[Sca-cooks] OT/OOP NYT Article on Math Formula For the Perfect Bacon Sandwich...

Johnna Holloway johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu
Wed Apr 11 06:36:54 PDT 2007


I can't say that I've ever had a bacon butty either. I tend to eat BLT's 
minus
the tomato and lettuce though. Mayo on toast with 4 strips of bacon.

Johnnae

Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:That had occurred to me, too, 
but I also wonder how many Americans
> eat that many bacon sandwiches (I mean, straight bacon, without egg,  
> or lettuce and tomato, chicken, turkey, etc.) This would presumably  
> affect the results somewhat, as would the possibility that American  
> sandwiches can tend to be more about the filling than they are about  
> the bread -- I mean, I'm sure you can get a corned beef sandwich in  
> the UK, but it probably isn't the monstrosity you routinely get at  
> Katz's Deli. I'm not sure where, in the meat-to-bread ratio, a bacon  
> butty falls.
> Adamantius (hmmm... I do have some back bacon in there somewhere...)
>
>
>   



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