All the cooks in my family make extensive use of bacon in a variety of dishes.

Wait, bacon-favoured chewing gum??! I’m a fan of the Food Network so I’ve seen so much done with bacon. Maybe I’m in denial since I haven’t eaten bacon for years, lol! Thanks for clarifying….didn’t want to unintentionally offend anyone 😉

Oh, no offense taken! It’s just that the limited burgers-breakfast-BLT dynamic (to which I would add diced on salads) is probably 15 years out of date–we Americans have become much more innovative in our bacon consumption since then, with consumption approaching 18 pounds/yr/person on average. Diced into mashed potatoes or macaroni and cheese, slices on grilled cheese sandwiches, wrapped around peppers or asparagus or shrimp or even hot dogs, ground into ice cream, bacon-infused cocktails, baskets of bacon on “bacon night” at one of our local bars, even bacon-flavored chewing gum! It’s been years since I’ve been in a restaurant that didn’t have at *least* one bacon-using item on the menu–and often not a sandwich. This is to say nothing of bacon ties, bacon T-shirts, bacon decals, and other bacon-related non-edibles.

(I suppose if you look at just “cooking in the home” that we are not using nearly as much bacon as Italians use pancetta. But the original phrasing was “consume” not “cook,” so I was thinking in the broader sense.)

Hi Jason, I actually have many good friends who are Americans. This wasn’t meant to belittle Americans in any way, or Canadians for that matter. Many people love bacon with breakfast or in a burger, but I’d say that not everyone prepares it in a variety of ways. Based on your reaction to the post I’d say you’re a home chef who enjoys cooking up bacon every way possible! 😉

Clearly written by someone who has never met an American.

Great! Let me know how it turns out 😉

Mine aren’t really into meat that much either…they do love prosciutto and pancetta though!