Bacon and maple syrup.   Food nivarna! - Page 1
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author: wizard69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 22, 2021, 04:00:36 am
content: Guys this is a recent discovery of mine, which is probably already known to the wider world, but bacon and maple syrup go together like peanut butter and jelly.We are talking American bacon here just for context. But what i do is this: get some bacon frying in the pan, when the bacon starts to get a bit translucent I drizzle on some maple syrup across each strip and finish off the bacon in the pan. Drain on paper towels as is the norm but remove from the towels rather quickly.This ends up being an out of the world experience. I'm not sure if this is something practiced buy others but I was surprised at how good the end result was.

author: WattsThat
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 22, 2021, 04:12:54 am
content: Or breakfast sausage, links or patties, drizzled with (real) maple syrup. Washed down with a good cup of black coffee. Pig parts and maple work well together

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 22, 2021, 09:09:53 am
content: I've heard about it, but have never been game to try it.For the Aussies, it's like Vegemite and cheese. Some people swear that it's amazing, however I can't bring myself to try it. I like both things, but in my mind, I can't imagine them going together too well.

author: YurkshireLad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 22, 2021, 11:27:32 am
content: How did you not know this?!Yes, bacon and maple syrup are delicious together, especially when plated with a stack of chocolate chip pancakes (oh my clogged arteries!).

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 22, 2021, 12:30:30 pm
content: Quotenot so sure about the Vegemite but Marmite and toasted cheese IS the food of the gods.

author: SilverSolder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 22, 2021, 12:57:15 pm
content: +1 for bacon, maple syrup, marmite, and cheese! OMG what a breakfast....

author: wizard69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2021, 01:11:54 am
content: Quote from: WattsThat on April 22, 2021, 04:12:54 amI think the trick here is real Maple syrup. For years I would buy Maple flavored bacon but this isn't the same thing at all, totally different experience. The Maple syrup seems to react with the bacon to turn it into a soft candy like treat. i discovered this when the local store apparently switches suppliers and the quality of the Maple flavored bacon went down. So I thought why not and grabbed the bottle of Maple syrup and applied while it was frying in the pan. Totally new result for me.Honestly I shouldn't be eating bacon at all but this just puts me over the top. Instead of a couple of slices I end up eating 6 or more. The only warning I have beyond this might kill you is that it does make clean up a lot harder as you now have some hard to scrap off residue.

author: wizard69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2021, 01:14:56 am
content: Quote from: YurkshireLad on April 22, 2021, 11:27:32 amI've been a Maple syrup guy for years but this is a different thing all together. The trick comes in pouring the syrup on while the bacon is cooking. I've been buying "Maple flavored" bacon for years but this is a very different result.

author: wizard69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2021, 01:20:17 am
content: Well just realize we are talking American style bacon here with real Maple syrup. I'm not sure if you have an equivalent down under. I only need to drive a few miles across the border into Canada and order bacon and then get something entirely different.Quote from: Halcyon link=toic=276744.msg3554546#msg3554546 date=1619082593It can't hurt to try.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2021, 09:11:01 pm
content: FYI, candied bacon is easiest baked. Lay down strips on foil on a cookie sheet, drizzle, bake for 10 minutes, flip, drizzle more if you like, bake another 10 minutes -- times give or take oven temp, bacon size, crispness and all that of course!Smoke flavor is particularly water-soluble -- which may seem kind of odd as flavors go, or given its association with fatty things like bacon and barbecue -- and so is sugar, and so are one in the other. So the sugar traps the smoke flavor and makes it so delightfully, devilishly rich and flavorful and sweet, and greasy, and let's not forget the salt from the cured meat.Tim

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2021, 09:43:49 pm
content: This is clearly some kind of American thing. The concept of putting sweet and savory together is beyond my comprehension. It's almost as horrifying as honey-roasted peanuts, which I find all but inedible.

author: SilverSolder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2021, 11:02:06 pm
content: Quote from: IanB on May 01, 2021, 09:43:49 pmKetchup on a hot dog?

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2021, 11:16:25 pm
content: Yep it's good. When I was a kid I tried to keep all my food in separate piles on the plate. When mom gave me pancakes with syrup and sausage I eventually got the syrup on the sausage and discovered it's GOOD!

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2021, 11:32:25 pm
content: People who don't like syrup on sausage, are like people who put on socks and shoes one foot at a time, instead of both socks, then both shoes.Tim

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2021, 11:44:23 pm
content: Quote from: SilverSolder on May 01, 2021, 11:02:06 pmNot usually. Isn't that heresy? Mustard goes with sausages. Ketchup goes with fries.But also, Ketchup in the UK is different from the traditional USA version.UK Ketchupis more like the "Simply Heinz" version over here. Sugar is third in the ingredients list after tomatoes and vinegar. Something with more vinegar than sugar is probably not "sweet". And tomatoes themselves have quite a high acidity.

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2021, 11:57:00 pm
content: Quote from: T3sl4co1l on May 01, 2021, 11:32:25 pmThe difficulty with analogies, curtesy of Dave Allen:The Pope is arguing with an atheist.Says the Pope to the atheist: "You are like a man who is totally blindfolded, in a dark room, looking for a black cat that is not there."Ah, says the atheist, "Then you and I have a lot in common.""What do you mean?" asks the Pope.Well, says the atheist, "You are also like a man who is blindfolded, in a totally dark room, looking for a black cat that isn't there.""The only difference is that you have found it."

author: SilverSolder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 02, 2021, 12:25:27 am
content: Quote from: IanB on May 01, 2021, 11:44:23 pmThe ingredient list on a bottle of regular Heinz ketchup is as follows: tomato concentrate from red ripe tomatoes, distilled vinegar, high-fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, salt, spice, onion powder, natural flavoring.True, high fructose corn syrup comes in third.But hang on, plain old corn syrup is the fourth ingredient!Aren’t they both considered sugar? ...

author: wizard69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2021, 10:57:01 pm
content: Now this is most interesting, I never heard of this approach. Also "candied Bacon" is probably the best description of what your end up with. Those candied Bacon have a texture and flavor all their own. The transformation was shocking to me.Quote from: T3sl4co1l on May 01, 2021, 09:11:01 pmThis gives me an idea, I might try this on the grill if it ever stops raining around here.

author: wizard69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2021, 10:59:54 pm
content: Quote from: SilverSolder on May 02, 2021, 12:25:27 amYep plenty of sugar in Heinz Ketchup. This is why you end up with that sticky coating when spread across a meatloaf before baking.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2021, 11:22:43 pm
content: Quote from: wizard69 on May 03, 2021, 10:57:01 pmBe very careful, direct heat will char sugar in no time! Nice low fire, probably in a row off to the side, will do. Can even add extra smoke, mwahaha.Oh, a reminder that you can make your own, too -- liquid smoke that is, which like I said is more or less a solution in water:https://youtu.be/R3JetOoEngs?t=547Tim