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  • AnonUser26
    Posts: 1,144Guest
    I have so many friends here, and I hope my position on this topic won't make you stop talking to me.

    It's a hot button issue, and people have strong feelings either way, purists versus unconventional, if you will.

    But in my house we.... Eat turkey bacon.


    I know, I KNOW.

    But I have to say, for my fellow turkey bacon lovers, you have to try Wellshire classic sliced turkey bacon. It is DELICIOUS. Got it a whole foods.

    I'm NEVER going back to butterball.

    I hope we can have a reasonable discussion about this topic without name calling and mods having to step in.

    (a bit delirious and feeling froggy this morning :D)
  • BellaBefanaBellaBefana
    Posts: 8,250Member
    =)) =)) =))

    not a turkey bacon fan, sorry, I like good old PIG!
    Bite me, cupcake!
  • AnonUser26
    Posts: 1,144Guest
    As did I, DF brought me over to the dark side. I've never looked back...
  • WillileeWillilee
    Posts: 1,010Member
    I have never tried it, but I believe I will slip it in for Sunday Sizzle and see if anyone notices. I don't see why ALL bacon wouldn't be automatically delicious, but you know DHs and kids:

    Them: yum! This is good bacon!

    Me: it's turkey bacon! Yum!

    Them: OMG that's disgusting! Blech! Ew!

    We'll see!
  • deviltwinsmommadeviltwinsmomma
    Posts: 2,321Member
    OhhMy this is a touchy subject be prepared to fight lmao!!!
    :-)) extra crispy turkey bacon is the shit!!!

    my mother used to sing me a song. It went like this: "Life is short, life is shit, and soon it will be over.
  • LoveLove
    Posts: 12,795Administrator, Moderator
    Blasphemy!

    Lol just kidding! I don't prefer it, but it's pretty good. I like turkey sausage, but I am current banned from buying anymore to serve the fam. Dh says it is not flavorlicious enough to waste money on LOL It's hog, or nothing, here.

    Why are pigs so tasty???

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  • wintermom0208wintermom0208
    Posts: 106Member
    I love turkey bacon. Sometimes I still crave regular old pig bacon but mostly its turkey bacon for us.  Now I want some. Must go buy some now.
  • CanadianMamaCanadianMama
    Posts: 9,617Administrator, Moderator
    Lmao!!!!!

    Turkey bacon is a poor substitute for the real thing. Turkeys wish they could be as tasty as pigs, but it ain't gonna happen, no way man!!

    Now that I know you prefer the FOWL (lol I kill myself) bacon, my opinions of you have changed entirely.

    I just can not associate with such "strange" people.

    Hurumph.

    (lol, I think I smell mashed potatoes)

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  • LesboMomLesboMom
    Posts: 2,858Confessional Manager
    CanadianMama said:

     I just can not associate with such "strange" people.

    Hurumph.

    (lol, I think I smell mashed potatoes)



    @canadianmama I love you (as for me and my household.....)

    I eat turkey bacon, too. While I do think it is delectable if you get the right kind, you also have to watch out for the nasties. Some of them are just NOT GOOD!!! I will have to look into the brand that you speak about. In the meantime, you should try Applegate Natural Turkey Bacon. I get it at our local co-cop organic grocery. And it's thick and delicious. 
    nat turkey bacon

    Just so you know...we would have piggy bacon in our house much more often if pigs didn't make me unbelievably sick. I have learned to live with this, as I have learned to live without milk because I am allergic to the cow.

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    Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. -- Helen Keller
  • AnonUser26
    Posts: 1,144Guest
    @CanadianMama I was afraid of this. It breaks my heart that this is causing such a rift between the two of us.
  • AnonUser26
    Posts: 1,144Guest
    @LesboMom, that looks incredibly similar to the one I just made, even the packaging, just a different company name. Perhaps a regional thing?
  • ImWendyImWendy
    Posts: 6,561Member
    What the flip is wrong with you people?! That doesn't even LOOK like bacon!
    deus ex machina
  • canadamom
    Posts: 867Member
    Its got to be real bacon FROM A PIG or nothing.  There is no substitute. 

    @Finalyfree2BMe - and here I thought we had so much in common, siiigh

    Turkey is a Thanksgiving/Christmas food only - Easter is ham only  Did you guys not get that memo in the states?

    In fact I am going to go cook me some bacon right now!!

    (this thread is hilarious!! thanks for the smiles this am!)
  • CanadianMamaCanadianMama
    Posts: 9,617Administrator, Moderator
    I'm sorry; I may not care what color your skin is, which God you pray to, or who lies in your bed, but I can not stand by while people profess the tastiness of that atrocity. It's unnatural, and since it is against my beliefs, I must demand that you all stop eating it.

    @LesboMom I'm sorry, medical reason or not, I can not condone the eating of Turkey Bacon ;)

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  • SammieSammie
    Posts: 7,283Administrator, Moderator
    Turkey bacon lover here!! I'm too much of a health nut to buy the real thing. But I do love bacon in all forms. I buy the applegate bacon as well @lesbomom. Good stuff!!

