1,000 posts worth of bacon talk.

It's the meatiest thread around!

It's porkalicious!

Woo Hoo BACON RULES!



Ok, so it's not healthy for you. Neither is breathing in L.A. County.

And yet we still do it...
















Wait, I don't do that anymore. At least not as often. I totally had to cut back on my L.A. air.

Unlike bacon. Which I never seem to have enough opportunities to eat.

Oh yeah, and I've decided (and am not sure whether it's covered here), that baking your bacon makes the best bacon bits. Next time, I may separate my bits batch from my EAT NOW NOM NOM batch - since the options will be greater for bacon embellishments.

The best is the nutritional information on the Awesome Blossom. If you ate a whole thing, that's more calories and fat than a human being is supposed to eat in two whole days :p

That's what makes it awesome.

sounds like a great new ad campaign

Not regarding bacon bits, specifically, though there have been a few posts dedicated to the nom-worthy wonders of oven-cooked bacon. ("More bacony than bacon" is how I describe it :))

Those who have been following my American Journeys - Mortification by me (age 25) thread new chapter available to read now, get it while it's hot will remember my transplanted American friends, Magid & Nona ?

Well, they would cook bacon only in the Oven. it was the only correct way to do it as far as they were concerned.

....I never objected. Nom Nom Nom.

The caption has the word:

bacontrepreneur

We must use it in a sentence.

I'm ordering bacon salt from the website as we speak. Darn you !!

Kevin has just completed cooking 3 pounds of bacon. Soon, we will have completed the eating of it.

Phew I am glad you stopped at that point.

We do have emergency bacon backup supplies. In case of emergency, cure pig.

<Burp>

Excuse me...

Huh!! And they tell us off for taking a kilo of bacon on a camping trip !!! :p

Pig, cure thine self.

Mmm, self-cured pig.

I had an image of self-cured pig on the back of my MA tshirt. Oddly, it met with much disfavor.

We need one of these:

When Pigs fly!

Fear builds walls.

Tear down the wall!

Giant Pig took off going northwest - it's gotta land sometime

They released the pig from the arena?

Oh yes - I think GD has pics of it taking flight that I'm sure he'll be posting

And off he goes...

We watched the pig fly away through most of the break. I believe what I said was "I'm going to just lie here and watch the pig fly".

As I suspected, they didn't just let him float free into the ether. You can clearly see the lines tethering him to the ground.

Freakin' awesome!

There were lines tethering him as he circled the audience, however the let him go afterwards. He sailed away into pig heaven - a place where there is no bacon.

As Lisa said, once it made a full lap of the audience, they released it and it floated off into nothingness. Lisa kept her eye on it until it completely disappeared from view high in the southwest night sky.

Oh, Lisa! I'm so sorry!

When did you lose an eye?

On the upside, do you get to wear a pirate patch? :argghh:



we wants the tangled redhead

I am very surprised that they let them do that. Something that large floating off loose into the sky - Wow!

I was wondering about its hazardous nature, being that there are creatures that would find plastic piggies interesting enough. What's the ecological impact of a loose inflatable pig?

On the flipside, the ecological impact is likely much less than that of the things the piggy protests...

But now to the next question, how much will the person who finds him get for piggy on ebay?

I don't know that "let" was part of the equation.

I can just imagine the conversation between a fighter pilot sent up to investigate this UFS* and their base.

"It's a pig."
"A MIG?!"
"No. A Pig, as in pork. A giant flying pig."
"ummm... Right...."


(* Unidentified Flying Swine)

Step right up and place your bets ladies and gentlemen......

How long will it be before said pig is up for auction on EBay?

Bonus points if you come closest to the actual selling price.

See my post on the flying pig here.

If it shows up, it will be at the Coachella box office with a request for 4 lifetime passes and $10,000. I'd also request back stage passes and a limo ride to the event.

I don't know....

I'd suspect you could get more from Ebay.

So last night's dinner started out as "I want steak" and ended up as a bacongasm.

Bought some meat to make beef skewers, and then, since we were firing up the BBQ anyway (coal - it's a b*tch to light so ya make the most of it once you do), I figured I'd get a pound of bacon...and a can of water chestnuts... and some shrimp... Also got some ears of corn, onions, and a garlic bulb, but they have nothing to do with the bacon.

ANYWAY, made a new "candied" marinade for the bacon, much sweeter than the one I used at New Years (though not as good as Susan's!) I used craploads of brown sugar, a generous sprinkling of Worcestershire, a generous splash of soy sauce, a small splash of balsamic vinegar, and some water to make the goo viscous enough to put all the bacon into the bag and mix it around (oh yeah, I use a zip-loc for this)

Then I wrapped the marinated bacon around water chestnuts, pierced with a toothpick and placed on a foil-covered cookie sheet (okay the chestnuts ended up in the oven, not the bbq). The rest of the bacon got wrapped around raw peeled shrimp, skewered, and cooked on the bbq.

There was a remaining piece or two of bacon - they went right on the grill.

And in case you're interested in the non-bacon, the corn was wrapped in foil with butter and seasoned salt. The bulb of garlic wrapped in foil by itself. And there were also a couple burgers tossed on the grill.

Never did remember one of the things I'd planned, which was to wrap bacon around some of the hot dogs in the fridge. Another time, I guess!

Oh here's another tidbit. Bought the bacon at Stater Bros. and I bought the cheapest stuff in the ugliest package (you know, the blue box?) - awesome bacon. Super meaty, I mean way better than the Oscar Meyer stuff!

Baconhenge


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What the hell? Are those bacon-wrapped Twinkies?

I think after eating Baconhenge, you better pray to the druids that you aren't on the crapper for the next week.... :eek:

They kinda look like french toast sticks to me.


