Bacon vs Turkey Bacon
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Just eat the real bacon.2
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MeganMoroz89 wrote: »I actually really like turkey bacon, that's what my fiance and I buy. You can have two pieces for only 60 calories which is definitely different than normal bacon. However, my god, when normal bacon is cooked just like I like it I think I could eat a tub of it (which is part of the reason why I don't buy it.)
We buy a thick cut center cut bacon and two slices are about 80 calories pan fried...both center cut and thick cut...I'll spend an extra 20 measly calories on that kind of goodness any day.7 -
this is heresy2
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They seem about the same to me as far as "health" goes. I eat Turkey Bacon because it's a lot less grease to deal with. I hate all that popping and hot grease you burn yourself on.... Plus I hate the smell of bacon frying...or anything frying, really. It smells up the entire house. And if you cook bacon just a wee too long, that burnt taste, gag. So, we buy turkey bacon and cook it in the air fryer for a couple minutes....No grease, no popping, no smell. But, at the end of the day it is all personal preference. I still rarely eat turkey bacon, even, but the kids like it.0
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My great-aunt America demonstrated that the dipping of snuff all day and the eating of fried pork bacon, sopping the bacon grease with a biscuit, for breakfast was healthy. It didn't kill her until she was 93. That's a way of saying that all the science-based reasons to denigrate processed pork belly and celebrate processed turkey breast are valid as population studies. We are not a population and our results will vary. If you prefer one, choose it and log it accurately. Enjoy.1
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Bacon - thick cut, off the hog.
Turkeys? This is blasphemous.1 -
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I can't believe this is even a discussion - PORK FAT all the way!!2
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raven56706 wrote: »which one is the healthier choice? lots of debate on this.
The ONLY choice is real bacon..Not Turkey Bacon or some other alien alternative..
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I don't like bacon enough to care about trying to sub regular bacon for turkey. Bacon for me is just a condiment or something to add a bit of additional flavor to a dish. I rarely eat it straight anymore. I usually just buy it in the crumble bags at Costco and that lasts my family several months.0
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I think pigs are cute, so I refuse to eat them. I eat a lot of turkey bacon though. Jennie-O makes a great one. 25 calories per slice.0
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mmm I love turkey bacon, my coworker calls me the devil because I prefer it over pork bacon....on a side note I've seen beef bacon at Publix once. Didn't get it, but have wondered about it ever since.1
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Neither. Go for sweet earth bacon0
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"Healthy" is sort of arbitrary in this context, as everyone has their own definition. For me, the lower calorie one would be the healthier option, but the pork bacon would be the only one I'd eat, so...1
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Center cut bacon is comparable in calories to turkey bacon.2
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I love bacon but it's so hard to log properly! They give you calories for 'pan fried' and it doesn't mean anything, depending on how long you fry it for. Ugh.
The other day I ended up with more calories in my 2 slices than what the package said for 3 slices! So frustrating.0 -
I love bacon but it's so hard to log properly! They give you calories for 'pan fried' and it doesn't mean anything, depending on how long you fry it for. Ugh.
The other day I ended up with more calories in my 2 slices than what the package said for 3 slices! So frustrating.
It's really not that hard.0 -
cbusnightowl wrote: »mmm I love turkey bacon, my coworker calls me the devil because I prefer it over pork bacon....on a side note I've seen beef bacon at Publix once. Didn't get it, but have wondered about it ever since.
Ew. No.littlechiaseed wrote: »Neither. Go for sweet earth bacon
And no.0 -
Ready2Rock206 wrote: »It should be a crime to call turkey bacon "bacon" - that stuff is nasty and I don't see how it is any healthier.
This x10000.0
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