Cutting bacon...with a fork?

[wvjules]

This morning a few people had breakfast with a partner in our firm. I noticed that one woman was cutting her bacon with a knife and fork. Does anyone here cut bacon with a fork or know someone that does? I'm thinking that she was doing it so she didn't have to use her hands to eat due to the guest. But I could be wrong. Thoughts?

FTR, I picked up my bacon to eat it. I'm klassy like that.

 

[Mizzoufan]

bacon a finger food in my world.

 

[Straitlover]

Might be a diet trick. Makes it last longer so you don't eat as much?

 

[penn19]

This morning a few people had breakfast with a partner in our firm. I noticed that one woman was cutting her bacon with a knife and fork. Does anyone here cut bacon with a fork or know someone that does? I'm thinking that she was doing it so she didn't have to use her hands to eat due to the guest. But I could be wrong. Thoughts?

FTR, I picked up my bacon to eat it. I'm klassy like that.

George Costanza eats his Snickers with a knife and fork so maybe bacon isn't so odd?

 

[usnuzuloose]

Maybe not to get the fingers greasy.

 

[design_mom]

In my opinion, if you can cut bacon with a knife and fork, it's not done. It should shatter if you try to do that!

I would also consider bacon a finger food, but as much as I like bacon, I'd probably avoid ordering it if I was having breakfast with "a superior." I am guessing she was trying not to use her hands for etiquette reasons. I'm really not sure what the etiquette is for eating bacon... because she probably drew more attention to herself by trying to use a fork/knife.

ETA: Apparently etiquette differs depending on whether the bacon is crispy or limp. Crispy bacon = OK with fingers; Limp bacon = use knife and fork: http://etiquettescholar.com/dining_etiquette/table_manners/dinner_etiquette/meats_and_eggs/bacon.html or http://whatscookingamerica.net/Menu/DiningEtiquetteGuide.htm

 

[ford family]

Ugh! American bacon is dreadful, overcooked and inedible.
Always intriguing how quickly the Canadian or English bacon disappears on a cruise ship! After a while they ration the good stuff for those who quietly ask for it.
Back in the UK now for Christmas and New Year, really enjoying our limp bacon using a knife and fork!

ford family

 

[penn19]

Ugh! American bacon is dreadful, overcooked and inedible.
Always intriguing how quickly the Canadian or English bacon disappears on a cruise ship! After a while they ration the good stuff for those who quietly ask for it.
Back in the UK now for Christmas and New Year, really enjoying our limp bacon using a knife and fork!

ford family

Maybe its just what you are used to and not necessarily one better than the other. I could eat pounds of AMERICAN bacon. Never had English bacon so need to google that but Canadian bacon? Just no.

 

[EMom]

I do not discriminate against bacon based on national origin.

 

[Kogo Shuko]

Maybe its just what you are used to and not necessarily one better than the other. I could eat pounds of AMERICAN bacon. Never had English bacon so need to google that but Canadian bacon? Just no.

Most Canadians agree. "Canadian" bacon (or backbacon as it's called here) is not the staple bacon.

I do love regular bacon.

I would never eat it with a fork and knife though. Ever.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

Can someone explain the difference between Canadian bacon and ham please?

 

[CPanther95]

My son informed me when he was about 4 that his favorite part of bacon was the "white meat"

 

[Kogo Shuko]

Can someone explain the difference between Canadian bacon and ham please?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_bacon

Wikipedia has the best answer.

 

[Poohforyou]

Ugh! American bacon is dreadful, overcooked and inedible.
Always intriguing how quickly the Canadian or English bacon disappears on a cruise ship! After a while they ration the good stuff for those who quietly ask for it.
Back in the UK now for Christmas and New Year, really enjoying our limp bacon using a knife and fork!

ford family

Many people who love American bacon won't eat it from a buffet because it isn't crisp enough. I like Canadian bacon but it's like ham and not meant to be crispy. Imo, limp American bacon is disgusting and inedible.

 

[soccerdad72]

Can someone explain the difference between Canadian bacon and ham please?

http://www.differencebetween.net/ob...ms/difference-between-ham-and-canadian-bacon/

 

[Sparkly]

Well if you cut it up, the calories leak out and dissappear. Thus making it a healthy food.

 

[asta]

I have been served so much bacon that is limp and chewy that I have learned to ask that my bacon be well done. I don't understand bacon that is not crisp.

 

[mamamary]

George Costanza eats his Snickers with a knife and fork so maybe bacon isn't so odd?

First thing that popped into my head.

 

[JoeA]

Ugh! American bacon is dreadful, overcooked and inedible.
Always intriguing how quickly the Canadian or English bacon disappears on a cruise ship! After a while they ration the good stuff for those who quietly ask for it.
Back in the UK now for Christmas and New Year, really enjoying our limp bacon using a knife and fork!

ford family

That's funny, when I'm in the UK or Asia I never see real bacon - just uncooked strips of pork!

 

[Hrhpd]

This morning a few people had breakfast with a partner in our firm. I noticed that one woman was cutting her bacon with a knife and fork. Does anyone here cut bacon with a fork or know someone that does? I'm thinking that she was doing it so she didn't have to use her hands to eat due to the guest. But I could be wrong. Thoughts?

FTR, I picked up my bacon to eat it. I'm klassy like that.

I might pick it up with my fingers at home, but in a restaurant or with other people, always with a knife and fork. If it is crispy, then it breaks, but you can scoop it up on your fork. But then, unless I am in a fast food joint, nothing is finger food in my world. Many thanks to my anal, previous French Nanny of a mother.