Bacon is meat candy.
 

Discuss.

I hear that Bacon can also be crack at slumber parties...

I hear there are queues for it.

Bacon is the worst smell in the world.

Bacon is treyflicious.

Anyone watch ESPN this Monday and see the taped up sign that said "Bacon is Meat Candy" ?? I thought it was genius.

Bacon also is dandy for infusing bourbon, apparently.

Bacon martini, anyone?

hmmmmmmm... baaacon...

wow. I might try it but it sounds just the wee-est bit short of 'yum'

:p

A meal without bacon is like, well, let's just say a meal ain't a meal without bacon.

1 egg, 2 bacon, 1 (carbquick) pancake, coffee, o.j. (crystal light) for bkfst. Bacon is the lo-carber's friend.

If bacon is meat candy, what is sausage?

Sausage is bits of piggy leftovers, attractively packaged.

Sausage is worse than bacon.

I agree, bacon is so much more versatile.

no bacon, no sausage....


ham?
pork chops?
meat in general?

The only food I like more than bacon is cheese.

With that in mind, bacon-flavored cheese krisps sound really, really yummy. :D

How are your arteries doing? :evil:

Wow. Doesn't like bacon. I think you're the only one. ;)

Me 'n all the other vegetarians of the world. ;)

Pork is the worst offender in terms of odor for me.

Bacon is disgusting.

[homer simpson]There's bacon, Canadian bacon, Mexican bacon [drools lustily] and a mouth-watering veal chop.[/homer simpson]

So, simple, so flavorful, so easy to prepare. What's not to love? I don't make it a staple by any means, but it's always a special treat.

My favorite way to eat it, other than with a greasy truck stop-esque breakfast (which I crave every so often) is when it is grilled and wrapped around shrimp or scallops. Yum!

Meat candy, indeed.

Bacon wrapped asparagus, yum!

For fun, make a tic tac toe board with four pieces of bacon.

I bake it instead of frying it. Yum....

Norm gave me strawberry flavored gummy bacon for Christmas...

Sausage: It's all of the Pig, except for the meat. :D

Bakin' bacon.

Bacon flavored ThinKrisps I heard someone say? Hmm. I'll have the boys in the lab get right on that.

chorizo con huevos!

food of the (hispanic) gods!!!!

It has now been approximately 15 years since I last had a slice of real bacon.

Bacon and steaks were things I never thought I could get over. Steaks faded away within a year or so. Bacon took much, much longer. But now I have no desire to eat it and as with most cooking pork products find the smell unappetizing (other meats I don't eat don't bother me smellwise).

I'm so thinking those would be incredibly yummy. However, the grease might be an issue, so the bacon would probably need to be cooked and drained first. (Or just use pre-cooked bacon.) :snap:

Now I really really want a bacon cheeseburger. With extra bacon.


And a side of bacon.

People would like you to believe that they don't eat that white curly piece of fat at the ends of bacon strips... but I think about 80% of the bacon eating population does.

I miss Nabisco Bacon Thins... :(

Bacon was the first non-kosher food I ate after my three year stint of keeping kosher.

but but....thats the best part!?!?!

Bacon wrapped Chorizo stuffed dates are the best appetizer I have ever had

I don't eat pork...but turkey bacon is yumbolicious!

I also recently found out about beef bacon, haven't tried it though.

Bacon Cheeseburger from Doug& Busters!! I want one now!! :( So yummy...

Tony Roma's Bleu Cheese Burger (Bacon, Bleu Cheese Crumbles, Steak Sauce) MMMMMMM

Bacon wrapped bacon. Mmmmm.

Dipped in melted cheese.

Beef bacon is pretty good. I enjoyed it when I was kosher.

With trivia questions!

I won fair and square. It's not my fault y'all aren't in lust with Keifer and Kevin BACON

Kevin Bacon has a brother called Keifer ? :p

Are these those salty potato type chips? If so, I haven't had those since high school. And that was by finding them at some off the wall liquor store.

Bacon is delicious. I love the maple smoked type. Or whatever you call it. When you cook it it smells soooooo good.

And, we've been buying the leaner bacon so less white curly parts. But, that is okay. The older boy would only eat that part and leave the rest!!!

And how funny I just got it...it is the candy of meat!!!

Now off to look up the Beef Bacon on Google......

What is there to discuss? I think that pretty much sums it up!

Here- you can make your own CHORIZO:

Click here for recipe

Oh, and store bought also has pig salavary glands!!:eek:

I'm super hungry for bacon. And cheese, thanks to whomever mentioned that... Screw you, too. I want a BLT with Cheese instead of Lettuce. MMMMm.....

Yes.

Not true!
I was a vegetarian for years and it was always the smell of bacon that drew me back to the dark side.

Almost every vegetarian or ex-vegetarian I know agree, it was the bacon that did me in!

Now, I do agree, getting rid of the fried bacon smell can be a problem later in the day when the last thing you want to smell is bacon grease.

For me, if anything drew me back it would be really good biscuits and gravy. I don't want bacon anymore.

Don't ever visit Arthurs in La Habra. They have GREAT biscuits and gravy.

so basically...you run a pig through a wood chipper?










kewl :cool:

Bacon? Not so much. That which drew me back to the dark side once every Christmas is the ham-cream cheese-green onion pinwheels my mom makes. But it wasn't so much a "drawn to the dark side" as it was a decision made before I ever arrived at my parents' home.

But it IS a pig product. I'll give you that.

Your recipe starts with 20 pounds of meat. How many should that serve?

Bacon did it for this ex-veggie, too! I only eat it about twice a year, but...mmmm!

And then breaded and deep fat fried!

I think they serve that at T.G.I.Fridays

People who say they don't eat bacon most likely have a secret stash in a piano seat or something.
:D

man, I was at the market last night and I didn't buy any Bacon. Damn...
This thread puts me in the mood for my bacon sandwich.

Toasted whitebread w/ a think layer of mayo. Lettuce and a generous portion of very crisp bacon. Yum!!

If this was Iron Chef, someone would be running around right now making Bacon Icecream.

I've had bacon ice cream...

I prefer garlic ice cream.

mmmm, innocent little piggies.

I Googled "deep fried bacon" and this came up. :eek:

Eeewww. I hate processed american cheese.

