Chicken Fried Bacon

[agalarneau]

Oh my heart. (Thump.)

[pax]

I should not have read this thread. I think I will start with chicken fried bacon ala Ms Cross, followed by candied bacon ala me, and if I am still feeling a bit hungry, then jayejo's bacon macaroons. And then a nap. I am so glad there is bacon in the fridge.

[Peter Green]

How come I didn't find out about this before I left Texas?

Darn.

[pax]

To give you a reason to come back, of course.

[Shelby]

How come I didn't find out about this before I left Texas?

Darn.

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Shoot, you can make this at home!

It's really good on BLT's.

Not that I've had it.

Well, maybe just once.

Or three times.

[annecros]

I've made it maybe five or six times since my epiphany a year ago - usually as Sunday Brunch for relatives who come to visit from Georgia and tease me that I am turning into a Yankee.

A sliced tomato is an ideal side, and I usually serve it with such. Unless I am pairing it with a Bloody Mary.

It is very simple to prepare. I've taken to adding a pinch of MSG to the flour, because, what the heck?

Jowl bacon is the way to go.

[pax]

Ah, thank you for the reminder you used jowl bacon, I am going to run over to Hemp's in a minute. I need a few things from there.

I am starting to drool a little.

[pax]

Well, I forgot the jowl bacon. I'll have to try again tomorrow.

[adey73]

Can someone explain all these words to an Englishman?

[annecros]

Can someone explain all these words to an Englishman?

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Perhaps not all, but can try.

Jowl bacon is made from the cheek of the pig. Cream gravy is a roux (flour and fat heated up enough to cook the flour, in this case only slightly so it does not brown) with the addition of milk or cream as the liquid, salt and pepper to taste. Sausage gravy is the same thing, utilizing the fat rendered from fresh pork sausage and usually onion, Worcestershire sauce and a dash of hot sauce, salt and pepper to taste. The sausage goes back into the finished gravy. Biscuits are a short bread, similar in ingredients to basic scones, with a slightly different technique. "Chicken Fried" applies to any protein that is handled in the same manner as fried chicken, that is an egg wash and flour, then shallow or deep fried in fat. Traditionally and usually anything that is "Chicken Fried" is smothered in cream gravy. Biscuits can be smothered in either cream or sausage gravy, as you like.

Did I miss any?

[CKatCook]

And just in time for my trip to texas this weekend!

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