I just enjoyed a luncheon consisting of a BLT sandwich and it occurred to me, what is the optimal configuration for the strips of bacon on a BLT?
There are a few possibilities, from what I can tell... one would be in parallel, all the strips lined up next to each other. Another would be a sort of cross-hatch pattern. A third possibility would involve abstract expressionist randomness... possibly requiring the decomposition of strips into smaller pieces.
This might be a good survey question for the r.f.c site. 🙂
I just enjoyed a luncheon consisting of a BLT sandwich and it occurred to me, what is the optimal configuration for the strips of bacon on a BLT?
There are a few possibilities, from what I can tell... one would be in parallel, all the strips lined up next to each other. Another would be a sort of cross-hatch pattern. A third possibility would involve abstract expressionist randomness... possibly requiring the decomposition of strips into smaller pieces.
This might be a good survey question for the r.f.c site. 🙂
Dude, you have way to much free time on your hands.
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I just enjoyed a luncheon consisting of a BLT sandwich and it occurred to me, what is the optimal configuration for the strips of bacon on a BLT?
There are a few possibilities, from what I can tell... one would be in parallel, all the strips lined up next to each other. Another would be a sort of cross-hatch pattern. A third possibility would involve abstract expressionist randomness... possibly requiring the decomposition of strips into smaller pieces.
This might be a good survey question for the r.f.c site. 🙂
I just enjoyed a luncheon consisting of a BLT sandwich and it occurred to me, what is the optimal configuration for the strips of bacon on a BLT?
There are a few possibilities, from what I can tell... one would be in parallel, all the strips lined up next to each other. Another would be a sort of cross-hatch pattern. A third possibility would involve abstract expressionist randomness... possibly requiring the decomposition of strips into smaller pieces.
This might be a good survey question for the r.f.c site. 🙂
How about a BLT with peameal bacon. One nice big slab would fill the entire thing and you wouldn't have to waste time fretting :-)
I just enjoyed a luncheon consisting of a BLT sandwich and it occurred to me, what is the optimal configuration for the strips of bacon on a BLT?
There are a few possibilities, from what I can tell... one would be in parallel, all the strips lined up next to each other. Another would be a sort of cross-hatch pattern. A third possibility would involve abstract expressionist randomness... possibly requiring the decomposition of strips into smaller pieces.
This might be a good survey question for the r.f.c site. 🙂
How about a BLT with peameal bacon. One nice big slab would fill the entire thing and you wouldn't have to waste time fretting :-)
I'll be more concern as to how to arrange the lettuce and rather or not to place the tomatoes upside down.
I just enjoyed a luncheon consisting of a BLT sandwich and it occurred to me, what is the optimal configuration for the strips of bacon on a BLT?
There are a few possibilities, from what I can tell... one would be in parallel, all the strips lined up next to each other. Another would be a sort of cross-hatch pattern. A third possibility would involve abstract expressionist randomness... possibly requiring the decomposition of strips into smaller pieces.
This might be a good survey question for the r.f.c site. 🙂
How about a BLT with peameal bacon. One nice big slab would fill the entire thing and you wouldn't have to waste time fretting :-)
I'll be more concern as to how to arrange the lettuce and rather or not to place the tomatoes upside down.
These are things I've given consideration to, but have not yet had time to formulate the questions properly. I'm a very busy man.
As for peameal bacon, that takes all the fun out of it. :-)
I just enjoyed a luncheon consisting of a BLT sandwich and it occurred to me, what is the optimal configuration for the strips of bacon on a BLT?
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There are a few possibilities, from what I can tell... one would be in parallel, all the strips lined up next to each other. Another would be a sort of cross-hatch pattern. A third possibility would involve abstract expressionist randomness... possibly requiring the decomposition of strips into smaller pieces.
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This might be a good survey question for the r.f.c site. 🙂
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How about a BLT with peameal bacon. One nice big slab would fill the entire thing and you wouldn't have to waste time fretting :-)
I'll be more concern as to how to arrange the lettuce and rather or not to place the tomatoes upside down
Who give's a rat's b-hind how the bacon is arranged, so long as there's a lot. Gotta be cheap white bread, gotta be toasted, gotta have mayo on both halves, lettuce gotta be iceberg.
Who give's a rat's b-hind how the bacon is arranged, so long as there's a lot. Gotta be cheap white bread, gotta be toasted, gotta have mayo on both halves, lettuce gotta be iceberg.
Why would you make a good sandwich on cheap bread? Really good bread can be the best part of a sandwich because it is so good that anything else is just a bonus. It seems a shame to waste good bacon and good tomatoes on crappy bread.
