Smoked turkey may be sliced thickly and eaten hot or served cold, with or in salads (see p27).

But the term country bacon is largely used as a marketing tool and can mean simply that the bacon is thickly sliced.

Beef (round or brisket) is marinated for up to three days before it is roasted and thickly sliced.

Thickly sliced and tucked between two slices of bread, they make an effortless sandwich.

(Delivered in 10 minutes at 1 A.M., the beef was hot and thickly sliced but not rare as advertised.)

Jim's thickly sliced, dry-cure bacon doesn't shrink in the pan, nor does it emit any filthy white goop.

But smoked salmon is not top-drawer and is too thickly sliced.

The bacon should be thickly sliced and cooked in a cast-iron pan over a low flame for as long as you can stand it.

Small onions can be grilled whole, in their skins, while larger, red onions are best thickly sliced and basted with olive oil as they toast.