(Mmmmmm... Bacon wrapped french toast sticks....)

See THAT sounds good.

I'm just trying to figure out that mushroomey goo in the pot.

Looks like it might be a fritata-like substance.

or possibly even a Frittata-like substance ! ;)

I think they look like fish sticks.

Morrigoon had an idea today for bacon-wrapped BACON -- Canadian bacon wrapped in regular bacon.

Or I thought you could take three types of bacon, wrap then in each other, and have a crispy triple-bacon moebius meat ball.

oooooooooo

bacon meat ball.


Mmmmmm.

That was originally YOUR idea big boy! I just listed the types of bacon available.

Too true

Susan found a 6.5 lb. (2.9 kg) package of bacon on sale for $10. And it won't even make it to Camp Swank (we will be using it at Potrero War over Memorial Day Weekend).

Easy Mac Bacon is edible, and decently yummy.

After reading the huge CAUTION section, I don't think so.... :eek:

Hmm, bacon as sculpture, bacon as accessory...

We watched an episode of Ace of Cakes over the weekend. They made bacon (looking) flowers as a decoration. We watched how they made them repeatedly. Watch for bacon looking flowers on a cake sometime in the near future.

Modern Marvels on the History Channel is doing an episode on pork, including, of course, that most marvelous of all marvels: bacon.

Bacon chocolate chip cookies:

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt63503.html

I may make these next time I have raging PMS.

Careful not to splatter bacon grease on your breasts during PMS, it hurts even more than normal.

And you're... quoting from personal experience?

If you've ever seen me, you know my breasts are far too big to fit in the microwave.

Personal experience you 'd like to share with us as well, Fab?;)


Matt, they have medication for that.

:: hides measuring tape :: um.....no

I saw the bacon flowers they made for Duff's cake and thought of the LoT. of course I promptly forgot too! Thanks for posting that Kevy, I thought they were neat looking!

Mr. Bacon Head

looks like Pinhead from Hellraiser

Interesting non-fact: I once dated his sister, Edith.

I was perusing The Smoking Gun archives (yes, I'm bored) and ran across this rider for the FooFighters. Remembering how much fun Iggy Pop's rider was to read, I took a look-see. It's pretty funny as well, and it seems the author shares our bacon lust- check out the third page ( actually pg. 18 in the rider, but the third shown a TSG). They also like girthy kielbasas.:D

Edith Head gives good Costume !

I knew his sister, Kate.

And Edith, too.

shes been in the sun too long...I think shes done

Does she have a drip tray?

Nice griller rack.

Anybody have one of these?

Xhiliration Bacon and Eggs Handbag

Wow, if that was a girl's top, it would be very, um... interesting.

I just saw that bag the other day at target!

Just looking at that gives me chest pains!

I'm not sure I want to hear the words "Bacon" or "Meat" for a week or so.

I cooked 6.5 pounds of bacon on Saturday.

I had bacon every single friggin day of the cruise.

*pats his extra 5 pounds*

Sooo, how many single days of the cruise were you friggin ? (I'd hate for you to have only gotten bacon one day out of the whole cruise...)

I think friggin is a nautical term

Any friggin' in the riggin'?

I believe there was

OK I'll rephrase, I had bacon every friggin AND non-friggin day of the cruise.

Just so we're clear. ;)

Yes, but some days the pork tasted better than others ;)

I just used my bacon packing tape for the 1st time! I didn't want to open it at all but, that's what it's for.

How much bacon did you have to pack ??

What did everybody else eat ? :evil:

I reserved three strips for them to share. I'm not selfish after all!

We had a breakfast potluck here at work this morning. None brought bacon! What is wrong with these people?!

Why didn't you? ;)

I was one of the lazy asses that contributed money instead of bringing food.

That'll teach ya!

At first, I read that as "Bacon fat = fart"!

http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/the-...d-Bacon/Detail
MRE Bacon

Canned bacon?!?! That's just not riiiiight!

I just ran across this recipe:

Mmmmmm.... Bacon and cheese....... :D

OMG I looked at the nutrition info on that canned bacon and I just realized.... bacon is really really bad for you hahaha (well by fat content, anyway)

(also, something saying that one of the ingredients is SUGAR and then it has zero carbs, is highly suspect)

Funny enough about the canned bacon, I just read about it on a foodie website I am checking out for entirely different purposes (go figure I'd be drawn in by bacon-y goodness).

Boo Hoo !! :( I'll never get it shipped into Australia. I would buy this right now for camping if I could........ Heck, I'd buy Two cases

have a yank buy it, and ship it to you. That's what friends are for!

I'm just asking Aussie Customs about it - If I can't bring it in, I'll be buying a case via one of you LoT and taking it to Swank Camp 2010 instead !!!

Nom Nom Nom.

Don't buy the canned stuff for swank camp, get the real stuff it's better!

But, but, but, it's.... Stuff in a Can !! I'm a sucker for those things..

Mmmm.... Bacon.....

Bacon and pancakes.... Mmmmmmm

Yep...that's what the Wolfpack is having this morning! Woohoo!

We're making Vegetable soup for dinner - I may have to put a Bacon stock cube in it, I'm thinking.

A bacon stock cube? I've never heard of such a thing but it would be a lovely addition to many recipes. Mmmmm bacon!

Never heard of them ??

I don't think we have those in the States but it looks interesting. Does it add a bacony flavor?

If it doesn't, I'd have to say it was a failed product.

But then again, there is Apple Jacks......

Deliciously bacony, and with a slight smokiness that I love. I may have to send a care package !

That sounds like it would add wonderful flavor to sauces, soups and gravies. You can't go wrong with bacon after all!

I just this moment finished one of these


let me just say, kick A$$ :snap: :snap:

So we learned that bacon-wrapped sausages are hard to do over the fire. I guess they are the domain of the street griddle.

