Oscar Mayer Ready To Serve Bacon

November 7, 2007 | Reviewer: Abi

Oscar Mayer Ready To Serve Bacon Price: $3.19
Serving: 3 strips, .42oz.
5 servings per box
Calories: 70 per serving
Fat: 8%, 5g
Cholesterol: 5%, 15mg
Sodium: 9%, 220mg
Protein: 5g
Carbs: 0%, 0g
Fiber: 0%, 0g
Weight Watchers Points: 2 Points

Oscar Mayer says: Oh, I wish . . . I could give weekday breakfasts weekend taste.

Abi says: I’m not sure if I’ve said this before, but one of my favorite cooking sites is Kalyn’s Kitchen. I’m not on the South Beach Diet, but that doesn’t matter because the food she features on her website is just plain delicious. Plus, she always posts her recipes with pictures (I don’t make non-photo recipes) and she gives actual feedback and tips that are useful to real home cooks, not just chefs.

Recently inspired by a March spinach salad recipe, I decided to start making some gourmet style spinach salads. I live in California, so mine would need avocado and locally produced chevre and plenty of fresh organic baby spinach. I also throw in a bit of red onion and some carrots (they don’t fit into the salad very well but are constantly in the fridge). I topped my most recent salad with some dressing made from California balsamic vinegar, wonderfully green olive oil (Trader Joe’s), and a bit of crushed garlic.

Yes, I’ve already been converted to the stereotypical Bay Area yuppie cuisine. What can I say? It tastes good. Really freaking amazingly good. Fancy restaurant good. Keep some goat cheese and bacon in the fridge at all times good. I don’t want to leave the house good.

The ease of using Ready to Serve bacon was what made the salad a reality. All I had to do was open the package, pop my 3 slices of bacon on a plate (they come in three-slice sheets so portion control is built in) and microwave the bacon for 20 seconds. DO NOT MICROWAVE FOR LONGER. You might be thinking “Oh, but I like crispier bacon, so it needs more time in the microwave.” But then you would be wrong. The bacon will be perfectly crisp after just 20 seconds.

There were certain people I worked with in Washington, DC who were obsessed with bacon. When a fast food joint came out with a new bacon-based concept, the bacon-intense would show up in the office speaking about nothing but bacon. Bacon, bacon, bacon. While I still don’t understand that sort of devotion to a cured meat (yeah, bacon is good, but it isn’t that important), I appreciate that I can now add a little bacon to a meal anytime I need a sodium kick.

via videosift.com

Bibbity-Bobbity-Bacon!

Yes, Mr. Gaffigan appears to be a bit stretched. There’s not much I can do about that. The video doesn’t really even need visuals. You could just throw on a pair of headphones, pretend to be working on some spreadsheets, and try not to laugh about bacon.

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14 Responses to “Oscar Mayer Ready To Serve Bacon”

D. Lee Grooms on November 7th, 2007

Saw Gaffigan in concert Saturday, so throughout the review, I was hoping that bit would come up. Well played, Abi Jones. Well played.
MaryAnne on November 8th, 2007

I’m Jewish and bacon was shunned… until I met my boyfriend 2.5 years ago and while he’s Jewish, he introduced me to those strips of heaven. I rationalize that if I don’t buy it myself, it’s ok. But then, at a Jewish friend’s house, I found Oscar Mayer ready-to-eat hidden in the back of the fridge and fell in love all over again. It goes well with a batch of pumpkin pancakes- my special breakfast for dinner meal used to bribe my boyfriend to vaccuum our place. Yum yum!
Crow on November 8th, 2007

Why not just buy cheaper normal bacon, and put it in the microwave for 3 minutes?
Abi Jones on November 8th, 2007

@Lee – How could I mention bacon and not include Gaffigan? Of course, I went on to have three bacon-related conversations yesterday. And I’m including it in my Nano Novel.

@MaryAnne – It truly is the fairy dust of the food world.

@Crow – Pre-cooked bacon is nominally more expensive (perhaps 50¢ per package), but cooks in one-sixth the time of conventional bacon with considerably less mess.
Anna on November 11th, 2007

Being obsessed with bacon is trendy.
MaryAnne on November 25th, 2007

FYI- There are chocolate bacon candy bars now. I’m very curious- maybe you should do a review? http://wishingfish.com/710557.html
Oscar Mayer Deli Creations Honey Ham and Swiss Sub Sandwich | HeatEatReview.com on November 28th, 2007

[...] Mayer, maker of the most fabulous bacon product in the world, is out to prove me wrong. The company contends that it isn’t a sandwichless lunch that we [...]
Red Icculus on November 28th, 2007

The price per ounce on that pre-cooked bacon is insane.
Aly on November 30th, 2007

Try the hormel microwaveable ones (NON-precooked)… I think 4 mins is the magic number but it depends on the microwave
Rose on May 18th, 2008

my fiance and I use this for sandwiches, not me so much beacuse I’m not an avid bacon fan..but he loves the stuff, and it is super fast, it doesn’t pop and hurt me, and i mean really. 17 seconds in the microwave for bacon..yes please.
Boar’s Head Fully Cooked Bacon : Heat Eat Review : We Review TV Dinners, Frozen Meals, and Microwavable Foods on December 16th, 2008

[...] After this experience with Boar’s Head, I definitely have to give them the thumbs up over Oscar Mayer’s Pre-Cooked Bacon. Looking back, its hard to believe that I gave the Oscar Mayer bacon five stars. But I guess they [...]
bacon lover on October 14th, 2009

Hmmmm on the back of my bacon box it says 4 slices is considered a serving.
Wendy Lars on November 24th, 2009

i love you bacon
ingrid on December 15th, 2009

Oscar Mayer ready to serve Bacon is great in taste (just like fresh) with out any mess. I like it crisp,so I microwaved it 15 Seconds longer than on the Package (for one Layer of Sprips)