# Random Thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** reactions\ **Created:** [September 28, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393 "2020-09-28T16:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 78
**Author:** ![soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/soyleche/32/42_2.png) [@soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/u/soyleche)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1546 "2021-12-20T22:53:23Z")
That’s basically my range, except 9 might be a bit much. I went with 7 ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1547 "2021-12-20T23:14:23Z")
I enjoy working this time of year. It’s quiet. Unfortunately I’m in a use it or lose it situation with 3.5 days of pto and have to take most of next week off. I will plan better next year. ---
**Author:** ![Kenny](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/kenny/32/53_2.png) [@Kenny](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Kenny)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1548 "2021-12-20T23:16:35Z")
The juxtaposition of the thread topic and Snake’s tag(?) made me think of Adam Sandler’s Hanukkuh Song. ![image](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8765181f479f079e8a6657076fae980309b362db.png) > O.J. Simpson, not a Jew ---
**Author:** ![DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/deeppurple/32/1551_2.png) [@DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/u/DeepPurple)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1549 "2021-12-20T23:28:48Z")
> [@NerdAlert](#): > > Unfortunately I’m in a use it or lose it situation with 3.5 days of pto On 12/31 I will watch about 20 or more days of PTO vaporize because it is “use it or lose it” and I cannot use it either. ---
**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1550 "2021-12-21T02:37:56Z")
Big variance in the bacon poll. I think 4 is my jam, that sweet spot right between chewy and crisp. But if I have to deviate, I’d much rather take 6 than 2. I think thickness matters (TWSS). We buy thick-sliced bacon and going crunchy is too much tooth. But for thin-sliced bacon, crispy is much more enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1551 "2021-12-21T03:54:28Z")
> [@soyleche](#): > > 9 might be a bit much Naw, if the bacon doesn’t shatter when you look at it cross-eyed, it’s undercooked. 9 is just barely cooked enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1552 "2021-12-21T03:58:22Z")
I think you and I are in Mathman’s Do Not Trust Evah file. ☹ I will actually remove the white, chewy part of bacon because that texture gives me the creeps!!! ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1553 "2021-12-21T04:01:40Z")
You just need to cook it longer… until it, too, is crunchy. ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 4:02am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1554 "2021-12-21T04:02:36Z")
If I’m at a breakfast joint, I specify crisp. 🥓 😋 ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1555 "2021-12-21T04:11:26Z")
Yeah, merely “crispy” is insufficient. What people describe as “crispy” often does not shatter. It needs to shatter. I specifically say the part about it needing to shatter just from being looked at cross-eyed and I still have to send it back for more cooking probably 50% of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1556 "2021-12-21T04:21:01Z")
There have also been times when I’ve taken it to 9+ at home: the results were not good. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/soyleche/32/42_2.png) [@soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/u/soyleche)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1557 "2021-12-21T04:34:05Z")
Shattering bacon doesn’t appeal to me at all. Why ruin something like that? ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1558 "2021-12-21T05:04:07Z")
Just don’t turn it up to 11…not good. ---
**Author:** ![JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jfg/32/8801_2.png) [@JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/JFG)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1559 "2021-12-21T06:28:06Z")
> [@Breadmaker](#): > > I will actually remove the white, chewy part of bacon because that texture gives me the creeps!!! That’s what the dog is for. ---
**Author:** ![Echo](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/echo/32/5099_2.png) [@Echo](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Echo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1560 "2021-12-21T13:42:14Z")
> [@JFG](#): > > That’s what the dog is for. Available for other human fud too 🐕 ---
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1561 "2021-12-21T13:51:17Z")
> [@Breadmaker](#): > > I will actually remove the white, chewy part of bacon because that texture gives me the creeps!!! what is wrong with you people ---
**Author:** ![meep](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/meep/32/44_2.png) [@meep](https://community.goactuary.com/u/meep)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1562 "2021-12-21T13:51:43Z")
next thing I’ll hear you don’t use the cracklins for biscuits ---
**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1563 "2021-12-21T14:25:57Z")
Do you subscribe to ‘crematorium cooking’ or something? Have you ever tried putting salt on a lump of Kingsford charcoal to see if you could just eat that and save time cooking? ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1564 "2021-12-21T14:28:18Z")
My husband hates all bacon. That’s weirder to me than liking Sharon’s pie as bacon. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393/1565 "2021-12-21T14:38:04Z")
Naw, sufficiently cooked bacon is delicious. It’s just hard to get other people to cook it enough. [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393.md?page=77) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/random-thoughts/393.md?page=79)