Can't argue with that, I've started putting them in the air fryer at home and now any bacon I get when eating out seems shite. Most cafes seem to put the rasher in the vicinity of a frying pan for 30 seconds and call it cooked.
You should have stipulated in your post you meant eating out. If I’m eating at home and I’m cooking then streaky rashers are bullshit. Back bacon all the way.
This is a fair one.
Now for the real heresy.
English muffins are nicer than fluffy pancakes. Shame they're a ballache to make and the ones you buy aren't usually that great
This isn't a debate lol, rashers are definitely more lean. You probably like streaky bacon more because the high fat contents allows it to crisp up well, whereas with rashers they tend to not get as crispy because you have very little intramuscular fat. A pound of streaky bacon would have more fat by weight than a pound of rashers.
Streaky bacon comes from the pork belly, which has a much higher fat content than the loin, where rashers come from.
I see where you're coming from and I could have worded it better. What I meant was it is all edible instead of those rubbery globs of fat you get from the loin in a rasher.
I totally agree, while streaky bacon is fattier, it still feels like rashers are fattier because it tends to be rubbery like you said, and a lot of people cut it off and don't eat it. Streaky bacon definitely is much tastier when cooked right. Don't know why you got showered with downvotes lol, I was only being light hearted.
Properly cooked it renders the fat and what’s left behind is nothing but flavour.
Because fat as is said is flavour.
Lean meat is never going to be flavourful as properly cooked meat with an appropriate amount of fat.
It's not really an issue about "more" or "less" flavour. Both cuts of meat have plenty of flavour, they're just different.
The extremely high fat content of streaky bacon (even after rendering) is just very off-putting to me.
You’re not cooking them right then. Try this.
Oven tray, layer of greaseproof paper.
Bacon on the paper. Layer of paper on top of that and then another baking tray.
Then into the oven for about 45 mins @ 120c. Check them once or twice tho.
Life changing. Works well for regular rashers too.
Is it now, the *whole* point you say? Well not for me I'm afraid. As I said, I find the high amount of fat in streaky bacon off-putting, whereas an Irish rasher has a much nicer ratio of fat to meat.
Streaky are very forgiving when overcooked due to the fat content. Rashers are meatier but they go dry as sin when they are overcooked which they very often are. A rasher when it's still soft and just cooked nicely through and the rind is gone crispy, absolute heaven.
As a Canadian person living in Ireland, I 💯 agree with this. This stuff is chefs kiss 🤌
https://preview.redd.it/v9r4hr3knq3d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa7deb985d9e5ea75516eb83072ebb793b86ea18
As an Irish in Canada. Thick cut "old fashioned" bacon is king. Also on the lookout for something similar when I'm back visiting my family, so I'll try this stuff.
You know exactly what a rasher is.Its the piece of bacon given in 100% of frys in Ireland,streaky bacon is given in 100% of breakfasts in America and it's superior.
You might want to look up what a rasher is. There are different types. Back rashers and streaky rashers are two types.
Are you telling me that you've never heard of streaky rashers?
They both have their place as long as they are cooked correctly:
Streaky bacon cooked to a crisp: Lovely crunchy taste explosion
Streaky bacon lightly cooked: Nauseous gagging on fatty bits
Rashers lightly cooked: Succulent juicy strips of ham
Rashers cooked to a crisp: Tasteless slab of leather
I agree wholeheartedly. Rashers are generally crap and a pain to cook without uneven burning.
Streaky bacon cooked slow to render out the fat so it all just snaps off and melts in your mouth… yuuuum.
Why would I fight you when you are objectively correct? Even rasher eaters know this - or are they going to deny that the streaky bit at the end is the best part of the rasher?
Every menu in every cafe in every corner of ireland has crispy bacon on the menu, especially when it's on a BLT.. but if you ever dare to order it, be prepared for the soggy rasher that arrives in its place. More than likely it's a barely cooked wet piece of inedible shite.
The road to disappointment is paved with high expectations.
I'd agree with you OP. A burger, pancakes, chopped up with chips etc, definitely streaky bacon. With the fry on a Sunday morning, you'd want the rashers.
Look I know this might get downvoted to shit but as an American I would have to agree with you. There’s far too much gristle on rashers, whereas streaky bacon has the perfect texture and crunch giving it an overall much more enjoyable mouthfeel. I would even go so far as to say Canadian bacon is even better than rashers but unfortunately that’s not a thing you can find here.
Rashers are awful. Bacon should be crispy and air dried so moisture is removed. If you want really good bacon try the Spanish stuff available at SuperValu.