Everyone complained about that, but mine was fantastic. Weird.

I think the crispy-bacon crowd had more issues with it than the floppy-bacon crowd.

Guess what I'm bringing to Yosemite ?????

I could see a Krisp for cake trade happening on your next trip North. As in, will you be going to the Park tomorrow? I want a baconcaramelchococupcake!

Vegemite?

Mmm, which reminds me - do you ship ThinKrisps? I needs to order more.

Scratch that - I found a website... but I want to make sure it's somewhere/someplace you get the best benefit from. Enlighten me on how you'd like me to do this.

Dude, not to sideline from bacon, but Jim, you made LA Weekly's "Best of LA" in 2003? Awesome! (per this site)

Back to your regularly scheduled bacon fest:

Okay, logic tells me that shelf-life bacon is everywhere and perfectly fine. Even good. But there's a part of me that can't help being horrified at anything that comes from a can. Still... very cool.

let me assure you....you do.


you really really do

I think bacon and ThinKrisps go hand-in-hand.

Wait, are there bacon ThinKrisps?

Duuuuuude.... what an idea!

Maybe he could sprinkle the cheddar krisps with dried onion and bacon salt?

Somebody needs to teach basic math to this site:#1 x #2 = 1-1/2 cups of cheese (not 1/2 cup as indicated in #4

Haha, I had a good laugh over that myself.

I was looking at that too and thinking someones math was way off.


With all this talk of thinkrisps now I want to try them too!

Bacon Wrapped Tater Tots

Bad for me, surely, but intriguing, nonetheless

Ooooooooo......... :D

I'll second that

Mmmmm

I want to try that with the onion-enhanced tots!

As opposed to everyone else who can consume it without concern!

We have to have them one night in Yosemite for sure !!!! Maybe we can claim they're Japanese, and that can be Kevy's dinner !!

I had hamburgers tonight. The patties were handmade with cheddar cheese and bacon right in the patty. MMMMMMMMMMMMMM. I got to use the term meat candy a lot tonight.

Okay, I think we definitely need to try them. :cool:

Will there be a bacon-free meal? I wonder? :confused:

Of course not: this is a LoT event!

Mmmmm....

yes.

Maybe I'd floss more if I had me some bacon floss. The question is what kind of aftertaste will you have with toothpaste and bacon floss....Um, maybe not a good idea after all:D

Just be sure to brush with Bacon Toothpaste!

Maple Bacon Cupcakes

Has anyone found Bacon Flavoured Lube yet ?

A quick Google search took me to this discussion with this idea:

Bacon Boy!
 

Flames engulf a building. Those trapped yell for help. Just when it seems hope is lost, in swoops . . . Bacon Boy!

The strip-shaped superhero, cape flying, knows catastrophe all too well. He's endlessly at odds with his evil nemesis, Fry Guy, who always tries to burn him.

With such a creative story line, it's no surprise that 10-year-old Austin Winters' drawings and characters inspired artists from Tacoma's Museum of Glass to turn Bacon Boy into a glass sculpture for its permanent collection; the piece also will travel with an exhibit, "Kids Design Glass," expected to grace museum pedestals coast to coast.

To read the whole story, click here


Unrelated though nevertheless interesting album cover

I love bacon as much as the next guy but I think I draw the line at bacon toothpaste!

I don't think I could go for the raw bacon lubeing either though.

I am making bacon, as I type this.... MMmmmMmMmMmmm

that sounds naughty and delicious all at the same time.

:snap:

We saw this at one of the galleries we visited yesterday:



They also had rubber bracelets to show your support of bacon:

I hope this hasn't appeared here before. I think just watching this video of chicken fried bacon took about a decade off of my life.

I bought some jambon fume' chips at the store here. Bacon potato chips, people!

My mom makes bacon wrapped boneless chicken breast, stuffed with cream cheese. It's pretty good....when she doesn't burn it that is.

great. now Im hungry again.....;)

I really need to stop looking at this thread this close to dinner time. never fails to make me even hungrier

I'm really starting to enjoy having Tori on the board :D

I was just about to say the same thing.

I'ts really no surprise, but she really does fit in around here, very well! :snap:

(WB here)
Emeril is not the only La Gasse who burns food.:D

Stealing your daughter's bandwidth?!?

Yeah, yeah. Mom is always using my bandwidth. lol. Of course it was her computer at first.....Now it's mine:evil:

Dear FlippyShark,

OMFG...the only thing missing is a dusting of icing sugar, and you'd have all 3 food groups - sugar, salt and fat, as discovered by most fast-food outlets.

It is rumoured that a fourth food group exists, but they haven't figured out how to get around the liquor laws yet.

Love and hugs,

The Stoat XXX.

Tori, you're going to give the Stoat a run for his money !! :snap:

...Can we place Dinner Orders now ?? :D

Bear...Bear!!!

We could have some boneless chicken (from Kentucky State) wrapped in bacon (from Canadia State) and stuffed with cream cheese (from Philadelphia State)...but we'll have to leave off the icing sugar (for our health state).

At the rate we're swimming, I figure we could spoil ourselves just once - so how's about it ToriBear...can we...can we...huh?

...and Bear...are we there yet???

Love and hugs,

The Stoat XXX.

Don't worry boys! Mom will make it when you guys come next year! I so can't wait 'till you guys come! It's going to be a blast.

I wonder if Mammasilva can wrap the deep-fried-turkey in Bacon ???

Hmmmmmm...

That sounds really good right now.

While looking at the chicken Fried Bacon, I found the video of how to make Bacon & Egg Icecream.

Yum !

I made bacon waffles this morning!

No way! Awesome!! Man that looks good!

This, from the planet's Pickiest Eater.