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Who give's a rat's b-hind how the bacon is arranged, so long as there's a lot. Gotta be cheap white bread, gotta be toasted, gotta have mayo on both halves, lettuce gotta be iceberg.
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Why would you make a good sandwich on cheap bread?
Maybe because cheap bread literally "wraps" around it's content, as the pedestal of a statue? -- Vilco Think pink, drink rose'
It has to be toasted, though. No wrapping. Sheldon's right. Gotta be cheap white bread. Serves as a nice counterpoint to the inner ingedients, like plain crackers with fabulous cheese.
Who give's a rat's b-hind how the bacon is arranged, so long as there's a lot. Gotta be cheap white bread, gotta be toasted, gotta have mayo on both halves, lettuce gotta be iceberg.
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Why would you make a good sandwich on cheap bread?
Maybe because cheap bread literally "wraps" around it's content, as the pedestal of a statue? -- Vilco Think pink, drink rose'
Why would you make a good sandwich on cheap bread? Really good bread can be the best part of a sandwich because it is so good that anything else is just a bonus. It seems a shame to waste good bacon and good tomatoes on crappy bread.
My favorite bread, is a 7-Grain bread that is made locally. It is full of sunflower seeds and it has oatmeal on the top of the bread. But, I agree with Sheldon, when I eat a BLT, I want cheap, white bread, iceberg lettuce and slices of plump, juicy tomato. I also like cheap, white bread for tuna salad. Maybe this is because that is what I ate when I was a child.
I just enjoyed a luncheon consisting of a BLT sandwich and it occurred to me, what is the optimal configuration for the strips of bacon on a BLT?
There are a few possibilities, from what I can tell... one would be in parallel, all the strips lined up next to each other.
No, wrong. That configuration would allow a fracture occurring on one slice to propagate to the adjacent slices. One of the best parts about a BLT is the fracture of really crispy bacon as you bite into it. You want to savor that experience, not squander it in a few bites.
The ideal layout is to have each slice oriented 15 degrees off-axis to its neighbors. That helps to prevent strip-to-strip fracture propagation.
Even better (although this is a nuance one seldom sees done, except by an expert) is to take a hole punch or a cork borer and make several holes in the raw bacon. After frying, these holes will tend to stop a fracture from propagating within a strip. When the developing crack meets the hole, it usually won't jump to the other side. Each hole should be centered over a border between the red and white parts, because that's where most fractures occur.
I just enjoyed a luncheon consisting of a BLT sandwich and it occurred to me, what is the optimal configuration for the strips of bacon on a BLT?
There are a few possibilities, from what I can tell... one would be in parallel, all the strips lined up next to each other. Another would be a sort of cross-hatch pattern. A third possibility would involve abstract expressionist randomness... possibly requiring the decomposition of strips into smaller pieces.
This might be a good survey question for the r.f.c site. 🙂
Oh, yes. That's a skill right up there with spreading butter on bread....
blAndy wrote: > I just enjoyed a luncheon consisting of a BLT sandwich and it occurred > to me, what is the optimal configuration for the strips of bacon on a BLT?
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Who give's a rat's b-hind how the bacon is arranged, so long as there's a lot. Gotta be cheap white bread, gotta be toasted, gotta have mayo on both halves, lettuce gotta be iceberg.
Sheldon
Nope. Mayo on one slice, butter on the other, both thinly spread. Toasted white bread or other mildly flavored bread. Actually I've even had it on sourdough and it was good. I've always used iceberg till recently when all I had home was redleaf lettuce. It was surprisingly good, but not crunchy like iceberg.
Oh, yes. That's a skill right up there with spreading butter on bread....
Which almost no members of the public know how to do competently. For one thing, you want all of the butter molecules lined up in the same direction . . .
Why would you make a good sandwich on cheap bread? Really good bread can be the best part of a sandwich because it is so good that anything else is just a bonus. It seems a shame to waste good bacon and good tomatoes on crappy bread.
My favorite bread, is a 7-Grain bread that is made locally. It is full of sunflower seeds and it has oatmeal on the top of the bread. But, I agree with Sheldon, when I eat a BLT, I want cheap, white bread, iceberg lettuce and slices of plump, juicy tomato. I also like cheap, white bread for tuna salad. Maybe this is because that is what I ate when I was a child.
Becca
Tuna, crab, or lobster salad is very nice on lightly toasted hotdog rolls, New England style.
Oh, yes. That's a skill right up there with spreading butter on bread....
Which almost no members of the public know how to do competently. For one thing, you want all of the butter molecules lined up in the same direction . . .
That's easy. You use a magnet. Food grade, of course. ;-)
