Poll of the Day > Which is the side and which is the main food

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My friends and I just got into a heated argument over this. One of us called the other a string of bad words that would put me in time out.

What's the verdict. We're split 50/50 over here
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I'm gonna go with bacon as the side.

Bacon is the side dish.
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Neither...they are one in the same
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Eggs are the meal, bacon is extra, you don't order bacon and hashbrowns, well you could, but you generally don't.
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Both are sides. If you have them both together and nothing else, then they're the main course.
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They're both sides for the toast
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Eggs can be served as a main course (omelets). Bacon is always served as a side.
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So what was your pick in the argument TC?
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who cares

They're equally delicious :)
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darcandkharg31 posted...

So what was your pick in the argument TC?

The correct one
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Neither, they're both protein items that are accompanied with a toast/hashbrowns or whatever else.

The only exception is if the eggs are made into an omelette.
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PK_Spam posted...

darcandkharg31 posted...

So what was your pick in the argument TC?

The correct one

Ah yes, Eggs is the main, of course of course.
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The egg came first.
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If you consider bacon a side dish, you're not worthy of eating it.
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Bacon is criminally overrated anyway

Sausages are WAY better
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scrapple is my favorite with eggs :)
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Most people seem to say "bacon and eggs," not "eggs and bacon." Typically you list main first, side second. It's why you don't hear "fries and a burger."
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Eggs on their own are still a meal. Bacon on its own, much less so. Bacon's the side.
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adjl posted...

Eggs on their own are still a meal. Bacon on its own, much less so. Bacon's the side.

I'm much more used to bacon on its own than eggs on its own, partly because bacon is a lot easier to make since you can just microwave a few strips.
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Zeus posted...

adjl posted...

Eggs on their own are still a meal. Bacon on its own, much less so. Bacon's the side.

I'm much more used to bacon on its own than eggs on its own, partly because bacon is a lot easier to make since you can just microwave a few strips.

All you need to do is crack an egg onto a pan with a tiny bit of oil and wait, like, 2 minutes.
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RCtheWSBC posted...

Neither...they are one in the same

This.
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PK_Spam posted...

Zeus posted...

adjl posted...

Eggs on their own are still a meal. Bacon on its own, much less so. Bacon's the side.

I'm much more used to bacon on its own than eggs on its own, partly because bacon is a lot easier to make since you can just microwave a few strips.

All you need to do is crack an egg onto a pan with a tiny bit of oil and wait, like, 2 minutes.

Already a lot more effort than bacon.
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Zeus posted...

adjl posted...

Eggs on their own are still a meal. Bacon on its own, much less so. Bacon's the side.

I'm much more used to bacon on its own than eggs on its own, partly because bacon is a lot easier to make since you can just microwave a few strips.

You can also crack the eggs into a styrofoam cup and microwave that. They come out surprisingly good. I haven't done that in many years, so you might need to add milk or water to keep the egg from rubberizing.

After a quick search, here you go:
https://www.stetted.com/60-second-scrambled-eggs/
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Blaqthourne posted...

Zeus posted...

adjl posted...

Eggs on their own are still a meal. Bacon on its own, much less so. Bacon's the side.

I'm much more used to bacon on its own than eggs on its own, partly because bacon is a lot easier to make since you can just microwave a few strips.

You can also crack the eggs into a styrofoam cup and microwave that. They come out surprisingly good. I haven't done that in many years, so you might need to add milk or water to keep the egg from rubberizing.

After a quick search, here you go:
https://www.stetted.com/60-second-scrambled-eggs/

Does it require milk or can you go without?
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I don't know. I haven't tried it in 25 years, back when we laughed in the face of things like CFCs coming from nuking plastic and consuming what leeched into our food.
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You can make anything the "main" food, but if you make bacon the main food you're probably obese

They come from the same animal so I think doesn't really matter all that much
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^ You normally eat pig eggs? I really hope I missed something there.
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Mead posted...

They come from the same animal so I think doesn't really matter all that much

Huh

I've always thought the eggs are the main dish. I guess it's hard to tell.
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Mead posted...

They come from the same animal so I think doesn't really matter all that much

Are you eating flying pigs?
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MasterGakke posted...

Both are sides. If you have them both together and nothing else, then they're the main course.

I'd argue this. It's why you order bacon AND eggs, not eggs with bacon or bacon with eggs.

There is no universal principle that something is a side and must always be so. Presentation plays a role in whether or not something is a side or a main (or an appetizer, or a desert, etc).

As some people have mentioned toast, I'd say the same applies there. Someone can easily eat toast as their main (or only) meal, especially if they eat it with butter/jam/cinnamon and sugar/etc, or toast can be a side to a more substantial meal. Toast doesn't have an inherent objective trait automatically making it one or the other universally.



KStateKing17 posted...

Eggs can be served as a main course (omelets). Bacon is always served as a side.

Yes, but if you're ignoring the presentation of the eggs to lump all egg dishes into the same classification (ie, there's no difference between omelets, scrambled eggs, or "sunny side up"), then in the same sense bacon is merely pork, and pork CAN be a main dish in multiple ways (whether ham or pork chops or whathaveyou).

And honestly, the idea that bacon = side is more of a modern trend anyway (just like the idea that bacon = breakfast is very much a modern idea).



darcandkharg31 posted...

Eggs are the meal, bacon is extra, you don't order bacon and hashbrowns, well you could, but you generally don't.

I've eaten both bacon and hashbrowns as my meal at least a few times. Then again, I never eat eggs period (except as part of other recipes, like in baking or breading, or making french toast).


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