:D

Hey! Nick is worse then I am!

Someone just posted this at work today has it been covered?

http://www.baconsalt.com/

I want to try it!

I think it's been mentioned here.

I've tried it, but didn't care for it.

Same as BE, I tried it, and threw it away.

Concept, good. Actualization, bad.

Oh, we HAVE to try these at a swanking...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEBnf...eature=related

That'll sure to be a heartburn if you eat that, but it'll be so good.

I make a mean "Bacon Potato Salad" It called for a full pound of bacon. YUM!!!!!

I'm thinking you may have to post that recipe, Laura.:D

Ditto! :D

Still waiting for the recipe.... :D

Here is the quick version:

Ingredients
1 quart of potato salad from your local grocer
1 pound of bacon - uncooked

Fry bacon in frying pan.
Crumble bacon
Add bacon to potato salad stir well

Serves 2

If you want bacon, you may want to check this video out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTTT12N80R0

Then again, maybe not.

youre too generous

As you all know a potato salad is anything you what is add to make it your own. Some use hard boiled eggs, celery, onions, you can make it your own. I got this recipe from my dog sitter many moons ago. Her recipe has changed, but I have stuck to the BACON part.

This recipe is all about your taste. If you want a BBQ bacon potato salad, use the hickory bacon, if you want a brunch potato salad use the maple bacon.

I boil the potatos the day before and refrigerate over night.

BACON POTATO SALAD RECIPE:

1 pound of bacon
3-5 pounds of rose potatos or red skinned potatos
black olived sliced small can (if you don't like, not add)
small sweet pickles about 5-7 (you can use dill)
sweet pickle juice to help thin out mayo about 1/8 cup or less (if using dill use dill juice)
mayo (two or three heaping big spoonsfull) just enough to combine
mustard just enough to use for coloring (you don't want mustard salad unless you like mustard)
pepper as much as you like

Insturction:
Boil the potatos until fork tender, cool potatos with cold water, cut into cubes, refrige into cold.
Fry the bacon until your liking, let cool, cut in pieces or crumble.
Put potatos, bacon, olives, sweet pickles is large mixing bowl, and mix to combine.
Add mayo, mustard, and pepper. If salad is to dry, add pickle juice.

NOTE:
It is all about your taste, do you like more mayo, mustard, or pepper? add more

Enjoy!!!!!
Try it out, and please let me know what you thing.

It's good to share - one doesn't want to appear greedy.

So to take our minds off the terrible fire in the Paradise, CA area, my husband Tom and I took a drive in the country to load up on smoked pork products here.

But that is not the point of my story. The point is this: at this smoked pork products store, there is a candy section.

Ready?

Where they sell this Vosges bacony chocolate bar.

Oooooh. I want their Red Fire bar. Spicy and chocolaty! :D

A few of us have tried (discussed earlier in the thread). Has a funky aftertaste.

What about the chocolate flying pigs stuffed with bacon?

I think it would be far simpler to take a nice slice of oven-cooked maple bacon and dip it in chocolate.

ooooooh. hadnt seen those before. :cool:

actually had this a few weeks ago.
Eclipse Chocolate had put on a (I think easter) luncheon. one of the items served was cocoa-glazed durac bacon...

I nearly soiled myself it was so good.

Hmmm. LoT holiday present idea!

I used to dip a ton of things in chocolate for gifts. I'll have to try this.

Note to self: if you go bacon-tasting with Capt Jack, bring extra change of briefies.

How about chocolate dipped DP for FP? :evil:

Well, I could always stuff the chocolate-dipped bacon in my cleavage. ;)

The Red Fire bar is WONDERFUL! I've been deprived of Vosges lately.

A BLT cake, no idea if it is bacon flavored.

Attachment 602

Photo from Charm City Cakes in Baltimore

I am not going to fish through the whole thread if you have seen this. Just enjoy :)

I caught Dinner: Impossible last night. It was a 'sneak peek' with Iron Chef Michael Symon running things. I love him, thought the show was pretty good (and very entertaining), though with a different feel than the one Robert Irvine (who I still prefer)... but I suppose that wasn't the point.

One of his dishes was chocolate-covered BACON. Looked good. It dawned on me that I may be suffering from bacon-deficiency and that's why I'm not feeling good today. Been a few weeks since I had the yummy stuff.

I could use one of those right now. My car inexplicably smells of curry.

At least it doesn't smell of the after effects of curry.... :eek:

A new spot for bacon lovers

Flavors look intriguing!

Bacon Jerky might be fun to try for Yosemite next Spring.

Gotta love the testimonials!

I think bacon of the month is something my husband could get behind on the other hand fruit of the month club, not so much!

I hate when my bacon oversleeps.

You mean, fish and chips? I don't understand you.

isnt that like letting your meat loaf?

Yea! Summer vacation time!

I'm in the Seattle area for the week. Yesterday we paid a visit to the famous Pikes Place Market. The place is truly a wonder!

Crowded though... Here is the street it's on.


Wandering the stalls of the market it was not long before it's wonders started to reveal themselves to me...



Bacon Lunchbox!




Bacon Air Freshener!


This place is truly a wonder!

You know, they have fish there, too. ;)

Really? Bacon flavored? :D

oh wow, the ox tails look awesome. I could work with those sho' nuff

No, she means Tim Curry. ;)

Rubios new Gourmet Tacos Menu are really good and, of course, include bacon. Bacon tacos = yum.

Grilled Garlic Shrimp Tacos look divine (yep, bacon in that item)!

They were!

OMG, there is a Rubio's in Embarcadero 4 (over a block from me). I will have to try one, I've never been. Overall, how are their offerings?

I've always enjoyed their fish tacos and their lobster tacos (when they offered them).