(I'd certainly try it, otherwise)

geez, I think my heart slowed down just reading that.

Yeah.... ewww.... I prefer the simple goodness of a tasty strip. :evil:

If you wanna try something absolutely bacontastic, check out the Artisan Cheese Gallery - they make a YUMMY Bacon & Cheddar sandwich.

My mouth is watering just thinking about it...

I just dropped the disk I was holding ... You've sent me straight to drooling..

Wholy Pig, that looks good. !!!

T-Shirts anyone?

We got Bacon bandaids as part of our pirate gift exchange on xmas. They are so funny. Irregular edge and all really makes it look like bacon on your arm (or whereever.)

As for real bacon - I just want to vote for Farmland as the best brand. (But I base that on America's Test Kitchen findings.)

How is it that this thread is now three pages, yet no one has quoted the Beggin' Strips commercial?

Pfft. You people think you know bacon. This is bacon. They ship - just sayin'.

AWww... it's just Beggin' Strips!

I also wonder how those things actually taste. Just a passing morbid curiosity...

Not good. And not like bacon.

nope. not even close. :(

And you know this HOW?

Same way I know what many things most people wouldn't eat tastes like. As I've grown older I've gotten better about it but I've always found it difficult to refuse eating dares (and once upon a time impossible).

I watch Fear Factor and think "no problem."

Ive tasted most of the things my dogs eat. however Ive elected not to share their interest in stray cat poop

But if the cat isn't a stray then you're ok with it?

Kitty pâté!
:D

hmm......maybe on a ritz.

besides, they only like the ones they find in the yard

Niman Ranch or Hobbs Applewood Smoked is really good.

In VA Calhouns Ham House made really wonderful smoked bacon, thick and tasty. I can't say I cared for VA country ham at all, it was pure salt and nothing delicate like prosciutto. Although VA natives loved it, to me it was just disgusting. But they could and did do great bacon.

Hmmmm, wanting a BLAT now, thick wheat bread smeared with mayo, thick slices of bacon, tomato and avocado and green leaf lettuce.....:p

stick a thick sliced slab of onion on there and we're rockin.

yes...that would be a BLOAT :p

I've seen a dog go to the kitty poop deli section, a.k.a. the litter box, for their dining pleasure. :eek:

But back to bacon. I'm actually a fan of Canadian bacon, as well. Nice, lean stuff!

That always leaves me in a dilemma, do I really want to dig *that* out of their mouth? or pretend it didn't happen?

I usually opt for "pretend it didn't happen." I don't want to snatch re-moistened poo any day of the week. The dog will be fine. Maybe toss him a greenie and let him go on his way.

Me too- much better that way and a hell of a lot safer. Less flying grease popping on ya-

Flying grease? That's what microwaves are for. :)

But then you have a greasy microwave. Unless you're buying that precooked bacon stuff. Eeewwww.

Yeah- I would rather have grease in the oven than in the microwave or on me.

Here is a first hand account of what Beggin Strips taste like. For the morbidly curious among us.

:)

The command "Drop it" works on a few dogs. the one's it doesn't work on, I just let them eat it.

How well does "Drop it" work when they got a maw-full of boob?

Whoa - is this the inspiration for Borgal Nuskis?

Wow. Other than the mayo, not a thing in that sandwich that I think belongs in a sandwich (never eat bacon, tomato, or avocado; don't like lettuce on sandwiches).

I think I'd eat a stray cat poop sandwich first. At least that would have good storytelling afterwards.

oh lord, what a great appetite suppressant that site is.
/shudder

Steve needs serious help and/or intervention

Pigs outnumber Germans!
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...8MJAVE00.shtml

Is a Swanking in order?

Why the sad face LOL

I have laughed so hard reading that site-there are far worse things people could do and plaster online ;)

Besides- Erica wanted to know heehee

fair enough, but the corn fungus and pickled pig skins got to me.

yeah, hes a true arteest. he must suffer wickedly for his craft.
(better him than me)

Oh lordie- the corn. I could hardly breathe I was laughing so hard at that!

I love it when my whole neighborhood smells like bacon, and I did not even make it.;)

I think the Pigs are finally turning against us (and I'm not talking about Rosie)

Quote:

Tragically, no wolf was available to huff, puff

And bread! Don't get him started on bread!

Of course bread doesn't belong in a sandwich. It belongs around the sandwich.

Hrrm...stupid prepositions. Without the bread it isn't a sandwich, but the bread isn't in or on the sandwich like other things are but it also isn't around the sandwich.

Anyway, I'm always amazed at the disgusting things people will eat. Raw tomatoes and avocado are high on that list.

Says the dude that'll pick up Beggin' Strips ;)

eeew Tomatos! <<Shudders>>

Like George Carlin says "I never eat anything that doesn't look likes its finished developing yet."

Agreed on the tomatoes. Avocado, however, is heavenly.

That's difference is I don't eat gross things and then tell you afterward that they were good.

tomato? someone doesnt eat tomato? o,0

I soo dont get that.

I just want to say that I love that there is a 6 page (and growing) thread about bacon.

I thought about starting a thread on ham to see if it could keep up. It probably could but no sense ruining ham for everyone (Hi Leo!).

I'm having a Tony Roma's Bleu Cheeseburger for lunch today - yummy crumbles of bleu cheese and two nice strips of bacon :D

I like tomatoes, but only thinly sliced. Same goes for my avocado. I use avocado as more of a "spread" since I really don't care for mayonnaise (use mayo pretty much only for making a tuna salad). Back to the tomatoes, I love the flavor, but pretty much can't stand chomping on a cherry tomato... because it GUSHES out. Ewww!


My perfect bacon sandwich would be bacon, sharp cheddar (though a good number of cheeses would be amazing), thin-thin-thinly sliced tomato with a few thinly sliced avocado pieces. Is it wrong that I'm quivering a bit at the thought?

I used to order BLT's without the tomato. It would really confuse them so I just pick it off now.

Is it possible that many of you that do not like tomatos have never tried a home grown? The difference is like saying I don't eat apples because I hate oranges.

Well, almost anyway. The differnce is huge. And I found a new tomato I grew last season called Orange Pixie that is out of this world!

I love the Home Grown Tomatos with home grown fresh Sweet Basil! Yummmm!!!! :snap:

No, all tomatoes are gross and I've had them. Tomatoes, zucchini, squash, cucumbers, strawberries, and corn were all vegetables grown in the yard growing up and never store bought when in season.