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  • NikkiNikki
    Posts: 1,791Member
    I looooove turkey bacon! And, I cook it in the microwave :D
  • CanadianMamaCanadianMama
    Posts: 9,617Administrator, Moderator
    That's it @Sammie @Nikki, I can not be friends anymore.

    Man, you think you know someone........

    (in all honesty, I really don't like turkey bacon, but since my dad's heart attack it's the only bacon he cooks, bung)

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  • SammieSammie
    Posts: 7,283Administrator, Moderator
    Umm yeah, maybe to prevent reoccurrences of said scary event in his children and grandchildren, @canadianmama!! Sheesh. That's what the guy gets for caring, huh?? ;)

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  • NikkiNikki
    Posts: 1,791Member
    I'm sorry but this thread is getting out of hand. Please choose turkey bacon or I'm afraid ill have to close this down.

    LOL
  • LoveLove
    Posts: 12,795Administrator, Moderator
    Nikki said:

    I'm sorry but this thread is getting out of hand. Please choose turkey bacon or I'm afraid ill have to close this down.

    LOL



    Lmao :D

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  • pdxmama
    Posts: 1,470Member
    I'm feeling a bit disillusioned right now. I woke up, made a nice cup of coffee, came out on my porch to enjoy a little scary mommy time... And found out that some of my favorite scaries, women I respected and had grown quite fond of... eat BIRD Bacon?! Really? What part of said bird does the "bacon" come from anyway? The wing? I'd say this is bordering on being un-American! What's next, sugar free apple pie? And to top it all off @nikki doesn't even have the decency to cook it in a frying pan like normal people! A microwave for fuck sake. I'm moving to Canada, at least they eat proper bacon.
  • ImWendyImWendy
    Posts: 6,561Member
    I all seriousness, though, I do wonder what exactly they do chemically to make turkey even slightly resemble regular naturally smoked bacon. I'll take the unhealthy in moderation...
    deus ex machina
  • LesboMomLesboMom
    Posts: 2,858Confessional Manager
    I have to say, @Nikk, that microwaving bacon, of any origin, is un-Amerrrrican. That is just not how it is done. The fact that you are on the Turkey Bacon side of this debate is one thing, but a microwave...you might as well be a pig-lover. The atrocities!!!! 

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    Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. -- Helen Keller
  • LesboMomLesboMom
    Posts: 2,858Confessional Manager
    @imwendy 

    Natural Turkey Bacon

    Our Turkey Bacon is a delicious alternative to pork bacon that you can enjoy everyday. Our recipe calls for select cuts of hand-trimmed turkey thigh meat – carefully seasoned and smoked over the crackle of hardwoods. Because we use whole muscle cuts and don’t use fillers or nitrites, our turkey bacon is meaty, smokey and delicious.

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    Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. -- Helen Keller
  • ImWendyImWendy
    Posts: 6,561Member
    @lesbomom Hmm. Well that makes me feel a little better. The last turkey bacon I tried looked ground up and then pressed back together. *MAYBE* I'll try it one day.

    Maybe.
    deus ex machina
  • CanadianMamaCanadianMama
    Posts: 9,617Administrator, Moderator
    omg @pdxmama I am crying, I was feeling rather alone in this, like the only true believer in a sea of fowlers. 

    image

    And it's gotta be the real stuff baby!!!

    I know @notsohotmomma's going to want in on this conversation

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  • LesboMomLesboMom
    Posts: 2,858Confessional Manager
    While we are discussing bacon alternatives - have you had BEEF bacon? It's the saltiest thing I think I have ever eaten. IMHO it's only good for cooking with beans or greens. 

    @canadianmama And here I thought I KNEW you? *GASP* 

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    Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. -- Helen Keller
  • LesboMomLesboMom
    Posts: 2,858Confessional Manager
    image

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    Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. -- Helen Keller
  • LoveLove
    Posts: 12,795Administrator, Moderator
    If someone asks "what's better than bacon", and your answer isn't "more bacon", you need help.
    Reach out. There's people out there to help you through this.

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  • pdxmama
    Posts: 1,470Member
    @canadianmama you're not alone, I got you on this! And "fowlers"! Lmao! Effing bird lovers.
  • pdxmama
    Posts: 1,470Member
    That's right @love. Admitting that they have a problem is the first step!
  • onetimeonetime
    Posts: 2,013Member
    Piggy all the way! Turkey bacon is BLECH!
    Suck it up buttercup!
  • onetimeonetime
    Posts: 2,013Member
    Love said:

    If someone asks "what's better than bacon", and your answer isn't "more bacon", you need help.
    Reach out. There's people out there to help you through this.