Rubio's has great fish tacos. I can't imagine bacon tacos... I'll simply have to try them for myself ;)

They're not all bacon. The steak, chicken and shrimp ones have bacon in them.

Thanks Wolfy, Katie and Goonie. I'll walk over there for lunch tomorrow!

Corner Bakery has a new sammich:
That's right kids: six pieces of bacon. Had one yesterday (with avocado of course). It was good!

Had a T.A.B. sandwich at the little office deli today - Turkey, avocado, bacon. Yummy! Made all the more pleasant by running into an old pal I hadn't seen in several months. But the bacon was good too ;)

I think I'll pass.

One of my favorite sandwiches!

On sourdough!

another agenda item for SFO

Another agenda item for... wherever it is... :D

looks like there's one at 'the Block'

Okay, I'm impressed.

I don't think I've ever seen bacon woven into a lattice form. It sure looks yummy though!

Bacon and Red Vines go together well

The background of the MySpace log in page is bacon.

Micechat is copying our addiction to bacon....good or bad? Not sure, if it's a compliment or a put down.

They probably just got tired of only having sausage available....

Maybe they should have started a Sausage thread instead....

It would have been more appropriate, that's for sure. :evil:

But, it really doesn't matter anyway. There are a million message boards out there, and MC is just one of those million, so I'm sure there are others with bacon threads too.

OMG OMG OMG
 

French-Fry-Coated-Bacon-On-A-Stick (Recipe link is on this webpage)

Pfft everybody knows we invented liking bacon

We also launched before MC. :evil:

Bacon is eternal.

And internal.

Last night I had pork belly at a fantastic little restaurant called Craft. Bacon may be meat candy, but pork belly is meat cake! Oh effin' em gee! I'm in love with a new food and will be on a quest to find more of it.

Huh - bacon wrapped around a french toast stick... never thought about that before... both are good with maple... nice sweet and salty and even worse for you so it must be really good quality to it. Perhaps I'll have to make some version of that sometime.

Lashpair Bacon Credit #74,612 - Bacon & Eggs for breakfast this morning. :D

I'm going to briefly invade the bacon thread with sausage. I recently made a breakfast sandwich with buttermilk biscuits (grands from a can), an overeasy egg - over medium is probably a better description as the egg yolk was thick but not hard - and some jimmy dean sausage flattened out thin with a little salt and pepper on the egg. Sausage biscuit with a not-scambled egg was really really a step above over the same dish scrambled.

You may now return to the regular bacon thread.

I looked up bacon stuff and came across recipes for bacon candy. Seems like I've heard off that somewhere around here?

Was it with brown sugar only or with spices added to it? Thin cut bacon or thick? MMmmmm... I think i may have to try that.

Lashpair Bacon Credit #74,613 - we gave in and made GusGus's (or was it DP's?) Bacon Candy... the one marinated in Worcertershire and rolled in Brown Sugar, then baked crisp..... :evil:

That sounds really really good. I'm going to try that out... hmmmm... it is Sunday and I think we're just hanging out around the house. Might be something fun to try later today.

In poking around online for things like bacon candy, I came across Bacon Toffee.

The appearance is a little off to me somehow but I'm betting it's still very tasty. It does have bacon in it, after all.

I saw a Baconator commercial and thought of all of you. Best of all was the fetching bacon background on myspace one day last week. Imitation is indeed the best form of flattery!

posers to the undeniable bacon kingdom that IS LoT

Erica and I had bacon wrapped enoki mushrooms last night. Amazing!

:) From 'Luke' at Westcoaster.net

You swine!

You are such a pig!

Why must you live in such a pig sty?!

What a porker!

I felt this thread wouldn't be complete until it contained a handfull of derogatory statements!

;)

If we are looking to complete the thread, then we will of course need....

Uh oh.
 

Brussels sprouts are the new bacon.

The rest is here.

BLASPHEMER!

Tattoo large red letters "BH" (for "Bacon Heretic") on your forehead and consider yourself forever banished from this thread.

You shall be burned over a large barbecue spit for your infidelity!

Uh, Kevy, didn't we determine bacon didn't do well over an open fire? (or was that just for bacon wrapped around a hot dog)

What wine pairs with bacon-wrapped bbq'd 3894, side of brussel sprouts?

Put.
The Crack.
Pipe.
Down!

Has everyone seen the new Wendy's commercial that starts out with I heart bacon?

The Baconator.

How about knitting yourself a bacon-inspired scarf?

It's very pretty

Heather's brother Andy came down on Thursday night with his family in tow for a little hanging out and a lot of Disneyland. Last night, we went to "Home," our local eatery, for a dinner. Oskar, our 7-month-old nephew, was staring at the food longingly (he still has no teeth). On impulse, Andy took a strip of bacon from his burger and offered it to Oskar, who started nursing on it. He was absolutely pacified. We start 'em young in our family.

MMM..Bacon Pancakes

I had bacon pancakes this morning (but I made them myself).

Has anyone noticed that the bacon that fast food places uses really sucks? It tastes like fake smoke flavoring. Blech.

I had a bacon double Del the other night and the bacon was crispy and yummy!

I had a Subway sammy with Bacon for lunch. In the bacon world, subway's bacon is the equivalent of New Jersey (and I'm not talking the pretty parts).

I love bacon, I love Mexican food. That is the problem, there is no bacon in mexican food. Not even carnitas, lots of pig in Mexican food, but still no bacon. :(

Hummm...

I think I see a marketing opportunity there.......

Rubios new gourmet tacos all have bacon.

mousepod and I split a plate of bacon this morning. The rest of the day has been pleasant. I say it was because of the bacon.

I had a club sandwich for lunch. Bacon was good. Mmm. And my work day will be over it about 33 minutes. I thnk the bacon lunch is partly responsible. I must baconate more often.