Yes, home grown tomatoes are different than store bought, but no less gross.

I would happily sit and munch my way through avacados whole-LURVE them!

Avocados have great aerodynamic properties, but that's about all I can use them for...

Another avocado lover. Plain with just a bit of salt. Yummy goodness. MUST be Haas avocados however. Those things in Florida that they try to pawn off as avocados are atrocious.

Fresh (Haas) avocados good. Cooked/heated avocados bad.

Raw bacon bad. Cooked bacon good!

I hate what they do to poor avacados when they make them into guacamole- they lemon them to death. I have a friend who puts hardboiled eggs in it-

gak!

A little citrus is necessary unless the idea of brown guacamole is appealing. I prefer lime to lemon and not too much. Although, I've heard somewhere that if you place the avocado pit in with the guac, it will also prevent it from turning brown.

hardboiled egg? I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

The other day, I bought a package of Boar's Head smoked gruyere cheese for some french onion soup I was making. After going to two stores, it was the only gruyere I could find. I suspected that the smoked flavor might not work quite right in french onion soup and I was correct. Bad idea.

And yet, I bet it would have been absolutely perfect for your bacon sandwich. The thought is making my mouth water, although I'm not quite at the quivering stage. :)

I had 3 strips of bacon at lunch today. Mmmmmmmmm

It helps, but does not "cure" the problem. Somewhere between lemon joice and nothing at all.

A friend turned me on to adding REAL (not imitation) crab meat to the guac. Nice alternative!

All it does is delay the browning of any guac directly underneath the pit because it's not as exposed to air. You can achieve a much better effect with plastic wrap.

you can keep your guac from turning if you press some plastic wrap directly against the surface so that there is no air between it and any of the guac.

delish that guac, I tell ya what.

extra cilantro please.

hmm. Might there be any swank in bacon guacamole? Might be worth testing out I suppose. Some crumbled up bacon mixed right in. Hmm. Hmm.

We've tried it with Guac out for the eating. There was a noticeable difference in browning, albeit not dramatic.

Maybe I should contact Mythbusters on this?

You could, but they'd be repeating efforts.

I have done it and it is good.

I also like bacon crumbled into egg salad (eggs, mayo, yellow mustard, ONLY!), or sprinkled on devilled eggs.

Yesh- I know the purpose to the lemon- but sometimes it is so strong that all you get is citrus and the lovely texture and taste of the avacado is lost- and can't be redeemed.

Um, beyond that I eat it so fast there is not going to be any left to turn brown. :)

I remember bacon.

*sigh*

I can't have avacado; I'm allergic to them.

I had bacon with breakfast today. We stopped at the Ruby's in SJC on the way down here. I contemplated having the Bacon Chedder Burger, but didn't.

I love tomatos. I'll eat them whole, sliced, diced, any way but cooked. Cooked tomatos are nasty.

Avacado is amazing and now I want some Chipotle guac.

Cooking is the only way to neutralize the evil found in all tomatoes.

Oh- I am so sorry. You have my deepest sympathies (more for us though):D

Um, then there's too much lemon juice. I use a very small amount when making guac and I never taste it.

Since I don't use lemon it's not a personal recipe problem- mainly I find it with restaurants.

Avocado in any form is the devil.

Raw tomato, on the other hand, is the balls.

OMG, that's it! Tomatoes are the devil's balls! It explains so much!!!!




And I need to revise my previous statement. Heavy doses of olive oil and garlic are nearly as effective as cooking in neutralizing the evil.

Well, I'm havin' me some devil for dinner then. This thread got me so damn hungry that I went to the store looking for dinner ideas. They had avocados on sale for a buck each and I decided to make some homemade Chicken Tortilla Soup with sliced avocado.

Mmmm, spicy soup on a cold night. Gotta love it. :)

I don't understand you people and your tomato bias. A tomato choked me this summer and I still daily engage in tango-di-tomato.

Born and raised on the east coast left me with no taste for guacamole. I hate the stuff.

Of course, born and raised a jew did nothing to squelch my love of Bacon.


MMMMMMMMMM, Baaaaacon.

I'm no fan of the tomato, either. While my lovely wife enjoys all sorts of tomatoes, and is particularly a fan of organic heirlooms, I just can't get past the texture.

Don't get me wrong - I love ketchup, tomato sauce, and all manner of tomato products, but raw tomatoes will ruin a good dish for me. Tonight, we went to a Peruvian restaurant, and my steak was smothered in cooked onions and tomatoes. I dealt with it... but it was they were unnecessary at best.

Though years of California living have made me love some avocado and bacon on my burger...

I'm trying to get used to raw tomotoes, seeing as I love them in most of their other pizzery, ketchupy, saucefully incarnations. But yeah, the texture creeps me out. Still ... I'm having a wee bit of success in handling them on some sandwiches. The battle is, however, far from won.

mmmmm...bacon. Can make a vegetarian turn carnivore.

I also love popping cherry tomatoes!! uber-yummy!!

I was lucky in that we had briefly lived in California after I was born and my parents loved mexican food. However, when we moved to Long Island, much to our dismay, there was none to be had. The only avocados were those nasty Florida monstrosities. Occasionally, Dad would travel to LA on business and bring back a suitcase of of avocados, tortillas, jalepenos, etc. It was always a really special treat. All of my friends though we ate very strange food though.

As far as tomatoes, my dad has always been a fanatical gardener. I grew up pretty much always having fresh tomatoes that were unlike anything available in the store. In the summer, he would slice them and some onions and put balsamic vinegar over them, along with a little salt and pepper. I hated the onions, loved the tomatoes. To this day, I'll eat them no matter how they are prepared. Well, except stewed, I suppose. Then again, I don't think I've ever had a stewed tomato. It just sounds wrong.

Oh yea. Yummy! I eat those like I eat peas. Bite a little hole in the skin and suck the insides out. With the tomatoes, it avoids the squirting in someone's eye disaster, eat the seeds and juice, then pop the delicious fleshy skins. With peas, discard the yucky plastic-like skins. Ick!