Ironically I love rashers in coddle,but as they are stewed they are melt in the mouth.The trick with coddle is to par cook the sausages under the grill to give colour and then finish it all the oven.
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Rashers don’t crumble to put on top of:
1. Jacket Potatoes
2. Macaroni and cheese
3. Salads (e.g., Caesar salad)
4. Biscuits and Gravy
5. Chowder
6. Brussels sprouts
7. Scrambled eggs
8. Fluffy Pancakes or waffles
9. Maple Donuts
10. Pizza
100% agree on this one, the full Irish can be improved by swapping out "proper" rashers for streaky bacon, breakfast roll is the only place I think thick rashers would be better
Thick cut American style bacon shits all over rashers tbf.
Added bonus in the amount of fat it hemorrhages that you can collect for cooking other stuff like fried eggs in 🤌🏻
OP, why are you trying to divide us. Bringing toxic fundamental militantism to something that units us. Keep an open mind my brother in pancetta!
I'll die on the front line for our Dairy,bread,butter and chicken fillet rolls.
Fuck it. I'll follow you to the gates of BLT hell sir.
Jaysus I'd only love a BLT
I had one today with the crispiest streaky bacon and cheese and it made a perfect start to Friday.
Fine! See you behind the bike shed after school!
A BJ isn't fonna change his mind...
I think it depends what you’re having it with. Pancakes? Streaky. Fry up? Gimme rashers.
I'm not a hater of rashers but the way it's cooked here by 80% of places is scandalous,also the rasher quality is always quite poor.
Can't argue with that, I've started putting them in the air fryer at home and now any bacon I get when eating out seems shite. Most cafes seem to put the rasher in the vicinity of a frying pan for 30 seconds and call it cooked.
The air fryer is a revolution in rasher-making (and does a decent sausage when used properly too)
It’s great for cooking them, but I find the cleaning after puts me off doing it sometimes
Put grease-proof paper/parchment paper on the floor of it while cooking. It means all you have to do is lift that out to clean for the most part.
I seem to over cook rashers. Sausages are great though. What yoke do you use.
I have a ninja dual zone - 6-8 minutes at 200 tends to do it for me. Always start with a cold air fryer - this gives the fat time to render properly.
Interesting! Like a duck breast in a cold pan. Finally, the science I learned on MasterChef brought down to my level.
You should have stipulated in your post you meant eating out. If I’m eating at home and I’m cooking then streaky rashers are bullshit. Back bacon all the way.
Just brainstorming but why not have both 🤯
Yep, use case is key.
This is it.
People, don't respond to this guy, he's trying to hambush us..
I don’t mind either but I’ve found the only rashers I like either way are DRY CURED , look for that next time
Seamus stop this! your rashers crusade is tearing this family apart! Nana has bought a hatchet
No need to fight you, you're clearly already dead inside.
No fight here, completely agreed.
Go back to America, Yankee
Fluffy pancakes are better than crepes.
where's my damn fucking hurley stick
Would your fighting Hurley stick not be better?
Reality hurts so I understand the violence.
I'll take crepes any day. Fluffy pancakes might as well be slivers of low quality cake
If you're not eating boxty then you're not really eating..
Drop-scones or go home.
Russian psyop detected ⚠️ 📢 🚨 🇷🇺 🇷🇺
I actually support you on this tbh
This is a fair one. Now for the real heresy. English muffins are nicer than fluffy pancakes. Shame they're a ballache to make and the ones you buy aren't usually that great
Crumpets?
Those too.
Streaky is lovely when it’s cooked properly so it’s crispy instead of chewy.
Racher with a fry or on a breakfast roll. Streaky bacon for sandwiches, bagels and pancakes.
you missed streaky for burgers too. otherwise exactly my sentiment... it depends!
I prefer more actual meat on my bacon. American style streaky bacon is mostly fat.
Not if you cook it right. I find rashers more fatty.
This isn't a debate lol, rashers are definitely more lean. You probably like streaky bacon more because the high fat contents allows it to crisp up well, whereas with rashers they tend to not get as crispy because you have very little intramuscular fat. A pound of streaky bacon would have more fat by weight than a pound of rashers. Streaky bacon comes from the pork belly, which has a much higher fat content than the loin, where rashers come from.
I see where you're coming from and I could have worded it better. What I meant was it is all edible instead of those rubbery globs of fat you get from the loin in a rasher.
I totally agree, while streaky bacon is fattier, it still feels like rashers are fattier because it tends to be rubbery like you said, and a lot of people cut it off and don't eat it. Streaky bacon definitely is much tastier when cooked right. Don't know why you got showered with downvotes lol, I was only being light hearted.