I submit to you The Royal Bacon Society complete with "bacon porn". lol.

^^ That is more than one little Jew can handle! *faints dead away*

Good... More for the rest of us! :evil:

Could I have made more typos in my previous post? WTF? I guess work was over in 33 minutes but part of me was already gone... the part that uses a spell checker.

This is not entirely true - if you count salchichas. And I do.

I bought, at my local Jon's mkt last night, smoked pork bellies, otk as Russian style bacon. I was looking for uncured pork bellies, but I took what was available. I sliced me a big fat slice and put it in the skillet, I took some cubes and baked them in the oven. The skillet slice was the thickest piece of bacon you ever saw, and pretty delicious. The baked cubes I paired with some homemade dippin' sauces - apricot soy, blackberry, bbq. I found out where "pork rinds" come from, that's the bit that needs to be trimmed off, but I didn't. Other than that, it was an interesting experiment, and I'm all the more interested in finding unsmoked pork bellies. This is a food with excellent win potential!

I can't count the number of times I've heard that shrieked from the other end of the hall.

Now we know How Bacon Is Made

(no unpleasant livestock parts)

Something bacon couldn't do - save this little boy's life. Tried though.

Okay - it's probably safe for work - but it's rather - well it's not shocking really - but how to put. Eh - just peek.

Pork Princess Tiara
:D

Perfect for Goonie or Lashbear!

Sorry, I ate mine. :blush:

Anyone for Bacon Cinnamon Rolls:

http://www.uniquedaily.com/bacon-cinnamon-rolls/

Sorry if you have seen it before.

I would say, "Gross!" But I had a bite of a LoTter's Bacon S'mores once and lived to tell the tale.

:D

I think I might need to make these this weekend. Just to try them out.

At that link there is also:
Bacon In A Can
Bacon Soap
Bacon Floss

And one that we may need to try: Homemade Bacon VODKA

I present to you: Bacon Cinnamon Rolls

Why don't we have a bacon smiley? I really think we could all benefit from it's salty goodness.

From just a few posts before yours:

Seeing Kevy post reminded me...

It is high time that we here in the bacon thread take a few moments to recognize the accomplishments of Bacon's first cousin: Beef Jerky.



Sure it's technically not a cured pork product but done right it is pretty darn good and has many similarities.

I picked up a few packs of very tasty high quality Beef Jerky during my recent visit to pikes place market. I'm having to carefully ration them to prevent a full on carnivorous feeding frenzy.

Keep yer beef outta my pork!

I should say, I am a big fan of the jerky meats, so this isn't to dis them. But keep yer beef outta my pork! :p

oh...well then, I guess I wont mention the Turkey, Ostrich, Buffalo or Gator jerky I snagged at a recent street faire

just as well, I scarfed those down in a matter of days like a starved badger

Hey, I did say I liked the stuff.

But, this whole debacle has me wondering about pork jerky... hmmm

Did somebody say... BADGER?

damn...thats too bad. work seems to think that needed to be sanitized for the protection of wee impressionable lil minds....




like mine
:(

Doh! How did I miss that?:blush:

and that led me to the "Bacon Is Meat Candy" Bacon Club
Hey !! They stole our thread title !!

To be fair to all involved, I stole it first from Woody Paige. Lord only know where he stole it from!

Cheddar cheese soup... with bacon!

I was thinking to myself: Can I come up with a bacon product not already discussed here.... So on a whim I did a google for "Bacon Condom"

And wouldn't you just guess....

I had spinach stuffed chicken breast wrapped in bacon last night at a friend's house.
It was great.
:)

A survey of America's best bacon:

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26992568/?GT1=43001

MmmMMmm... that bacon looks tasty!

And it was from Cook's Illustrated - my favorite cooking magazine... one of my fav mag's overall actually.

They don't take any advertising - and they tell step by step how they came up with the results they show - for food, recipes, or kitchen gadgets.

They also have a cooking show on tv on pbs.

Bacon Sparked Evacuation of Congressman's Office

Link

Dammit, I was going to post that.

No, I was going to.

I just think it's funny that they published the pronunciation of his last name so people wouldn't say "boner."

Oh hell... I'll still say it anyways.

So does Stephanie Miller!

What I want to know is - who mailed the guy bacon? How do I get on that mailing list?

Poached Oysters, Braised Bacon and Cabbage with Kimchi Cream
 

Chef Brian Rae

RM Seafood | Las Vegas


“Food always came easy for me,” says Chef de Cuisine Brian Rae about his start in the food biz working for a grocery when he was in high school. Rae’s dishes are urbane but not overly wrought with wacky science and bizarre ingredients; they have a certain easy-going sophistication that’s comforting but still adventurous. Following Chef Rick Moonen’s cue, Rae carefully sources his ingredients—from the sustainable fish and seafood to the uncommon sake lees that make his dishes standout. His Pan-Seared Abalone, Slow-Cooked Aracauna Egg, Toasted Brioche with Brown Butter and White Balsamic captures Rae’s ability to fuse homey-comfort with stylish refinement: the dish was rich and buttery with bright punches of tang from capers; the slow-cooked egg melted into the other elements on the plate to create a decadent sauce; the layers of textures ranged from gentle chewiness from the tender abalone, to crisp and crunchy brioche bits, to soft and delicate from the egg.


