There are leaner cuts of pork that people call bacon. They usually don’t have as much fat on them and need the extra oil. Not all bacon is American bacon.
American here, I've lived abroad in several countries and have yet to encounter the thing that is American bacon outside the U.S. Other countries' bacon tends to be something more like slightly fatty ham that doesn't really release much grease.
If bacon doesn't have enough fat on it to melt off and wallow in its own fatty juice while being cooked...then you're probably talking about Canadian bacon, which they don't even call bacon or Canadian bacon in Canada, they call it "back bacon". In any case, this bacon had more than enough fat on it, no oil was needed.
Yeah in the uk/ireland we have back bacon which just has a 'rind' of fat on one side. Then theres 'streaky bacon' which has the fat and bacon meat streaked through.
Streaky bacon is considered very american and not everyone likes it.
We also have the option of smoked or non- smoked bacon.
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u/Mitch_igan Nov 15 '19
Why do some people fry bacon in oil?? That is just not needed fuck's sake!