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| BLT |
a toasted sandwich made with fried bacon, strips of lettuce, and sliced tomato. |
| carbonara |
designating pasta that is covered with a mild cheese sauce made up of eggs, bacon, onion, and parmesan cheese. |
| clams casino |
a dish in which clams, combined with a dressing flavored with garlic and bacon, are broiled on the half shell. |
| flitch |
a salted and cured side of a hog; side of bacon. [1/4 definitions] |
| gammon2 |
the lower portion of a side of bacon. [1/2 definitions] |
| lardon |
a strip of bacon, pork, or other fat used to lard meat. |
| oysters Rockefeller |
broiled oysters served on the half shell topped with spinach, bacon, seasonings, and cream sauce or butter. |
| rasher |
a thin slice, or a serving of thin slices, of bacon or ham. |
| tournedos |
a small round fillet of beef cut from the tenderloin, often cooked with a strip of bacon around it. |
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