Found one thing about cooking bacon...

[Hector]

Did you know if you first wash and dry your bacon, that it's going to shrink a lot less?

I experimented on this today...the bacon strip on the left was cooked straight out of the package...the bacon strip on the right was washed and dried over paper towels...wow...what a difference...



While they were cooking...the bacon strip on the bottom is the pre-washed one...



Oh yeah, bacon...God's greatest gift to mankind...lol...



Complete breakfast, cheese omelet, baked beans, flour tortillas, and of course, bacon...



Rest of the pics:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16329713@N08/sets/72157635904894065/

[Mikey]

mmmmmmm,

Just the way I like it .... barely crispy

[Hector]

[Marvelmania]

Now where in the world did you get the idea of doing this experiment? Had you heard about this before? Looks to really make a difference.

[ubermanx]

Thanks for the info. The only tip I have about bacon is never cook it naked.

[MIB41]

Hector you need to put out a cook book bro. You always take some fun and interesting photos of food. I'm hungry now!!! Can I come over?

[bettyrocker01]

Now that is a good tip and yeah, what made you think to do that?

[Marvelmania]

I would guess washing it takes some of the grease out of it which in turn keeps it from losing so much of the size????

[Hector]

I was just getting tired of the bacon shrinking...so I just googled some key words like "how to prevent bacon from shrinking", stuff like that...and I got several sites that said the same thing, rinse in water...

http://www.baconscotch.info/2011/09/rinsing-bacon-under-cold-water-before-frying-can-reduce-the-amount-it-shrinks-by-almost-50-percent/

http://frugalhudsonvalley.blogspot.com/2010/10/wednesday-tip-day-prevent-bacon-from.html

http://kitchen.robbiehaf.com/cookingtips/meatpoultryseafood.htm

Gotta love the internet!

[Hector]

Hector you need to put out a cook book bro. You always take some fun and interesting photos of food. I'm hungry now!!! Can I come over?

We will have eggs and bacon...washed it all down with some Cabo Wabo...

[Hector]

Do it guys, try it yourselves...cook a strip of bacon right outta the package...then rinse/wash the other strip...and dry it on a paper towel...post a picture if you can...you'll be amazed that it really works.

[jimsmegos]

Fantastic tip Hector!

[Hector]

You basically get twice as much bacon...

[Marvelmania]

That's funny and thanks for the tip. Just googled "How to grow money on trees". So far nothing is working. Darned internet.

[Red Hulk]

Bacon did somebody say Bacon?