A lightly dressed spinach salad was livened up with good smoked bacon and warm potato slices.
Although usually made with smoked bacon, minced beef is occasionally substituted.
There may have a been a few unnecessary ingredients, most notably the smoked bacon and the corn kernels.
For this reason salt is used to preserve some foods, such as smoked bacon or fish.
It suggests an expansive coziness - Tuscany and your grandmother's house wrapped in one, with a little smoked bacon on the side.
Forget about the veggies out there - for an omnivore's version could we add a few lovely bits of smoked bacon?
In the pasta course, the winner by five lengths was orecchiette with terrific smoked bacon and spinach ($8.50).
The single burger order contains four strips of smoked bacon, a beef patty, American cheese and vegetables.
"We don't do smoked bacon in France," he said, "but the smokiness will work well with the potatoes."
Commercial products often contain smoked bacon, and are stuffed into fibrous casings.