: a thin slice of bacon or ham broiled or fried
also
: a portion consisting of several such slices
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With its melty Alpine cheese, thick rashers of bacon and lingonberry jam — truffle fries on the side — the Ultra Meltathon ($15) is enough to make anyone mangle a monologue and start saying that all the world’s a sandwich or music be the love of food.
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Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
What is life without that extra shake of salt, a crisp rasher of bacon, a sneaky egg?
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2024
The menu’s standout dish is the Full English Breakfast: A plate of rashers (British bacon cut from the pig’s loin, where the meat is leaner), banger (the British word for sausage), baked beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, sunny side eggs, and sourdough toast.
—Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 24 July 2023
Coddle is a traditional Dublin stew with sausages, onion, potato and bacon – or rashers as they’re known locally.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
Kelley’s Deli For a quick breakfast or lunch, Kelley’s Deli in Westerly is a casual spot for massive portions of rashers, potato cakes, bangers, and a little Irish coffee to start the day.
—Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
Five years ago, Aline and Jack Tabibian moved from Tenafly, N.J., to Edgewater, a borough in Bergen County that is proportioned like a rasher of bacon.
—Julie Lasky, New York Times, 7 June 2017
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Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
What is life without that extra shake of salt, a crisp rasher of bacon, a sneaky egg?
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2024
The menu’s standout dish is the Full English Breakfast: A plate of rashers (British bacon cut from the pig’s loin, where the meat is leaner), banger (the British word for sausage), baked beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, sunny side eggs, and sourdough toast.
—Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 24 July 2023
Coddle is a traditional Dublin stew with sausages, onion, potato and bacon – or rashers as they’re known locally.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
Kelley’s Deli For a quick breakfast or lunch, Kelley’s Deli in Westerly is a casual spot for massive portions of rashers, potato cakes, bangers, and a little Irish coffee to start the day.
—Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
Five years ago, Aline and Jack Tabibian moved from Tenafly, N.J., to Edgewater, a borough in Bergen County that is proportioned like a rasher of bacon.
—Julie Lasky, New York Times, 7 June 2017
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“Rasher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rasher. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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