A propos of nothing...

[beetiger]

What is the optimal number of slices of bacon in a BLT?

Comments

[liminalia.livejournal.com]

2, broken in half so you have 4 half-strips. These will fit perfectly in your average sandwich bread so you get bacon in every bite.

[awfulhorrid.livejournal.com]

How many will fit? Can you get larger slices of bread?

(Oddly enough, that's what I'm having for lunch today.)

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

4, or however many will fit across the bread.

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure. Perhaps this calls for an empirical study.

[zombie-dog.livejournal.com]

ALL

[featheredfrog.livejournal.com]

Depends on the thickness of the rashers. I use a minimum of six half-rashers, more if it's thinner bacon. Bacon is NOT just a flavoring on a BLT.

[cowboy-r.livejournal.com]

ALL THE BACON!

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

When I worked in restaurants, it was generally three slices of bacon.

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

(TTTO Dire Straits, "Money For Nothing")

I want my...I want my BLT....

Two slices of white toast,
That's the way you do it,
You lay the bacon on yer BLT.
Slice a tomato,
Add some leaves of lettuce,
Then spread some mayo on yer BLT...

(I can't take credit for this. Although I insta'd most of the words, I heard a similar concept on a "classic rock" radio station in, um, summer 1985 or thereabouts.)

[beowabbit]

One pound (or however many come in a package), provided you leave out the lettuce, tomato, and bread.

[kensan-oni.livejournal.com]

I think it's 4... but I'm a greedy gut.

[paka.livejournal.com]

Depends on bread size. I'd say usually around four.

[rosefox]

Depends on bread size and type of bacon. I prefer lots and lots and lots of crispy bacon.

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

Well, we'll need to reduce the formula for assembling a BLT into terms of one variable, then we can take a derivative, set it to zero and compute the maximum return for ingredients. So I need to determine what the ratio of lettuce to bacon and tomato to bacon should be...

[tn-grrl.livejournal.com]

I agree with the 4 slices folks! :)

[fushichou.livejournal.com]

I say 4, or 11 if you're willing to knit it. :-)