I love tomatoes, raw and cooked. I have snacked on cans of tomato paste and squeezed tubes of it onto my finger for a snack. I prefer good raw tomatoes to pallid bad ones. The only time I like a bad tomato is at a pizzeria where they give you a side salad with ice berg lettuce, a bad tomato, a slice of salami, some pepperoncini, a little oil and vinegar and a lot of salt. Somehow that works.

Some raw tomatoes have too much wet seed bits that are properly cut away. Dry farm tomatoes minimize this and have more intense tomatoey flavor.

If I were to live by the Cooking for Your Blood Type recommendations, I would swear off tomatoes, as well as most of the foods I enjoy.

I use lime in guacamole, not lemon.

Love fresh heirloom tomatoes - especially when making bruschetta, or served with fresh mozzarella.

Avocado is also lovely (I like it paired with bacon on a burger) and I use lime in my guac.

I put the lime in the coconut...

Damn you!! Now I am singing that!

We have a lotion that's got lime and coconut in it. I sing it uncontrollably if I use it.

"I said doc-tah....."

Do you have to shake it all up before using it?

The high overlord of satanic food products is the raisin. The raisin's chieftan underlords are tomatoes, avocado, and natto (chief underlord of Asia).

Together they rule in Satan's name with a monolithic disgustingness whose only chink is the fact that tomato's evil can be cleansed with the purifying power of the flame. This is a metaphysical counterbalance to the fact that the raisin only acquires its full potential evil from the flame as it is perverted from its innocent purity of youthful grapeness by the sun.

Together they seek to overwhelm the world through very ubiquity by appearing all over the place without announcement. It is amazing how many sandwich places will list every ingredient in a sandwich but the tomato. How many bread puddings and cinnamon rolls have been corrupted by the unannounced presence of raisins. How avocado has mind-melded with America's culinary institutions to deceive chef's into the notion that avocado goes well with everything.

Natto, fortunately, is so far an underperformer in the Western region. But foreign unknown gods are no less terrifying.

These are dark and troubling times, my friends, and we must be resolute and perpetually wary in our defense against the evil's encroachment. The prophet John De Bello warned us so many years ago and so few have chosen to listen. They'll come to regret their complacence.

VAM (visible Alex mojo)

VAM indeed!!!

ew, just ew

Oh, man. Best sandwich ever - BLATO. Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado, Tomato, red Onion. Make it an MBLATO with Mustard.

Never, ever mayo, or the grossest thing ever, Miracle Whip! Barf!!

Yummy MBLATO!!

For some odd reason, I like Miracle Whip. More so than Mayo.

My first wife was from a Miracle Whip family and eventually I grew to like it in certain uses.

But I don't think I've had it since I got divorced (not because of any emotional attachment, they were just the only people I've ever known to eat the stuff).

Cherry and grape tomatos make great mindless snack foods. Whenever I am at Costco I pick up a container of grape tomatos to munch on.

Do you finish them before checkout or do you just leave a half-eaten container somewhere in the store?

BT made some waitress's day at that restaurant at the Paradise Pier hotel by ordering and enjoying some natto.

All this talk and I still have not had any bacon. I need a great big bacon cheeseburger.

Lani loves natto. She, however, recognizes that to most Americans "combining slimy with sticky mucus" is not an acceptable food texture. Taste wise I find it ok, but I can't get over the feel.

I remember that natto was once the secret ingredient on Iron Chef. Even the chefs looked appalled.

omg, my mouth started watering just reading that. :blush:

While I found your post very interesting Alex, this redundancy really bothers me.



:D

And don't forget the fine aged Basalmic Vinagar! :snap:

And I just had to look:

http://wikipedia

There is an absolutely discusting picture there that looks like a bowl full of snot and beans stringing off chopsticks!:eek:

ONG - I'd order that Canadian Bacon in a flash !! Yummy !!

We ate at Brian's American Eatery this morning. I had bacon. :)

OK. This timing by NPR is just WAY too wonderful.

NPR on Bacon (hint: the phrase "Piggy Essence" is used).

And, what to get every member of LoT for their Birthday c/o Captain Bacon.

February 18th begins the year of the Pig, perhaps we should have a celebration of our own?

Oh, I want the "I got porked by the Gratefull Palate" Tee shirt!!

Okay, the item on the right side, in the middle of this picture...



Looks suspiciously like one of these items:

(Not safe for work)

Ah, animatronics have come so far....

Wrap your kielbasa in that bacon...

Avocado Icecream Rocks.
 

You'd LOVE my Avocado Icecream.

It's made with 1 pint of Fresh softened vanilla icecream (over here we use Streets Blue Ribbon - it's the creamiest !)
You then blend it with 1 avocado, and the juice of 2 limes, and 1/4 cup of sugar.

Let re-freeze and serve. It's Heaven on a stick (or in a cone).

OK. You suck the insides out of peas and leave the skins ? :eek:

I think that's a fabulous party trick. I'm bringing peas with me now. :D

You'd LOVE my Natto Icecream.
It's made with 1 pint of Fresh softened........







Ok. I just grossed myself out there.

Okay, any thread that provides a link to Steve, Don't Eat It! prior to discussing Natto ice cream is a tool of the devil.

I think I'll go back to watching plant slapping on TV. Oh wait, now they're torturing yogurt. (Mythbusters, I'm not joking)

I saw that episode ! Hehe

I think I'm going to be sick now. Thanks........

I blame Erica- if she had not aaked about eating Beggin Strips- thereby stirring that nacent memory I had of Steve, Don't Eat it!- this never would have happened.

;)

How about Beggin Strips dipped in Natto?

They couldn't be any worse together than they are separately.

Trust me ... you will be amazed. :cheers:

Possibly, aroused.

NM is one very lucky man. I hope he appreciates it!

Why, is he a pea??

Hmmm, The Princess and the Pea. Seems I've heard that somewhere before.











Awareness of Babette's previous screen name is required for getting the reference





Awareness of NirvanaMan's ... um, attributes ... is optional

Has anyone pointed to the I Heart Bacon blog yet?

OMG... PIG MILK

Pig milk? Ewww... What has this thread turned into!?!? Back to bacon porn, please!

Assuming that you are ewwwing out of theory not actual experience, why is pig milk worse in concept than cow milk?

Considering that pigs match humans biologically in many ways I wouldn't be suprised to learn that it tastes a lot like human milk, which I haven't had in about 29 years but I am told I once enjoyed quite a bit.

