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| Turkey Bacon - do some brands taste better? |  sun123 |
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| #1 |  mekinnear |
May 14 2008 17:07 |
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I prefer the Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon. I've tried others and particularly don't like the Jennie-O. The good news is my kids and husband don't even like real bacon anymore and prefer turkey bacon. In fact, they refer to it as 'pig' bacon! :) |
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| #2 | benachic2 |
May 14 2008 17:09 |
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i agree with the post above me. i really disliked the Jennie-O
brand. I like the Oscar Mayer and Butterball is pretty good but
kind of salty. I also like the Oscar Mayer "center cut" bacon when I want the real bacon taste. It actually has better stats than some of the turkey bacon that i have seen out there, but the pieces are tiny. |
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| #3 | star_dust_03 |
May 14 2008 17:31 |
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I'm not a big fan of turkey bacon... just because i dont think it taste like regular bacon what-so-ever, i eat expecting.. "YUM BACON" and get something that doesn't taste like it at all.. .lol soooooo i just advoid using it. |
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| #4 | sun123 |
May 14 2008 20:48 |
| Im so glad I asked - they were all reasonably low cal but the Jennie-O was quite a bit lower then the others so I was about to take it when I started questioning if there might be a taste issue since this is already a play on the taste of bacon. | ||
| #5 | starcrossdlovex |
May 14 2008 22:57 |
| Yes, there's DEFINITELY a difference. Jennie-O is especially dry. Butterball is low-cal, so for me that makes up for the fact that it isn't amazing. It does taste pretty damn good though. Taste-wise, my favorite is Louis Rich. | ||
| #6 |  claudius753 |
May 15 2008 01:35 |
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I'll have to look for the other brands. I think the kind I had was the Jennie-O, it was terrible. It was thick and rubbery and was colored weird to make it have red and whitish stripes to look like the meat and fat of real bacon. I like my bacon to be thin and crispy. I eat the precooked microwavable bacon now, it's only 70 calories for 3 slices, and it cures my bacon cravin' for now.
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| #7 | starcrossdlovex |
May 15 2008 02:41 |
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If you're going for "thin & crispy," I definitely suggest the turkey bacon by Butterball. It's called something along the lines of "extra thin & crisp" or something haha. Not sure exactly how it's worded, but check it out. It's yummy too. |
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| #8 | aishah1952 |
May 15 2008 17:08 |
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I like Jenny-O the best tasting to me.... |
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| #9 | mv3 |
May 15 2008 18:23 |
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well, i'm just not a fan of frie dfat of the regualr bacon, and growing up a vegatarian made me really picky when i did starting eating meat as an adult. I have tried them all, but wehne it comes to quality and quantity, you dont want one piece that will be 60 calories! Go to Whole Foods and pick up a pack of the Turkey peppered Bacon by wellshire Farms, you will find it along with the regualr stuff. This bacon is 98% fat free and is 35 calories per slice. And two slices is a pretty good serving size for me! I love it, and buy a few packs at a time. THey are about $4.99 a pack. |
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| #10 | ohio45 |
May 15 2008 18:30 |
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I don't like eating any pork. I love turkey bacon. Even my picky, critical daughter buys it now.
Just tried Butterball brand and sort of like the Oscar Mayer better I think. I don't like Jenny O brand in anything! |
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| #11 | agentstarling |
May 15 2008 19:50 |
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Butterball is a good brand. :) |
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| #12 | elizabethberg |
May 16 2008 14:24 |
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i prefer the butterball turkey bacon to Oscar Mayer, for some reason the oscar mayer gets this processed smell to it when i cook it.
You should try turkey sausage. One or 1/2 a link is enough for breakfast and one of the big links is just over 100 calories. there really good with eggs. |
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| #13 | thhq |
May 16 2008 14:54 |
| I just started eating some Jimmy Dean I got on a closeout for 49 cents a package. Tastes OK for the price paid, and at 25 cals per slice it's not a diet-breaker. But man is it loaded with salt. | ||
| #14 | sun123 |
May 16 2008 15:50 |
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Elizabeth, Ive always really liked sausage far over bacon so you might have something there with turkey sausage.
Good point about the salt - definitely would be an occasional item for me as the scale knows when Ive salted up my diet. |
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