Poached Oysters, Braised Bacon and Cabbage with Kimchi Cream
Chef Brian Rae of RM Seafood – Las Vegas, NV
Adapted by StarChefs.com

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

• Braised Bacon:
• 1 cup chopped onion
• ½ cup chopped leek
• 1 celery rib, chopped
• 10 parsley stems
• 10 white peppercorns
• 1 pint chicken stock
• ½ pound slab bacon
  
  Kimchi Cream:
• 1quart heavy cream
• 3 tablespoon kimchi paste
  
  Braised Cabbage:
• 1 head green cabbage, chopped
• 1 pt kimchi cream
  
  Pomme Maxim:
• 1 russet potato
• 1 teaspoon clarified butter
• 1 cup parsley leaves
  
  To Assemble and Serve:
• 12 oysters (preferably Blue Point), liquor reserved
• 2 ounces braised bacon (from above)
• ½ cup braised cabbage (from above)
• 1 pint kimchi cream (from above)
• 12 pomme maxim (from above)
• Chili oil

Method:
For the Bacon:
Preheat oven to 200ºF. Sweat the chopped onion, leek, and celery over medium heat until sweet and translucent, but not colored, and season with salt. Add parsley stems and peppercorns and deglaze with chicken stock. Add bacon and cover with parchment paper and a lid; if necessary, add water until bacon is just covered. Place the pot in oven and roast for 3 hours, until bacon is fork-tender.
For the Kimchi Cream:
Combine cream and kimchi paste in a saucepot and reduce by a third. Season with salt if necessary.
For the Braised Cabbage:
Blanch the cabbage in boiling salted water for thirty seconds. Remove the cabbage and place in a pot of warm kimchi cream. Cover pot’s contents with a piece of parchment paper or wax paper (to keep the heat in and let the steam out), and braise until tender.
For the Pommes Maxim:
Preheat oven to 260ºF. Trim the potato into a long rectangle. Use a mandolin to slice 1/16-inch thick slices. Brush a silpat with a very minute amount of clarified butter. Place one potato square on the silpat. Place one parsley leaf in the center of the potato. Place another potato square on top of the parsley. Brush a very minute amount of clarified butter onto a second silpat and place it (butter-side down) on top of the potato squares. Sandwich these silpats between two flat half sheet trays and bake for thirty minutes.
To Assemble and Serve:
Fill three small sauce pots half-way with kimchi cream. Place the cabbage in one, the bacon in another and the freshly shucked oysters in the third. Gently heat all three to warm: the cabbage will become tenderer, the bacon will warm infuse with extra creaminess, and the oysters will become slightly firm and noticeably plump. Strain each, but reserve the cream from the oyster pot to use as the sauce. Adjust consistency with oyster liquor, if necessary. Arrange the cabbage, bacon, and oyster on the plate. Garnish with 3 pomme maxim, sauce, and a dot of chili oil.

- Found on the Starchefs.com website.

Bill made me bacon this morning. :D

I used the gas stove for the first time this morning. My inaugural culinary task: frying up bacon, followed by scrambled eggs cooked in the bacon grease.

I have a Gas Stove. It's got electric burners, but everything I cook on it gives me Gas.

Recent episode of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives (well, not so recent when you watch it as often as I do) showed a diner that did a bacon bourbon... I'm hoping to try it one day... with a crowd that might enjoy it as much as we do. ;)

Oh, and something from another forum I'm somewhat involved with... Was looking at a thread from long, long ago and found this:

Wilbur was SOME Pig: The Ultimate BLT

Discuss.

;)

Mmmm, the bacon hamburger fatty melt, a bacon burger with two bacon-stuffed grilled cheese sandwiches as bun

Excuse me while I save the time, and have the heart attack right here... :eek:

We were watching College Game Day this weekend and one of the booths had chicken fried bacon and Corso thought it was great! I thought of all of you.

Lemme know when you master vodka - we'll put you in charge of inventing the bacontini ;)

Bacon Gumballs

dont recall seeing them here, so, here they be.

They even have bacon beans and mints on that page! I don't think I'm daring enough to try a bacon gum ball though.

I see your bacon gumballs and raise you a Bacon print tux that smells of bacon.

Source

I'm going to thank him for saying something.
Contact info for Rev. Ed Bacon

Let's hear it for Bacon!
Thanks for stepping up, Rev.
:)

I would totally wear that. not too sure on the scented aspects, but I could wear that and be proud

Holy Cow !!! But it still could use improving...

...I suggest cutting the whole thing in halves (a 'la the Autopsy shot) and then dip each half in batter and deep fry it, served with powdered sugar and jelly like the Monte Cristo.

THEN it's perfect.

coronary thrombosis, stat!

yeah, I think I lost a couple heartbeats just reading that.

needless to say, Im in

Is there anything Bacon can't make better?

Bacon bless us, every one!

A Bacon Hamburger Fatty Melt Monte Crisco?

I had a hamburger last night at Famous Daves. Not only did it have bacon and cheese on it, but it had additional BBQ pork. MMMMM- MMMMM!

Off the bacon bit: I love their Devil's Spit sauce.. YUMM!!!

I'll have to try their burger. Sounds delicious!

Bacon. Yum.

In the recent book series I've been reading about the black dagger brotherhood vampires, when they are first changed into a vampire, the first thing everyone seems to immediately crave is chocolate and bacon - together.

Made a pasta carbonara for lunch today. I put too much bacon in it. Not too much bacon for bacon's sake, just more than I should really be eating :)

It was nom-worthy :)

Morri: That's not Pasta Carbonara, that's Pasta Baconara.

Gummy bacon: http://www.stupid.com/fun/GMYB.html

What's wrong with this picture?

Well - aside from the horrible font -there's no bacon under the bacon sign! Blatent false advertising!

A new downtown LA spot is serving a donut that Homer wouldn't know which aspect to drool over first.

Bacon donut.

Now, I'd certainly give that a try. Mmmmmmm bacony goodness with maple.

literally. my mouth was watering by the time I finished reading that........and I JUST finished lunch.

The Bacon (and eggs) scarf: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php...ng_id=16474729

Today's Dilbert

It's sold out! Ok, who bought one, fess up!

