Poll: Bacon: Crispy or chewy?

[antidonkey]

Crispy. It's the better option.
However, there are situations where it's just not possible. Like on jalapeno poppers. So....crispy is my preference but I'm fine with chewy in the correct circumstances.

 

[Vuliev]

Kinda like my pasta, actually. Firm to where it still has good crispy-ish texture but doesn't shatter, but isn't chewy to the point that I can't actually bite through it without effort.

EDIT: The above only goes for anything that isn't me just straight up eating bacon.

 

[Sexy Devil]

Crispy. The texture of super chewy stuff (i.e. not crispy bacon fat, steak gristle) gives me a gag reflex. Never figured out why; I can stick almost an entire sausage down my throat with no problems but incredibly chewy stuff sets me off.

And because I know there's going to be some curiosity about the sausage remark, I was eating one a few months back when a friend started making sexual comments about it. Naturally, as any sufficiently creepy man would do, I then took the sausage and tried to deep throat it. She and I were both pretty amazed when I actually did it.

 

[Phlakes]

I never thought there would be a thread where I could appropriately (but still shamelessly) plug my review of the bacon I had last August [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.306662-Phlakes-Reviews-the-Bacon-He-Had-This-Morning], but here we are.

Anyway, both. I go into it in that review but the wider half of strip should be a bit chewy and the thinner half should be crispier, that way you get that nice contrast and more juiciness from the fattier side.

 

[BigHairyMarty]

The only way bacon should ever be soft and chewy is if it's raw, and that's not a good way to eat meat.