When you do a Google Image search for "Bacon Porn," this is the first thing that comes up:

That's pretty hot....<<right clicks>>>

For lunch yesterday I had a BLAST!

Bacon
Lettuce
Avacado
Swiss
Tomato

YUM!

I think I just had an orgasm

It would be much better if the bread were toasted.

I like these:

Sigh, if only these had bacon instead of sausage.

mmmm, bacon on a stick.

I've had all kinds of milk, and wouldn't object to trying pigs milk. I just used Ewww as a conversation starter... of sorts.

And on Tuesday, they received their first shipment of ThinKrisps! If you go in, say hi to the owner. Her name is Melody. Mention me. I want her to keep ordering!

In other ThinneKrisppe news, Miss Bobbie in Olde Towne Tustin(ne) got a fresh shipment this week as well! Yay!

man that is soooo bada$$!
all it needs is a nice bloody mary on the side

Soooo.... (oops wrong thread) why don't ThinKrisps have their own website ?!?!? How can I see them or drool over them iffen they don't have their own website ?!?!?!?

...especially the Bacon Flavoured Ones........

Because when I put them in the mail -er, post, they become tiny croutons.

Delicious tiny croutons.

Anyone want to invest the $20,000 it will take to make the packaging shippable? (I actually had a meeting with someone yesterday, it may be sooner than later that you find these online and in some of the larger stores)

Well, you could at least give me a photo to drool over..... :p

Oh, and one of the ThinKrisps too, please.

That's a lot of bubblewrap

sorry for the big reply, I have been internetless all weekHave you tried the perforated paper machine they use at Westward Ho to wrap ornaments? That thing is so cool.

Drool.

Did you know this was the first food to make Jon Stewert's breakfast hall of fame (I can't remember the clever title they give it.)

Doesn't everyone?
Thanks for donating your lil' green veggies for my demo!

How about avocado frosting. I have not made it yet, but Alton Brown swears it's Good Eats

Teehee, 'twas the Daily Show that had them on my mind.

I love Good Eats! Alton Brown is great. That's the most imaginative cooking show on TV!

I love avocados... and I like frosting...

But avocado frosting makes me hesitate. I wonder if the recipe tastes like a lemon buttercream with all the lemon flavor. I guess without the lemon juice it would turn that gross brownish-greenish-black color that avocados turn?

Bacon scented candles. It's a sure fire winner.

I just made some bacon for dinner and my whole house smells yum. Of course because of this thread you're all chipping in for my stay at the little known Betty Ford Clinic for Bacon addiction.

In the Farmer John wing?

Fresh cornbread and Niman Ranch Bacon for breakfast this morning, delicioso :)

Corn muffins and "Nebraska" inspired corn chowder with bacon for dinner last night, also delicioso.

Of course, the dinner company was pretty swank as well. :)

You guys are making me hungry

this morning, due mostly to this thread, a rarity....actual breakfast for me

applewood bacon and smoked cheddar scramble with peppers and onions, home made buttermilk biscuits, fresh fruit, country skillet potatoes and an excellent quad latte'

:snap: to Mystic Mocha

I had some bacon and eggs this morning to fortify me for my first full team practice. We still have some left - and now we have scallops. So we can have bacon wrapped scallops!

We went out for breakfast with some friends (the Park Pantry in LB). I had french toast and bacon.

ummmm. Park Pantry.

We had omlettes this morning but no bacon.

We love the Park Pantry, and now we'll be a lot closer! :snap:

It's really too bad The Porch Cafe closed it's lovely eggie goodness doors.

Had lunch with family at the Cedar Creek Inn in Palm Desert. Had their BLT with a 1/2 pound of bacon. Mmm Hmm Goodness!

I had a pizza at CPK with Applewood Smoked Bacon. I hope this thread will continue to inspire bacon-y additions to meals everywhere!

:eek: Wowa! Was it really a half pound? Yikes!

Yes, but I am pretty sure that it was a 1/2 pound pre-cooked weight. It wasn't an abscene amount of bacon, just a greater amount of bacon than one is used to getting.

Oh, that makes since. Half pound (8 oz.) raw is probably only 3 oz. cooked!

By they way, does Turkey bacon and imitation bacon bits count? I had both of those today. :D

By my book, no. Unless a pig died for my gastronomic indulgence, it ain't bacon.

Does Wild Boar Ravioli count in there somewhere?

We're having pork chops for dinner tonight!

With Appleshaush? (to quote Bobby Brady)

Peter Brady, actually. ;)

And no, I'm not particularly proud of knowing that there is a part of my brain that stores this type of information.

But, unlike boar or pork chops, at least it is flavored like bacon.

I'm trying to watch my fat and cholesterol, so pork is more of a treat taken omly occasionally. But nothing compares to the real bacon, that's for sure!!

Oh, that was so damned good!

No. Cooked in orange juice. Really good.

Oh, the shame of it all. :blush:

Oops.

bacon
 

corndogs wrapped in bacon... yummm!

I have only had one corndog at DL, from the red cart, and it was so full of grease that it sat on my stomach like a brick. Is that normal, or did I get a bad corndog? Are they better from the Corndog castle at DCA?

Corn Dog Castle has hot and spicy corn dogs. I'm not sure those would end up being less of a brick in your stomach, though.

And deep fried cheese on a stick, which I keep meaning to try but get distracted by the spicy dogs.

sounds awesome doesnt it? it just might stop a beating heart cold in its tracks, but Im hard pressed to think of a better way to go...well, yeah, except that one obvious choice of course. :D

battered bacon on a stick? (heart attack central, but there will be people who eat it....

When we were in Japan, one of Heather's favorite dishes at our favorite yakitori stand was fresh tomatoes wrapped in bacon and grilled on a stick. I'm pretty sure that NA and € could also attest to their deliciousness.

You know, "bacon is meat candy" nearly scans to "Sheena is a punk rocker".



Have I mentioned that I've been short on sleep lately?

My stomach just did a GIANT hunger roll at the the mention of this deliciousness.

im thinking ..

maybe chicken breast wrapped in bacon then battered... that sounds good.. the tomato thing sounds great, but i am so allergic to toms...

oh bummer. I was just thinking I need to do the grilled 'mater/bacon thing. that sounds so fantastic!

mmmm...cheese and bread! I've had the DCA deep fried cheese stick and it was pure county fair deliciousness!