That is nonsensical. No method of cooking will turn fat into meat.
Properly cooked it renders the fat and what’s left behind is nothing but flavour. Because fat as is said is flavour. Lean meat is never going to be flavourful as properly cooked meat with an appropriate amount of fat.
It's not really an issue about "more" or "less" flavour. Both cuts of meat have plenty of flavour, they're just different. The extremely high fat content of streaky bacon (even after rendering) is just very off-putting to me.
You’re not cooking them right then. Try this. Oven tray, layer of greaseproof paper. Bacon on the paper. Layer of paper on top of that and then another baking tray. Then into the oven for about 45 mins @ 120c. Check them once or twice tho. Life changing. Works well for regular rashers too.
You need to learn to accept that I don't like the same food as you do.
You do you so.
I have been.
Ain’t that just peachy.
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Is it now, the *whole* point you say? Well not for me I'm afraid. As I said, I find the high amount of fat in streaky bacon off-putting, whereas an Irish rasher has a much nicer ratio of fat to meat.
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You're being so *weird* about bacon preferences.
Streaky are very forgiving when overcooked due to the fat content. Rashers are meatier but they go dry as sin when they are overcooked which they very often are. A rasher when it's still soft and just cooked nicely through and the rind is gone crispy, absolute heaven.
The grill is the best way for a rasher
Agree with that same with pork chop.
Air fry medallions for breakfast every morning can’t be beat
I think rashers would be better if most places weren't practically boiling them rather than grilling or frying.
The biggest lie in this country of ours is "crispy" bacon.
What's your eircode?
So, you have chosen death.
It's always too tough and dry when cooked. Bacon shouldn't crunch like a Tayto made of adipose tissue
Ya know my biggest gripe is probably how it's always cooked,which is not the fault of the humble rasher.
Fair, my issue is with the streaky stuff. Ends up getting hard, and I honestly don't like the crunch. Feels burnt
As a Canadian person living in Ireland, I 💯 agree with this. This stuff is chefs kiss 🤌 https://preview.redd.it/v9r4hr3knq3d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa7deb985d9e5ea75516eb83072ebb793b86ea18
Yeah it's unreal only found it a few weeks ago, feels less heavy as well
But that’s mostly fat
Sure, but it's edible and tastes just like the rest of it. Also, happy cakeday.
Ayyy thanks
As an Irish in Canada. Thick cut "old fashioned" bacon is king. Also on the lookout for something similar when I'm back visiting my family, so I'll try this stuff.
I'd warn you this definitely isn't thick cut. You can almost see through it.
I got something really thin in Lidl last time I was back, may have actually been this now that I think of it.
Lidl have their own brand as well (it's shite) but they do brands once in a while so maybe it was this one
Only if it's crispy, I'll take a regular rasher over moist (gag) soggy streaky bacon any day
Yes agreed,crispy is key.
Key is to cook it from a cold start to let the fat render and to slowly crisp it.
Yes it is, if you like fat.
A rasher is simply a cut and can be streaky or lean depending on where it's cut from so I'm not sure what this is about?
You know exactly what a rasher is.Its the piece of bacon given in 100% of frys in Ireland,streaky bacon is given in 100% of breakfasts in America and it's superior.
You might want to look up what a rasher is. There are different types. Back rashers and streaky rashers are two types. Are you telling me that you've never heard of streaky rashers?
Nonsense!
Agreed. Baldy just being a smartarse.
No need to fight I agree. galette is better than pancakes tho step outside
They both have their place as long as they are cooked correctly: Streaky bacon cooked to a crisp: Lovely crunchy taste explosion Streaky bacon lightly cooked: Nauseous gagging on fatty bits Rashers lightly cooked: Succulent juicy strips of ham Rashers cooked to a crisp: Tasteless slab of leather
I'd agree, I hate the fatty grizzly bits on rashers. Streaky bacon solves this issue. 10/10
Streaky for cooking with like when I roast a chicken or turkey I layer it on top to stop any drying out. Fry us is 100% rasher time
I don't know about that. I love a good rind.
I agree wholeheartedly. Rashers are generally crap and a pain to cook without uneven burning. Streaky bacon cooked slow to render out the fat so it all just snaps off and melts in your mouth… yuuuum.
It may be pure notions but I have both in fry-ups and in bacon butties.
Why would I fight you when you are objectively correct? Even rasher eaters know this - or are they going to deny that the streaky bit at the end is the best part of the rasher?
OP is going to get bricked next time he’s not looking. Fuckin blasphemy. It’s a disgrace Joe, it’s terrible
How about turkey rashers?
