Ground Bacon Burger Heaven

July 11, 2012 · 9 comments

Thanks to Food Beast and Business Insider for writing about a chain called Slater’s 50/50 which is offering a 100% bacon patty, with thick cut bacon, bacon cheddar, and bacon island dressing. What genius!

  • 100 percent ground bacon patty.
  • The dressing is called “bacon island.” (I make one like this; add 1 tsp of bacon grease to homemade dressing.)
  • The cheese is bacon cheddar. (Bleah, cheese! Not Bulletproof!)
  • There’s a slice of thick-cut bacon too. (Like putting chocolate sauce on chocolate!)
  • One sunny side up egg. (Sweet! Unoxidized cholesterol for hormones and choline for nervous system function!)
  • Some kind of nasty gluten bun. (Replace with lettuce, or mochi cooked in a sandwich maker if you’re eating carbs.)

The genius inventor of this burger dubbed it the ‘merica. Available through the end of July at Slater’s 50/50 in Southern California.

Bacon is a passion of mine but poor quality bacon is a major source of toxins. You can be Bulletproof with your bacon, but you need to be as careful with it as you are with coffee. We’re talking artisan cured, pastured heritage hogs, cooked over low heat. You want ascorbic acid in the cure, and it doesn’t matter if celery powder or nitrates are used; they’re essentially the same thing. Celery is the common veggie highest in nitrites; companies powder it and say “nitrate free” while benefiting from the presence of nitrites in bacon.

It’s not just me who notices the difference – look at this Bulletproof Forum thread!

Had this burger? Make one like it? I want to hear about it!

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  • mark savastano

    Awesome post sounds delicious. I’ve been eating alot of bacon lately. I found this really good pastured bacon I get from the Farmer’s Market in my town and it’s only $7/lb which is good considering the so called good brands are like $5 or $6 in the supermarket.

    Only probem is that in NJ, it’s illegal for farmers to cure their own bacon so they have to send it off to a USDA butcher(NJ suck likes that, no raw milk either) so i’t's probably not cured the best. I take vitamin C with it, so hopefully that helps with any toxins, etc.

    I’m thinking of just purchasing pork belly fat from them and curing it myself with that link you posted on how to cure bacon. Seems relatively easy.

    • Dave Asprey

      Just be sure to add vitamin c to your cure to prevent the formation of nitrosamines.

  • Laurence Wolf

    Had to throw in my mate’s crazy paleo burger… which is just pure carnivorous gluttony https://www.icloud.com/journal/#02;CAEQARoQBT015EzFhXDjIHT7qELEzA;4474F7E6-93F0-4F4C-87E3-03E86B4EFA23

    • Dave Asprey

      Lol – fermented hummus? Gross. ?

  • Rakesh Patel

    Dave, Love it!

  • Ducksman11

    Come to Orange County, CA and I’ll take you there.

  • Scott C

    I looked up Slater’s after learning it is located in Southern California and discovered I live 30 minutes from it. Wanting to contribute to bulletproof exec by responding to Dave’s request, I decided to pay Slater’s a visit. I ordered the ‘merica with no bun (it was shocking to hear the waitress ask if I wanted 1/3, 2/3, or a 1 pound bacon patty). The first bite was good, but not great, and each subsequent bite was less and less appetizing. The texture was not like that thick strip that continues to sizzle on the plate next to my eggs in the morning. It was like chewing on 1/3 pound of soggy bacon bits. I was not a fan. Texture and taste were just not right. I have eaten little food since then, maybe 2000 calories (just a reference) in over two days. I feel fine, but I have not desired food since. Any thoughts why that might be? I’m 5’5″ 140, lean, eat a descent amount of fat.
    Bacon is absolutely delicious, but my worldview of bacon has changed since Sunday evening. This is a bad analogy, but bacon is to meals like frosting is to cake. Bacon is best wrapped around a pork chop and grilled, or in a pan with quartered brussel sprouts, or piled on a “sandwich” with tomato, and avocado, or with eggs. Bacon it the best complementary food item in existence, but is ill served as the main dish.
    Scott

    • TheJeebus

      That’s exactly how I envisioned it. Bacon should be crisp and sparse.

      • Dave Asprey

        What a bummer! Thanks for being a guinea pig!!! ;)

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