Deep fried _________
cheese
oreos
twinkies
zucchini
potatoes...

I've had mozarella sticks fried, rolled in bacon bits (real chopped up bacon, not chemical bacon flavored packing material), then dunked in hot melted sharp cheddar...

Take that, unclogged arteries!

I had to take another Lipitor Tablet just reading this thread.

When I was young, we would make Crumbed (breaded) Bacon. Just dip the bacon in Flour, egg then breadcrumbs and fry it for a tasty treat.

Crumbed sausages are also good.

yummy! bacon on a stick...

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Do you cook the bacon before you coat it?

The best part of waking up...is BACON IN YOUR FACE

So.... is there anything to keep the bacon cold overnight, or does it spend all night in the food temperature danger zone before you wake up to your daily dose of trichinosis?

You start with a frozen piece, so it slowly thaws overnight, remaining safely cold.

Kind of like putting a pair of panties in the freezer overnight... well, not exactly

Dear God I Want That. Finally mornings would be ... acceptable.

BTW, I thought of this thread as I ate a tasty BLT for dinner tonight. :)

I love that the domain is mathlete.com. Mathletes rock!


(Okay, mathletes are hung from the flag pole by their underwear. But a girl can dream, right?)

"i'll have two frozen chicken breasts!" and some mathlete please...
bacon rules...

ok it's official. we need a bacon smilie

And so sayeth the Olmstead.

rock n roll Olmsy!

Oh that's awesome! And I love the added flourish of the ears and snout on the box. ;)

I want one! Perfect for the midnight snacks too if you areon a regular schedule!

Oh... Bacon in my face!

Sadly, yesterday as I was leaving for school, my grandma was cooking up some bacon. Except... it didn't smell good. I figured something was wrong. I checked my temperature. Was normal. Hmmm... Then I found out it was not bacon, and was some other pork product. Gave me the sads.

YUM!! Pork Product! :D

I agree - it should have two fried eggs as eyes. :D

LOL!!!!!!

Found this picture on Wikipedia whilst doing a little research today:



Bacon-wrapped Fried Hot Dog

Had two bacon-wrapped dogs from the vendor next to me at the farmer's market yesterday. Without the buns, of course.

For your reading pleasure, baconunwrapped. 3 guesses how I voted.

Nice find, Snowflake!

But wait! (Thanks to Snowflake's link) there's more!

Bacon even makes ESPN better!

As answered by Wikipedia's entry on bacon....

Why would you...

Oh never mind

Down in Baja, in Santa Rosalia, they sell Exquisitos in front of the church. An Exquisito is a hotdog wrapped in bacon, covered in cheese whiz.

Took me a while to read it right.

Tonight, we went to Quizno's at Hollywood/Highland - they were out of bacon, so we walked out, and walked down to Sunset/Highland to a Quizno's with plenty of bacony goodness.

I knew there was a good reason to have two Quizno's a block from each other! You'd think they'd share their stock a little! Sheesh!!

From now on, I should like to be referred to as one half of the couple known as the "Exquisitos." As in, "Are the Exquisitos coming to the party?" "No, Jim has to bake cheese that night." Or, "Look, over there, it's the Exquisitos! Let's invite them to dinner, they really are such wonderful conversationalists!"

What am I doing sitting in front of the computer on a Sunday Morning? I should be in the kitchen makin' bacon! :D

Later! :snap:

We should all be 'makin bacon'...

I burned myself over the stove last night... no bacon :(

Ok, I made bacon, eggs, sausage, toast, and bagels. Yummmmm!

Whats for lunch? BLT? :D :D

Safety first, Matt. Perhaps up against the refrigerator would be a better choice in the future.

Dogs don't know it's not Bacon

We ended up breaking a bunch of magnets, there.

I love it GD!!! :snap:

I always order vegetarian pizza with peperoni.

No, no, no. Canadian bacon! Sheesh! :cool:

BACON NEEDS YOUR VOTE!
 

I'm new to the board, and have been following this thread because I have a blog about bacon. I'm now in a competition against sausage for which is the better meat, sponsored by the Carnivore Project. Please go to my site and vote for bacon and thanks in advance for your support!!!

http://www.baconunwrapped.com

Hey! How did Spam get into the bacon thread?

(Welcome, blt4me, hope you decide to participate on the LoT and this isn't just a drive-by. :cheers: )

didn't know about the LoT until recently when i found it because of my blog, but now i will participate - at least in the bacon discussion, if not more! :)

Welcome to LoT blt4me. I think it's safe to say, we're all bacon lovers here.
I think it's time for a bacon icon now to go with the pancakes ;)

was thinking the same thing myself...unfortunately i'm not artistic enough to do it myself!

It is in the works.

Welcome, apparently the smell of a bacon thread is almost as enticing as actual bacon!

Nothing is better than bacon at an all you can eat buffet.

Happy Year of the Pig!

I think this calls for bacon-wrapped water chesnuts.

Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day, which I hope ends up in bacon-wrapped Corndog.

I thought you were...you know, non-carnivorous.

Not anymore. Bacon brought me back.

year of the pig starts on sunday!

Another victim has surrendered to the incredible lure of bacon, another one over to the dark side! :snap:

Don't you mean the crispy side?

Ha! You're right! :D

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...s/16690755.htm

Bacon Sale > Bake Sale :D

A tad pricey, but for the bacon connoisseurs among you, there is the bacon of the month club

It's really worth it once you realize everything you get:

• Twelve different artisan bacon delivered to your door each month
• Informative notes on all bacon selections
• Discounts on Grateful Palate bacon products and bacons
• Bacon of the Month Club Membership Card
• The Bacon Strip—Our monthly bacon comic strip for members only
• The Bacon of the Month Club Pig Ballpoint Pen
• A Little Rubber Toy Pig
• One free Bacon Tee-Shirt

I mean, c'mon: you get a freakin' MEMBERSHIP CARD!!! That ALONE is worth the money!

How's this?

Looks good to me!!!

Looks so good I can smell it frying!

Tres cool!

thanks for everyone's support in my battle against sausage. bacon won last night. on to sushi next!

love the icon.

Happy Year of The Bacon, I mean Pig!!

GD: When can you add this one ?

