last edited by@jon-nyc when I made bacon in the oven, I line a rimmed cookie sheet with non-stick aluminum foil in such a way as to contain the grease.
Comes out good, but it's slow.
That's how I do it. And yes, the grease will soak through parchment, but it helps. It can also be difficult to get the bacon to release.
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@jon-nyc when I made bacon in the oven, I line a rimmed cookie sheet with non-stick aluminum foil in such a way as to contain the grease.
Comes out good, but it's slow.
That's how I do it. And yes, the grease will soak through parchment, but it helps. It can also be difficult to get the bacon to release.