    YES!!!
    Suck it up buttercup!
  • CanadianMamaCanadianMama
    Posts: 9,617Administrator, Moderator
    image

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  • LoveLove
    Posts: 12,795Administrator, Moderator
    @Peace

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  • BellaBefanaBellaBefana
    Posts: 8,250Member
    @canadianMama:  YOU ARE NOT ALONE!  The ONLY thing better than REAL bacon, is WILD pig bacon...oh God, it's better than sex...but then it's been so long since I've had sex I could be wrong about that one... :-w
    Bite me, cupcake!
  • [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,528
    Oh @CanadianMama..this is the most depressing thing I've read all day. :((
    You all know how I feel about my bacon. Where's @Lucy when I need back up?!
    Get me a damn beer.
  • FoulMouthedSailorFoulMouthedSailor
    Posts: 1,904Member
    Delicious hammy porky fatty crunchy applewood smoked pepper corned bacon how I miss thee!!! Downside of marrying a Jew........... I can tolerate turkey bacon, but its not the same, but your mouth does not get that orgasm feel.

    Also @Love something thats better than bacon ? Hmmmm.
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    You show the lights that stop me turn to stone, You shine it when I'm alone. And so I tell myself that I'll be strong
    And dreaming when they're gone.
  • CanadianMamaCanadianMama
    Posts: 9,617Administrator, Moderator
    Nah @FoulMouthedSailor downside of marrying a Jew who takes it seriously. Jew right here! And obviously I LOVE the bacon :D

    @notsohotmomma @BellaBefana I am really dismayed there are so many people here who would accept this false bacon. What is the world coming to?

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  • [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,528
    Holy F! They have lube like that..for real? My husband would get it all the time if we had some :))
    I KNOW, @CanadianMama.. my heart broke a little. I cook just about everything with bacon in it. There is nothing better than bacon grease!
    Get me a damn beer.
  • LoveLove
    Posts: 12,795Administrator, Moderator
    Can't
    freakin
    BREATHE

    LOL

    WHAT THE HELL IS THAT??? Is that REAL???

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  • BellaBefanaBellaBefana
    Posts: 8,250Member
    @CanadianMama:  I want to know what KIND of a person would even think up something like "turkey" bacon?  Obviously someone who's lights are on, with no one home!
    Bite me, cupcake!
  • LoveLove
    Posts: 12,795Administrator, Moderator
    :: plots to order some immediately! ::

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  • FoulMouthedSailorFoulMouthedSailor
    Posts: 1,904Member
    @CanadianMama Shes a Messianic Jew, and shes more Jewish than the Rabbi Chaplain I talk to, but its her beliefs and I respect that, I'm just sad Dd6 and the unborns will not know the taste of true bacon till shes 18
    You show the lights that stop me turn to stone, You shine it when I'm alone. And so I tell myself that I'll be strong
    And dreaming when they're gone.
  • FoulMouthedSailorFoulMouthedSailor
    Posts: 1,904Member
    @Love and every one else, its REAL
    You show the lights that stop me turn to stone, You shine it when I'm alone. And so I tell myself that I'll be strong
    And dreaming when they're gone.
  • Peace
    Posts: 2,098Member
    This is bs!! You left wingers ~:> pushing your propaganda on the masses!
    Turkey bacon better for you, my butt. SOME are, marginally.

    Ever wonder why the nutritional labels on turkey bacon say the serving size is O N E slice??
    While regular bacon says a serving size is three??
    Do ya? Do ya?

    Chew on this while you're trying to masticate that limp, chewy, flavorless fowl.

    They only have to report fat or saturated fat that is .5 grams or over.

    So check out these labels. Figure any so-called 0 unreported sat fat is .49 grams.
    All you bird lovers times all your numbers by THREE.
    I even picked lean turkey bacons. Some out there are worse than pork.

    Then compare it to the gold standard...#1 seller in the world...from the happiest pigs on earth...(making this part up)...I give you bacon. As God intended it. :@)

    Butterball Turkey Bacon:
    http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/nutrition-calories/food/butterball/turkey-bacon/

    Wellshire Turkey Bacon:
    http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/nutrition-calories/food/wellshire/turkey-bacon/

    Applegate Turkey Bacon:
    http://www.applegatefarms.com/products/natural_turkey_bacon.aspx

    You can stop tripling the counts...I present the real thing....

    Actual real bacon:
    http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/nutrition-calories/food/oscar-mayer/center-cut-bacon-original-naturally-smoked/

    I'll be accepting your apologies for your blasphemy now...



  • CanadianMamaCanadianMama
    Posts: 9,617Administrator, Moderator
    @Peace  ^:)^

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  • LesboMomLesboMom
    Posts: 2,858Confessional Manager
    @peace you are awesome

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    Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. -- Helen Keller
  • Katescrazymom
    Posts: 1,849Member
    Turkey 'bacon' isn't bad. I just wish they'd call it something else!
    It taste good enough, but it's not bacon.
  • SammieSammie
    Posts: 7,283Administrator, Moderator
    Oscar Mayer? I don't eat anything with that label. Call me a snob. :) Still love ya (kinda) @peace, but I'm going to keep gobbling up the fowl meat. The rest of you can keep porkin' out on the pig.

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  • BellaBefanaBellaBefana
    Posts: 8,250Member
    calling turkey bacon "bacon" is as oxymoronic as "fat free half n half"  if it's fat free, it's NOT 1/2 n 1/2!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Bite me, cupcake!
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