I think in keeping with the theme, I'll add one of these "Year of the Pig Special Edition Graphics Cards" to my computer.
It's got a cute gold pig on the heatsink/fan assembly.

For your delectation.

http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/p...HEMES=FOODWINE

I recommend Zazu. Good food, a roadhouse feel and a pleasant 25-30 mile drive. From where I live, anyway.

Sounds good, a little further drive for me, but eqaully pleasant. Hmmmm, I smell a road trip as soon as the rain lets up.

In SF, speaking of pancetta, I need to go to Molinari's for a supply of this delightful, Italian treat. American smoked bacon it's not, but serve me a dish of pasta, with pancetta, garlic, cream and fresh peas and I am one happy girl. Sigh, not this month......

its bacon scented.... for those xtra greasy spills.:)

ok...Ive actually eaten beggin strips...and THIS grosses me out???

Im cornfuzed...but we knew this.

Me wants.

That would just make me hungry all the time! What good is smelling something you can't eat?

It's the torture of Pavlov!! :eek:

Salavation without gratification!! ;)

Hi had a Bacon and Cheese 3 egg Omlette this morning. I made it with crispy fried bacon, a touch of minced onion, and a blend of seven (count them, seven!) cheeses: Cheddar, Mozzerella, Provolone, Parmesan, Asiago, Fontina, and Romano. :snap:

My house smells wonderful right now! :D


But rather than just brag, here's photos to share:






If you scratch and sniff the monitor, I think you'll be able to smell it!:cool:

yeah after breakfast dinner mints.. total make out time...

http://www.stupid.com/stat/MINT.html

I may have to take this statement back - 3am post celebration bacon is pretty damn good too.

A plateful of bacon when the kitchen staff forgot the bacon for your bacon cheeseburger initially is pretty cool, too :)

john candy.. bacon... meat candy.. i sense a conspiracy....

Bacon Exotic Candy Bar
 

Today I got an email from my favorite Chocolatier, Vosage, with their latest offering - the Bacon Exotic Candy Bar



Where I in Chicago today, I'd go pcik some up - as it is, I may have to put in an order...

Bertie Botts Jelly Bellies come in bacon flavor...

wow. that made my mouth water somethin crazy

At first, it doesn't sound good at all but, know Vosges as I do, I trust it will be absolutely delicious. Order away!

I sense a new breakfast sensation at the next New Year's Eve party.

NM & Babette make good bacon.

At our weekend outing, I cooked four pounds of bacon. It was all eaten except for one piece. We took care of that in the cleanup

I may sound crazy, but that bacon chocolate sounds great...

... and just when i was not thinking about bacon being meat candy it returns... how will i cope?

well, for starters...go eat some bacon

Mmmm, bacon fondue.

Man, I almost forgot about this thread! (And didn't realize it was 7 pages!)

Mmmmmmm bacon and chocolate, breakfast of champions! Wheaties be damned!

LOL - your post made it eight pages (in 50 PPP view).

I had yummy bacon at Dennys in Chatsworth last weekend.

It was so, so very yummy...

I need to make bacon this weekend (real bacon - not that microwave crap that Bill likes).

But bacon-in-a-box is soooo good.

And not messy. And fast.

...And rubbery and tasteless (at least to me).

you just have to use more of it per entree. Ponine got me hooked on it.

I have wanted to try this stuff. Is it better for you, health wise?

The Hubster refuses to try it....


Mmmm....breakfast at Dennys'......

dunno bout the 'better for you' part.
all I know is I dont spend 20 min cleaning up the mess after Ive cooked some and therefore get to have it slightly more often.
its especially nice if youre cooking something, get the brainstorm that 'some bacon bits would kick a$$ in this' and just grab a handful, chop and throw it in.

not to mention it beats the snot out of microwaved bacon.

Well, the fact that you don't have as much to clean up makes me think that maybe it isn't as greasy?

I will have to try some....maybe sneak it on a road trip...

I thought we were talking about microwaved bacon.

I'm thinking about bacon toll-house cookies.

well, theres bacon in a box that you throw in the nuke till its hot and consume, then theres bacon you cook from raw in the nuke. the 2nd is messy, stinks up the kitchen and doesnt come out right.

the 1st is bag to bagel BLT in 30 seconds. it aint perfect, but it has a lot of advantages

No. bacon will turn out okay in the micro if you do it right. First cut the bacon in half so you have shorter pieces. Then lay out more paper towels then you know you'll need - say 20 - in a pile and then put the bacon on top on one even layer. You can overlap just slightly as the bacon will shrink - but it will also stick the edges together a little. Then lay a bunch of paper towels on top - maybe 10. Microwave for 1 minute per FULL piece (you cut them in half - don't forget that - if you cut 5 pieces in half to make 10, I'm talking 5 minutes) - but soemtimes that's a tad bit too much so I always take 30 seconds off. That's that. nuke for 30-60 seconds more if it doesn't look done enough. this is for microwaves that rotate. if your's doens't - but a new one! ;)

Frying or baking it is still far better in terms of taste and texture.

So many paper towels, geez! I can see you buying the 24-pack of paper towels from Cosco. "Stocking up? No, I just want to make bacon."

When I cooked the four pounds of bacon last weekend, I wished I had more paper towels. We only had a roll and a half left for the weekend. Bacon was a little greasier than I would have liked.

Use only 1-2 layers of actual paper towels, then put newspaper underneath to absorb the grease.

That'd work just as well I'm guessing.

Really though - you can't cook enough bacon for the family in the micro. If you just want a few pieces for yourself it's fine.

I too use the oven and just lay it all out while I cook the rest of breakfast on the stove. Only problem with that is one side always cooks faster and I never remember to turn it around so I end up having to take out half and cook the rest for 5 more minutes.

Mmmm... bacon. We need more bacon 'round here folks.

Bacon is all around us!!

I was watching Emeril tonight as he cut open a hot dog, stuffed it with chees, and wrapped it with bacon. He then grilled them! (Talk about a heart attack in a bun! ;) ).

Then a comercial comes on for a Papa Johns Pizza, the Smoke House Bacon and Ham Pizza! :eek:

Well I suppose that depends on the size of your family, but I've cooked enough bacon in the microwave for five people and it turned out crispy and delicious. You may need to stack more than one layer of bacon & paper products, but I've always had great results when I did it that way.

