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

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Apr 11, 2007, at 9:36 AM, Johnna Holloway wrote:

> 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

Must be that Middle American Thing ;-)

I _have_ been known to attempt suicide with plain bacon on bread  
fried crisp in the bacon fat. My cholesterol count mysteriously  
remains at something around 145...

Adamantius

>
> 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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"Confessions", 1782

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