A "rasher of bacon"?

[CatWoman]

I've heard that term used twice in the past month.

Surely I'm not the only one?

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. Old term. Graham Kerr used it 50 years ago

[House of Roberts]

6. We used to watch 'The Galloping Gourmet' every day at noon

during school summer break.

[CountAllVotes]

7. My late husband from Ireland called it that

It was several slices = a rasher.

BTW: My great grandmother was Grandma Kerr.

They were from Ireland as well, County Louth.

Grandma Kerr was born in San Francisco however; 2nd gen. San Franciscan born in in the 1860's.

[odins folly]

2. Bad combovers

My wife calls a bad thin hair combover “bacon rasher” do

[2naSalit]

13. ...

[niyad]

3. It is an old, standard term.

[Ocelot II]

4. Mostly British, I think, but I've heard it often.

[okaawhatever]

19. I was in London 10 yrs ago and that's how bacon was described on the menu. nt

[Hugh_Lebowski]

5. You can't say the B-word in this house ...

Not when my GF's dog is here, which she is

[ProfessorGAC]

21. Like "Pretzel" Around Here!

Or "park". We can't even spell park, anymore. He's figured out what that means.
It's amazing how many words they connect with the concept.

[soldierant]

8. Anyone who has read a lot of

British cozy crime fiction wouldn't even blink an eye. I have, and it's just another part of my vocabulary.

[CatWoman]

18. tbh

the first time i heard it was while watching a gangster flick, set in the 30's

[spooky3]

9. Restaurants like to use the term. Guess they think it's "classy." Nt

[Ocelot II]

10. It's not "classy." It's the actual, correct word for a portion of bacon.

[spooky3]

15. I didn't say it was incorrect. There are multiple terms for it, and

I have never heard “rasher” used outside of restaurants. So there is a reason they use it.

YMMV.

[Nittersing]

11. I thought a rasher of bacon

was a slab from which one could cut bacon or lardons...

Thanks!

[Paladin]

12. Out-of-date term. Like "moral Republican." (nt)

[2naSalit]

14. That's what...

Everybody called it when I was growing up. Slice was a term I encountered in adulthood. I thought it was, perhaps, a regional difference like bag or sack; soda or pop*.


*This one always confused me because I grew up knowing most carbonated drinks as soda pop.

[spooky3]

16. "Slice" and "strip" were common. Nt

[2naSalit]

17. Right!

Strip is another I had heard but not as often as rasher.

Forgot about that one!

[Aristus]

20. Yeah. I've only ever said "strips of bacon".

I always thought a rasher was, like, several strips.