Here are a couple of pictures of our Thanksgiving turkey. We did it with bacon again this year:

Wow, nice platter! Nobody in my family ever learned how to carve a turkey, it always looks like wolves attacked it.

The font indicates that the word "MAKIN'" is missing. Bow-chicka-wow-wow.

Thanks! The secret is to cut off the breast, then slice it on a cutting board. I learned it from Sunset magazine.

Over Thanksgiving, we visited Karchner Caverns. We saw cave bacon:

Wow - that realy does look like bacon! Mmmmm.. bacon.

So - what did it taste like? ;)

I rad that is Karcher caverns and I figured that's where Carl farmed the bacon for the Bacon Guacamole Burger.

Huh? :confused:

Aha!

All this did was make me hungry for a bacon/cheeseburger (but not from Carl's Jr.) he may be dead, but I sure don't agree with his politics.

salt

I forgot to mention that I had bacon twice yesterday - once with breakfast, then again on my hamburger at lunch. One of these days I'll go for a triple...

Mmmmmm......... cave bacon.......

At Thanksgiving, we found out that the store near where my sister lives sells ground beef that is actually a combination of ground sirloin and bacon. I almost wet my pants just thinking about it.

Oooh, I want THAT burger!

(Note to self: when I finally get my Kitchen Aid mixer, must get meat grinder attachment!)

I have a KitchenAid. It rawks! (But I don't have the grinder...)

Susan has a KitchenAid (the 625 or so watt model). It is the brushed gray finish like Alton Brown's. She wants to get flames painted on it.

Like these?

Or maybe these?

Or maybe she'd prefer this?

OMG... there are cow spots too?

Those are all stickers, which wouldn't work on the coarse surface of her machine. It needs to be paint.

Maybe I should come over some day and paint it for her :)

ANd then there's Turbaconducken

That's OBSCENE!!!!!

Or if she wants... flowering vines? Light purples, pinks and greens would look nice against the grey...

The Holy Church of Bacon
The Holy Book of Bacon

Maybe you should paint bacon strips on it?

Fakin' bacon, AKA Bac-Os Bits

(Which I always thought were Bac-O Bits)

Actually, Alton's are decals.

http://www.amazon.com/Classic-21-Fla.../dp/B000M0C150

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Blasphemy!!!!!! :eek:

To be sure.

Hey, don't be knocking Bacos. Or turkey bacon for that matter. It's the closest you can get if you're keeping kosher. It ain't the same but it gets you by.

Where did you see that Alton's are decals? The one I am thinking of has a course-textured surface which is not conducive to decals (this is the same machine Susan has). All of the decals on Amazon (referring back to Morrigoon's post as well as the link above), would not work on this type of surface.

This showed up this morning in the LA Thrillist.

Wait - it says Bacon is meat candy? I thought that was *our* thing.

And how do you get dime sized chunks of syrup? I don't know that I want chunky syrup.

It's sugar, so you can make it harden. I believe the syrup chunks should melt when the pancakes cook.

This may be a step too far:

No; I think that is just about the right amount of tin foil.

It would not surprise me if someone posted this already in this mammoth thread, but just in case they have not, more evidence that Bacon is wonderful.

http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive/931

Yep, Bacon can even make a veggie burger good. :)

Oh and a t-shirt to go with it.

http://store.dieselsweeties.com/prod...egetable-shirt

Bacon Recipes Galore

I want a bacon martini for dinner.

Um, I think this is dinner tonight:

Noelle Carter deserves a complementary membership to LoT for that !! :snap:

Yes, yum. But I still want a bacon martini.

I grow so tired of this:

So if I understand this tv program correctly....

schnitzel = chicken-fried pork

And here is the perfect light snack to go with you bacon martini...

Okay, I did make this for dinner last night

It's totally recommended, by me. I tossed grape tomatoes in and it was deee-vine.

Bacon Craft Project:

Betsy Ross: Well, what do you think?

George Washington: It looks like three strips of bacon.

Betsy Ross: It's supposed to look like three strips of bacon.

George Washington: Well, I like it. But put some stars in the corner or something. We don't want to p*ss off the big J*ws.

My husband requested beef burgandy last night. I was pleasantly surprised to find it had bacon in it. I enjoyed it very much, even the boy liked it!

Sadly my husband is requesting something called porcupine meatballs tonight and it doesn't look near as appetizing. Maybe the boy and I will just have leftover beef burgandy!

I'll be really happy when the husband goes back to work and doesn't have so much free time to tell me how to do my job of taking care of my family!

Porcupine balls are gross. Another recipe that hopefully passed along with my Mother.

Seeing as I don't eat bacon, I don't come in this thread much, but has this been shared?

If I ate bacon I'd give that a shot. Especially with some turkey chili on top when served.

I think it was previously posted (but no problem in a second posting).

But I don't get the attraction of cheese on bacon.

Am I missing something? I've never heard of them but an internet search says they're meatballs with rice and onion. What's wrong with that?

It wouldn't be bad but...my Mom had ulcerative colitis so no onion and absolutely no spices, pepper anything. So tomato sauce, rice and hamburger. Bland and gross.

I loved my Mom's Porcupine balls.

I like the bacon martini recipe from that article:

My husbands Mom didn't ever cook the meatballs first and the sauce is cream of mushroom soup. It never looked appetizing to me and sometimes your meatball isn't cooked through!

Wait you pre cook the meatballs? Ok Mom didn't do that either. Not as bad as say Zucinni Pizza but still not one of her stellar recipes. Actually I'm not sure there were any stellar recipes.

No particular attraction. It is just that it is bacon...and cheese. Why waste time eating them separately? (If you're going to eat either of them, since I'm not having any bacon.)