Title: The Best Of British Bacon Recipes

Author: Mary Norwak

Publisher: The Sales Machine (on behalf of British Bacon)

Publication date: 1979

Bought: Second-hand, at a National Trust property’s bookshop

Type: Ingredient-specific recipes

Pages: 96

Notes: There is some brief discussion of what one might serve with bacon. Nonetheless, as the title implies, just about all of the actual recipes within this book feature bacon as an ingredient, and usually as the main ingredient. (I was hoping for “Bacon Surprise” which didn’t…) The exceptions are the recipes for sauces and garnishes.

Fabulously-named dishes: Not so many within this book, although Huntington Fidget Pie sounds interesting and I was a little disappointed that Bacon Fraize doesn’t involve strawberries. And Soaking Bacon, mentioned in the index, turns out to be a method rather than a dish. There are some monumentally unhealthy-sounding options, though; Bacon In Beer, Crusty Baked Bacon, Spiced Cider Bacon Bake…

Other useful information contained within: types of bacon cure, nutritional information and the like. Oddly enough they’re quick to trumpet bacon as a high-protein food and to mention its near-total lack of carbohydrates, but are remarkably quiet on its fat content.

Where can I get a copy?: Plenty of copies available for not much money on Amazon.