Bacon stays crunchy, even in milk!

http://www.ilovebacon.com/home/index.shtml

I love it when my next door neighbor is cooking bacon and I can smell it.


















Meh, not really. :rolleyes: ;)

Why is it that it smells better when someone else is cooking it?

Perhaps your olfactory nerves are all used up when you are standing over the pan.....

It's the same when Bar-B-Queing.

It does sometimes. 5 strips a day will do. BBQ'S always seem to bring out the carnivore in me. :evil:

I saw that epi. OMFG! Hot dog stuffed w/ Cheese. Now to make it perfect, let's add some chili!

Bacon Snitzel.

Take desired amount of rashers of bacon.

Roll in seasoned flour.

Dip in beaten egg

Roll in breadcrumbs or (even better) Cornflake Crumbs

Deep fry.

Eat.

Clutch at chest (optional)


...I can see this one doing the rounds of the Texas State Fair real soon.

"Rashers of Bacon".............

It made me think of this:

I want some bacon right now. Grrrr.

bacon is hot

I smelled bacon cooking when I happened to find the above video. Needless to say, I cooked up a little bacon to go with my asparagus tonight.

YUM.

You mean this:

Now, a formula to transform my beauty into ugliness. Change my queenly rainment to a peddler's cloak.

• Mummy dust, to make me old.
• To shroud my clothes, the black of night.
• To age my voice, and old hag's cackle.
• To whiten my hair, a scream of fright.
• A blast of wind to fan my hate.
• To widen my fanny, a rasher of bacon.

A thunderbolt to mix it well.
Now, begin thy magic spell.

hola mazola...those sound awesome!

Hello corn oil?

I'm confused :confused:

then my work here is done

No, I have not read all the new posts in this thread, but some of you might be interested to know that there are 2 new Bertie Bott's flavors: Rotten Egg and Bacon.

Count me out, but y'all can eat all the gross candy (and meat) you want.

I almost bought bacon from Costco yesterday. But then I thought, do I need 4 pounds of bacon in my freezer? The answer was yes but I skipped the idea in the end.
:D

You would only have three pounds in your freezer, silly. The other pound, well half-pound once you finished cooking up the first half-pound, would be in the fridge.

Your poundage allocation is incorrect. He would have two pounds in the freezer and one in the fridge as he would have cooked and eaten one pound :)

All this pounding. I'm either getting horny or a headache.

Usually a headache stops someone else's horny...
:D

Headache or not, full speed ahead?

Aye, aye, Commodore!

I had bacon-wrapped asparagus the other day at a BBQ. It was great.

"I can bring home the bacon,
Fry it up in a pan,
And never, ever let you
Forget you're a man!"

But would he lunch you for it?




I originally typed "... lunch you in the end?" but I thought that was just easy of a target.

Wrong thread :D

Ha ha. More than one tab open at a time... Ha ha.
:D

Maybe you should just have one can open at a time. Or switch to Diet Coke.

Do you guys still have Tresca too ?

Tab & Tresca were the first two diet sodas I ever had !

Fresca.

Oh, and LOW-Quats. :evil:

And Fresca (and Tab) are still available.

what's that??? Lo-cuts you say ? :p

Fresca ? does that go with Triscuits ?

...or is it Tresca and Frisk-its ?

Bah !

No matter how crazy and drama-filled the world outside gets, I take comfort in the knowledge that at least I can come here and the bacon thread will still be on the "new posts" page. This thread is like my meat candy Rock of Gibraltar.

MMMmmmm Meat Candy Rock. A new slant for the folks at Blackpool !

Bacon is eternal.

A BLT on whole wheat toast would be just about perfect right now.

bacon makes everything better.

I had a wonderful BLT on onion bread yesterday from Big Town Hero, it was delicious!

I had a California omelet at Harbor House the other day - turkey, sliced avocado, cheese, and lots of bacon inside. It was a huge, bacon-lovin' extravaganza and I'm sure my heart thanks me.

I wondered how long anyone could resist that.

...or this...

Man candy?

Here's a working link Blueerica

Not my type, but I am surprised he's not made an appearence here sooner than today.

That's strange, I can see the picture just fine... Oh well.

He's not exactly my type, but I figured it'd be worth a giggle.

That's what bacon said.

:D

Here is what I got when I clicked the link:

Here; I'll try:

Flush your cache and he should go *poof*

Hmmm, cleared cache and refreshed... the pic still shows for me. I'll try it again. (May as well steep myself in a new insanity)

Yeah, still there again.

Bacon Trivia:

According to Cook's Illustrated Magazine, the best bacon is Farmland bacon.

That is all.

More than 2 billion pounds of bacon is produced in the U.S. each year.

Bacon tastes good.

I am having a spectacularly lousy week that just keeps getting worse. I'm pretty sure there's only one suitable option for self-medication. By itself? On a burger? I have 45 minutes until class is over to decide on the appropriate delivery mechanism.

double....on a burger, well...swiss and shrooms. onion rings. choc shake.

:snap:


(to go please)

Did you try flushing your toilet?

Since it's pissing down rain here for the last two cold shivery days, here's a recipe for you.....

Chunky Potato and Bacon Soup

Serves: 4

Ingredients
1 onion
4 rashers (or lots more, to taste) bacon, rind removed, roughly chopped
3 large potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 cups hot vegetable stock
3 sticks celery, sliced
2 tablespoons plain flour
2 cups milk
½ cup grated tasty cheese
¼ cup chopped fresh chives
Method

1. Spray a large pan with oil and allow to heat.
2. Add onion and bacon and cook for 1 minute.
3. Add potatoes and cook for a further 3 minutes over a low heat.
4. Add stock and celery to the potato mixture.
5. Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer covered for 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
6. Blend flour in half a cup of milk, then once blended add remaining milk and mix. Slowly pour mixture into the soup. Increase heat and stir constantly until soup boils and thickens.
7. Remove from heat and stir in cheese and half the chives.
8. Season to taste with cracked black pepper.
9. Serve topped with remaining chives.

Oh, and why hasn't anyone found THIS SITE yet ? :cheers:

Mmmmmm bacon.

I had a bacon wrapped Dodger dog, smothered in Tommy's chili and bleu cheese crumbles for lunch today.

Make that two!