Comments on: Has bacon jumped the shark? http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/03/04/has-bacon-jumped-the-shark/ Restaurants, Nightlife and More Wed, 1 Feb 2012 04:41:52 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Kim Okabe http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/03/04/has-bacon-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-6078 Kim Okabe Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:43:57 +0000 http://blog.diningchicago.com/?p=4359#comment-6078 it's so good, and so bad. i keep it at a minimum in my diet, but my homemade fried rice relies on it. have you tried the bacon at walker bros. original pancake house on green bay road? thick, crisp, mmm-mmm good. it’s so good, and so bad. i keep it at a minimum in my diet, but my homemade fried rice relies on it. have you tried the bacon at walker bros. original pancake house on green bay road? thick, crisp, mmm-mmm good.

]]> By: Paulie B http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/03/04/has-bacon-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-5936 Paulie B Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:58:28 +0000 http://blog.diningchicago.com/?p=4359#comment-5936 Nothing tastes like bacon, but bacon. This is the battle cry of true bacon lovers around the world. We have a had a great love affair with everything edible that comes from our porcine friends. So has bacon "jumped the shark"? No more than the term "jumped the shark" has. Has the fad of trendy bacon manipulation faded a bit? Sure. Has silly recipes and odd-ball uses of bacon in the name of some level of hipsterism faded a bit? Of course - the cool people never know when to look at a good thing and enjoy it for what it is. I am sure that before long the tragically hip faux-foodies who think they invented bacon will find a new food - a simple delicious food like bacon - and try to embarrass it with edible candles and bad music videos. The rest of us - the food-nerds - will have already been there and done and that - whatever it is - and we'll be fine. Bacon is - and always will be - best served simply. Now that it is falling from fashion - it might get back to normal - just like Greg Brady did when he realized they wanted him to be Johnny Matador because he fit the suit. Nothing tastes like bacon, but bacon. This is the battle cry of true bacon lovers around the world. We have a had a great love affair with everything edible that comes from our porcine friends.

So has bacon “jumped the shark”? No more than the term “jumped the shark” has.

Has the fad of trendy bacon manipulation faded a bit? Sure.
Has silly recipes and odd-ball uses of bacon in the name of some level of hipsterism faded a bit? Of course – the cool people never know when to look at a good thing and enjoy it for what it is.

I am sure that before long the tragically hip faux-foodies who think they invented bacon will find a new food – a simple delicious food like bacon – and try to embarrass it with edible candles and bad music videos.

The rest of us – the food-nerds – will have already been there and done and that – whatever it is – and we’ll be fine.

Bacon is – and always will be – best served simply.

Now that it is falling from fashion – it might get back to normal – just like Greg Brady did when he realized they wanted him to be Johnny Matador because he fit the suit.

]]> By: Amy Ranger http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/03/04/has-bacon-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-5933 Amy Ranger Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:15:56 +0000 http://blog.diningchicago.com/?p=4359#comment-5933 Bacon is wonderful! I love Zingerman's bacon, smoked and peppered from Arkansas. I love Canadian bacon, prosciutto, pancetta (essential for cooking Italian dishes!), and Serrano ham. Maybe some people think bacon has jumped the shark, but for me, it is still a food of the gods. Bacon is wonderful! I love Zingerman’s bacon, smoked and peppered from Arkansas. I love Canadian bacon, prosciutto, pancetta (essential for cooking Italian dishes!), and Serrano ham. Maybe some people think bacon has jumped the shark, but for me, it is still a food of the gods.

]]> By: Sarah Prince http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/03/04/has-bacon-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-5932 Sarah Prince Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:44:41 +0000 http://blog.diningchicago.com/?p=4359#comment-5932 I eat it gladly when it comes in front of me, but I don't cook it myself I eat it gladly when it comes in front of me, but I don’t cook it myself

]]> By: Heather http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/03/04/has-bacon-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-5924 Heather Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:47:22 +0000 http://blog.diningchicago.com/?p=4359#comment-5924 As a garnish or flavor enhancer, I enjoy it. As a half-cooked, wiggly and slimy side, not so much. As a garnish or flavor enhancer, I enjoy it. As a half-cooked, wiggly and slimy side, not so much.

]]> By: Leigh Hanlon http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/03/04/has-bacon-jumped-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-5909 Leigh Hanlon Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:22:15 +0000 http://blog.diningchicago.com/?p=4359#comment-5909 Bacon hasn't just jumped the shark, it's nuked the fridge. Bacon hasn’t just jumped the shark, it’s nuked the fridge.

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