baconize

English

Etymology

bacon +‎ -ize

Verb

baconize (third-person singular simple present baconizes, present participle baconizing, simple past and past participle baconized)

1. (transitive, cooking) To prepare like bacon, by smoking etc.
   • 1860, Harvard Magazine, volume 6, page 69:

     Can you not choose a process more pleasant to the world at large, if you must thus “baconize” your bodies?

   • 1916, Western Canner and Packer, volume 8, page 7:

     A plant will be established in Everett by the Baconized Salmon Company of Juneau, Alaska, for the manufacture of baconized salmon.

2. (transitive, cooking) To prepare with bacon as an ingredient; to add bacon to.
   • 1925, Good Housekeeping, volume 80, page 71:

     Baconized Macaroni and Corn, with its crisp bacon, suggests a delight […]

   • 2018, Kay Plunkett-Hogge, The Art of the Party: Drinks & Nibbles for Easy Entertaining:

     One of the best Old Fashioneds I have had was made with baconized bourbon. To make it, buy the smokiest cure of streaky bacon you can find – hickory smoked is best – and cook up enough for a good bacon sandwich.