Bacon. Real or Turkey?

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  • loki3981
    loki3981 Posts: 249 Member
    Low sodium pork bacon!
  • finallygettingskinny2013
    finallygettingskinny2013 Posts: 110 Member
    Real bacon. If you plan on eating bacon, might as well be completely bad. Plus, I don't like the taste of turkey bacon. It just doesn't taste real and it's just over all yucky. But, what I did enjoy when I went vegetarian, I loved vegetarian bacon!
  • bartpod1
    bartpod1 Posts: 1 Member
    In my opinion, it is a matter of taste. It is more important how much you eat of it, rather than what. I believe that pretty much every food is "healthy" in moderation. Two strips of "real" bacon will not kill you, but if you drink too much water or take too many vitamins, that could.

    By the way, calling turkey meat, bacon, is like calling iron cast pan, weightless. Stupid!
  • lizzybethclaire
    lizzybethclaire Posts: 849 Member
    If I eat bacon, it's got to be real bacon. oink oink oink
  • jsjaclark
    jsjaclark Posts: 303
    How about Chicken Bacon? I didn't know they made it until we got some last week in our food co-op. My daughter actually prefers it to pork bacon. It is comprable to Turkey bacon.
  • mariapuhl
    mariapuhl Posts: 529 Member
    Real bacon - I can't stand the turkey kind. It tastes bad and the texture is all wrong to me.
  • JohnnysJune
    JohnnysJune Posts: 32
    My family likes both, but I think turkey bacon is the winner.
  • jwaitman
    jwaitman Posts: 367 Member
    Real! It just doesn't get any better.
  • jwaitman
    jwaitman Posts: 367 Member
    If I eat bacon, it's got to be real bacon. oink oink oink

    :happy: Me too!
  • this14now
    this14now Posts: 30 Member
    Turkey sausage is best....
  • Christine1110
    Christine1110 Posts: 1,786 Member
    I love turkey bacon
  • mfp_junkie
    mfp_junkie Posts: 359
    Alas, where I was had the noble ability to digest the food of the gods - pork - my stomach and GI tract no longer loves the pork like my taste buds do. I now eat turkey or chicken bacon, though it pales in comparison in taste and texture.

    The cow is also my intestinal enemy. A pollo-terian I am.
  • katemiddletonisawesome
    katemiddletonisawesome Posts: 152 Member
    If you're gonna sin, then make it worth it.
  • Jay_Jay_
    Jay_Jay_ Posts: 194 Member
    Jennie-O Turkey Bacon - 5 slices 100 calories of yumminess. Pork bacon is disgusting.

    Turkey Bacon Ingredients: Mechanically Separated Turkey, White Turkey, Dark Turkey, Water, Salt, Contains 2% Or Less Of Potassium Lactate, Natural Smoke Flavoring, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrate.

    Pork Bacon Ingredients: Pork, Water, Salt, Turbinado Sugar, Seasoning (Cultured Celery Juice Powder, Sea Salt).

    I think i'll take the pork bacon, thanks.
  • JadedSouls
    JadedSouls Posts: 136 Member
    Turkey bacon for the most part or low sodium regular bacon ..
  • Maude_Lewbowski
    Maude_Lewbowski Posts: 395 Member
    What about Sizzelean???
  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,033 Member
    I like both but I prefer the taste of real bacon but I dont like all the grease, it depends on what I am making I only eat 2-3 pieces at the most anyway........
  • brandalini
    brandalini Posts: 237 Member
    I prefer turkey
  • fiveohmike
    fiveohmike Posts: 1,297 Member
    Turkey bacon is an affront to both god and man.

    The only right answer.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    Ever since I saw video of pigs being shot in the head with bolt guns and slammed to the ground, I haven't had the heart to eat real bacon. :frown:
  • 99cherrypie99
    99cherrypie99 Posts: 205 Member
    Jennie-O Turkey Bacon - 5 slices 100 calories of yumminess. Pork bacon is disgusting.

    Turkey Bacon Ingredients: Mechanically Separated Turkey, White Turkey, Dark Turkey, Water, Salt, Contains 2% Or Less Of Potassium Lactate, Natural Smoke Flavoring, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrate.

    Pork Bacon Ingredients: Pork, Water, Salt, Turbinado Sugar, Seasoning (Cultured Celery Juice Powder, Sea Salt).

    I think i'll take the pork bacon, thanks.

    You're welcome. I'll take the turkey bacon.
  • nokittyno
    nokittyno Posts: 293 Member
    Lol, I *just* had 3 slices of Turkey Bacon with my Scrambled Eggs. I like real bacon of course, but I save it for occasions when worth having - like with a good Restaurant Hamburger or BLT, but to have it everyday with Breakfast, I prefer saving the 2-300+ Calories and have 3 slices of Blue Menu-Turkey Bacon (I prefer it over Butterball) @ about 30 Calories or so each, and 6G of Protein, i'll have Turkey, and I like it actually, I broil it on Tinfoil in the oven to a nice crispy taste, and if you take the Tinfoil and rise up ridges, then lay the bacon on, when it cooks it crisps it into the "wavy" position like real bacon, not flat - looks good and tastes good. My Eggs/Bacon today got me to approx. 56g of Protein alone!
  • Enonoid
    Enonoid Posts: 136 Member
    I prefer real. Accept no substitutes. What part of the turkey is turkley bacon from?
  • TheAnie
    TheAnie Posts: 180 Member
    I prefer the real stuff, and if it can be helped going to a butcher shop for it.

    Turkey bacon isn't bad, but I didn't see much benefit nutritionally to switch to turkey bacon. So I'll stick with the real deal, and I don't eat it too frequently so I don't have any guilt in it.
  • mississippi_queen
    mississippi_queen Posts: 474 Member
    Real bacon. Nice thick slab bacon with some pepper on it.

    Don't forget to save that bacon grease too. Its good stuff

    Yup.... Exactly! :love:
  • superstankazz
    superstankazz Posts: 193
    This goes to the people who mistakenly believe that turkey bacon is a healthier option...
    Have you ever actually compared the fat, calories, and sodium of turkey and pork bacon??????
    They're nearly identical!:noway:
  • doorki
    doorki Posts: 2,576 Member
    What about Sizzelean???

    Now you are just being antagonistic.
  • _Bob_
    _Bob_ Posts: 1,487 Member
    I love bacon!


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  • kristank03
    kristank03 Posts: 28 Member
    Pork bacon, from a small, local farm that processes and cures on site. Nice thick slices.... Nom! I prefer quality over quantity!
  • quixoteQ
    quixoteQ Posts: 484
    There is no comparison, taste-wise. Taste-wise, there is only one kind of food that deserves the title "bacon" and that is pork bacon.

    However, if you need to manage your calorie types, uncured turkey bacon isn't a bad option. It must be uncured, though, or you might as well enjoy the real thing. Uncured turkey bacon has a lot of protein, and very little of anything else (except sodium).

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