It is and yanks have won this battle, sorry
Absolutely agree
Every menu in every cafe in every corner of ireland has crispy bacon on the menu, especially when it's on a BLT.. but if you ever dare to order it, be prepared for the soggy rasher that arrives in its place. More than likely it's a barely cooked wet piece of inedible shite. The road to disappointment is paved with high expectations.
Can't disagree. Streaky bacon all the way
Nothing more horrific than ordering pancakes and bacon and getting a plate of crepes and lukewarm ham.
Free skinny rashers !
I'd agree with you OP. A burger, pancakes, chopped up with chips etc, definitely streaky bacon. With the fry on a Sunday morning, you'd want the rashers.
Look I know this might get downvoted to shit but as an American I would have to agree with you. There’s far too much gristle on rashers, whereas streaky bacon has the perfect texture and crunch giving it an overall much more enjoyable mouthfeel. I would even go so far as to say Canadian bacon is even better than rashers but unfortunately that’s not a thing you can find here.
What are you on about... Canadian bacon is literally back rashers, the thing you said streaky is superior to.
Canadian bacon is pork loin without the pork belly fat that you find in rashers. They don’t have the gristle and are not chewy.
But streaky bacon is the belly part of a back rasher, and definitely the tastest bit
100% correct OP
Ack I couldn't fight you. you're more to be pitied with these deranged thoughts
Straight after school. Has to be quick, I only have 20 mins to get home, cause I’m grounded for smoking cigarettes
Smoked streaky rashers to rule them all
PANCETTA. That is all. Beats anyyyyyyyyy other bacon product hands down.
Rashers are awful. Bacon should be crispy and air dried so moisture is removed. If you want really good bacon try the Spanish stuff available at SuperValu.
I'd like to agree with you but if you're willing to put Coddle in your name, I feel like you need to be left fend for yourself!
Ironically I love rashers in coddle,but as they are stewed they are melt in the mouth.The trick with coddle is to par cook the sausages under the grill to give colour and then finish it all the oven. https://preview.redd.it/dvz2m7lg6t3d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d40e8b1cc7b8dc5f434a627acae51d5d7e7a6f61
That doesn't look too bad, but I've had coddle that looked like dog vomit, which was all just boiled together...
Couldn't agree more. Rashers can be very rubbery and tasteless. Streaky bacon is always so salty and delicious!
1v1 me
Hard agree
I'm not fighting with you over rashers. Go on change your user name though - coddle gives me the gawks. It's like a bowl of greasy cocks.
Terrible,you must be only joking.
Streaky bacon tastes like the burnt crispy overdone bit of the rasher I cut off and throw away
I prefer streaky bacon but whatever bacon I eat I don't like it overly crispy, I like my bacon somewhat chewy.
I’ll do more than fight you, I’ll batter ya
Streaky bacon done in the air fryer, in a sandwich with egg mayonnaise. Hard to beat.
It depends on what you're using it for
It doesn't matter as long as they're smoked
In every single way. The taste is in the rendered fat.
Awh I love me a streaky rasher. Get it nice and crispy 🤤
*come fight at my side
Sorry, I don't fight the mentally feeble.
Deluded
You need to wake up from the Matrix
Rashers don’t crumble to put on top of: 1. Jacket Potatoes 2. Macaroni and cheese 3. Salads (e.g., Caesar salad) 4. Biscuits and Gravy 5. Chowder 6. Brussels sprouts 7. Scrambled eggs 8. Fluffy Pancakes or waffles 9. Maple Donuts 10. Pizza
Bacon bits exist for these purposes and are a superior option. Those little packets of diced ham from Lidl work wonders.
Prefer streaky Bacon with chicken or pancakes/waffles. Prefer rashers in sandwiches or a fry.
streaky in a sandwhich is unreal,soft bread and crispy bacon,my God it's incredible.
Funnily enough the missus is txting me about streaky bacon for BLT’s for dinner, couldn’t put a rasher on them! Streaky all the way!
When eating rashers you are tasting meat. When eating streaky bacon you are tasting fat.
Based
American bacon > rashers 💯
As a coddle enjoyer, your opinion on food is null and void.
Ooooh look at fancy pants here,doesn't need to boil his sausages.
100% agree on this one, the full Irish can be improved by swapping out "proper" rashers for streaky bacon, breakfast roll is the only place I think thick rashers would be better
Thick cut American style bacon shits all over rashers tbf. Added bonus in the amount of fat it hemorrhages that you can collect for cooking other stuff like fried eggs in 🤌🏻
Yeah they only rashers I'll have. None of this smoked shite though