Bacon or Sausage? Which do you prefer?

[Spinaker]

In the world of pork, it is almost impossible to think of anything other than bacon and/or sausage when it comes to the wonderful hog.

So, what is your go to? If you have the choice, what do you consistently choose? Bacon or Sausage?

[Sid P]

I didn’t vote because my answer is YES.

[Purc]

Yes for me as well

[Johnny Booth]

Apologies. Yes. Whichever is closest to my hand, I guess.

[Alan Brice]

Yes. Eat mo bacon, but love me dem snausages!

[Mosca]

Man, we went out to breakfast this morning (D’s Diner):



Anyhow, I got bacon and eggs, over easy, with home fries… and a side of sausage.

I’m gonna vote for bacon, because it is more versatile. Hell, you can put it in a salad, on a burger, on Brussels sprouts, in potato salad, in almost anything. Sausage, you need to think about it first.

On the other hand, there are so many different sausages! I know of at least a dozen variations on chorizo alone!

[CaptainMike]

Why on Earth would you ruin a good piece of bacon with Brussels sprouts? Unless it was to help get the nasty taste of that vile weed out your mouth. Which begs the next question: why would anyone put one of those noxious plants in one's mouth in the first place?

[RonB]

A good diner is one of the things I miss most about living in NY. Come to think of it, everything I miss about NY is food related...

[Elton's BBQ]

I love these diners.. Never been at one but do see 'em in movies and tv-series..

[MattTheGR8]

Love and make them both, but my vote is for bacon.

However, if I'm ordering at a restaurant and have to choose one, I will usually get the sausage. Why? As I've gotten older I've raised my standards for bacon. The stuff I make at home and my favorite from a smokehouse in Arkansas are significantly better than what I'm going to be served with a side of waffles at a diner. Rather than be disappointed by commodity bacon, I order the sausage.

[Oak Smoke]

We used to get bacon from a little farmer smokehouse just off lake Ouichita when we were there striper fishing. It was so good!

[Bkhuna]

Diner bacon is like scrambled eggs, usually overcooked. I don't order either when I eat out.

[jfmorris]

This is kinda my thinking as well, and why I normally get sausage instead of bacon when eating breakfast out. I've had lots of overcooked and undercooked floppy bacon, and you never know unless it's a place you frequent often, what it's gonna be. Sausage is a safer bet.

[DaveD]

I also need that YES option!

[Jfrosty27]

If I have a choice, I’ll choose sausage most times. I say most times because, well, bacon! I am human after all. 😊

[realdocBBQ]

I think it depends on the situation. For manufacturing my own, bacon is easier, requires less equipment and time. Sausage, more variety and harder to prepare.

When it's time to eat, as in, taking out of the fridge and heating it up, sausage is easier, so I'll go with that. Bacon takes a while to fry up properly, especially in quantity. Bacon in the over just doesn't do it for me. It's still bacon, but really nothing beats pan-fried bacon.

[jfmorris]

Agreed. It's just better pan fried than baked in the oven. Griddle fried outside is good too, but only worth doing it if cooking for a crowd. The absolute worst way to cook it is in the microwave, but I've been known to do it...

[DavidNorcross]

This is a question that is impossible to answer. Love pork over all meats. While bacon is incredible, I chose sausage especially if it is farm raised. Man this is a tough poll!

[Andrrr]

Bacon gets my vote because the question asks what I prefer, but both are so easy to incorporate into so many different breakfasts that I bet I use both equally.

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

Hear me out, because I love good versions of both.

Mediocre bacon is still usually better than average sausage. There's so many sausage varieties out there and bad ones are REALLY bad and only a ton of syrup or hot sauce can make it palatable. Where as cheap bacon might shrink a ton but usually bad flavor bacon can easily be fixed with a sprinkle of salt and/or pepper.

However really good bacon vs really good sausage? The really good sausage would get my vote as a preference.

So, if you're gonna blindy throw me a pack of bacon or sausage from any grocery store isle, I'll take the bacon as the safer bet. Which is why bacon got my vote.

(plus I can use almost any flavor of bacon in any recipe, but a sweet or savory breakfast sausage ain't gonna fly in some stuff)

[LA Pork Butt]

Do I have to choose. But, I definitely eat more andouille than bacon. Maybe it is because there is more substance than bacon. Okay, it is sausage.

[johnec00]

Well, right now its a tie, bacon-5, sausage-5, yes-5.

[captainlee]

I voted for sausage but love bacon. Impossible to give an honest answer.

[Spinaker]

For me.....Sausage. I love bacon too, just like everyone else. However, Jimmy Dean Sage sausage or a solid breakfast sausage is my favorite.

[Oak Smoke]

I prefer Jimmy Dean myself when it comes to breakfast sausage.

[Dan Deter]

Don't know how wide spread they are outside of NC, but I always go for Neese's first, with Bass as a backup for breakfast sausage. Or, if I want a grilled sausage, BrightLeaf Smoked Breakfast Sausage.

[Spinaker]

I guess, I should have included "YES" as a possibility. I would prefer to pick one since I can't eat "YES". More for the rest of us, I guess.

[Draznnl]

You can’t eat “yes,” but you can eat biscuits in sausage gravy with a side of bacon or a bacon and cheese omelette with a side of sausage. No, you can’t eat yes. But you sure can eat both.

[Spinaker]

Agreed, and I often do that. But if you had to choose......which would it be? I guess that is what I am more curious about. Draznnl