The Wall Street Journal wants to know: Has the Bacon Bubble burst?

We are in the midst of a bacon bubble—and a growing number of chefs (some of whom quietly admit they helped inflate the bubble to begin with) say it’s about to pop. Bacon had a good run, but now it has gone flabby—used too much and too often, it’s lost its novelty and coated fine dining with a ubiquitous veneer of porky grease.

You can read their post here (there’s not much more than the video though), and see the whole Obama Bacon Man video here.

Here’s the recipe for bacon-flavored vodka ( got this from yesbutnobutyes’ post on the topic, which they got from somewhere else so I figure it’s okay to do this ):

1. Fry up three strips of bacon
2. Add cooked bacon to a clean pint sized mason jar.
3. Optional: add crushed black peppercorns.
4. Fill the jar up with vodka. Cap and place in a dark cupboard for at least three weeks.(No need to refrigerate)
5. At the end of the three week resting period, place the bacon vodka in the freezer to solidify the fats. Strain out the fats through a coffee filter to yield a clear filtered pale yellow bacon vodka.
6. Decant into decorative bottles and enjoy.

But first, listen to this brief election-day message from the Bacon Lobby.

We’ve also got a video of Bacon Day action in New Jersey, with a cut-down remix of the Bacon Man song.

Why not show us how you be sizzlin’ on Bacon Day. Video respond to Obama Bacon Man! Yeah!

And also, here’s an MP3 of Obama Bacon Man! Blast it whenever a state goes Bacon!

If you’ve seen the Bacon Man video, you’ve seen us all dancing. That’s great, and it’s about to get better. I use “better” in a vague and loose way. Today we here at the Bacon Lobby are introducing the election-day edition of the Sizzle Dance. Let me show you:

Now, this isn’t the final draft of the Sizzle Dance. No way. We’d like you to turn up the Bacon Man song, turn on the video recorder, and tape your own Sizzle Dance.

Metallica’s tour rider notes: BACON VERY IMPORTANT THAT BACON BE AVAILABLE AT EVERY MEAL AND DURING DAY. [Caps are theirs.] Yes, bacon sure does rock. It’s crunchy, salty, and incredibly versatile. What other ingredient could fill the needs of every meal, whether chopped and sprinkled on a salad, served fresh out of the frying pan alongside a platter of scrambled eggs and hash browns, or even made into a sweet-salty dessert? Or incorporated into one of these more unusual foods:

1. Maple-Bacon Lollipops.
2. Chocolate-Covered Bacon.
3. Bacon Chocolate-Chip Cookies.
4. Bacon-and-Egg Ice Cream.
5. Chicken-Fried Bacon.
6. Bacon Vodka.
7. Bacon-Wrapped Tofu.
8. Fool’s Gold Loaf.
9. Bacon-Wrapped Tater Tots.
10. BLT Salad in a “Bacontainer.”

They’ve got bacon-wrapped tofu. Bacon-wrapped oysters. Bacon-wrapped eggs (how’d the do that?). Bacon-wrapped corn-dogs. Bacon-wrapped bacon. Bacon-wrapped cinnamon rolls (how delicious is that?). And my favorite, bacon-wrapped turkey.

Thanks Jeffrey

yessssssssss turkey bacon yesssss

To be specific: Bacon-Wrapped Turkey with Pear Cider Gravy. When I die, this is what all those virgins are going to be feeding me in heaven.

via Jeffrey Matthias

If you are that lazy, you’re not alone. Your laziness has won the attention, and, the invention of WowBacon: some cheapo plastic stick-it-in-your-microwave excuse for a frying pan. It’s only $20 — that is, $27 with shipping and handling.

I see that microwaveable bacon in the grocery store, and I don’t like it. I see this microwave-your-bacon product, and I smell fish. Here’s what WowBacon says about WowBacon: “Its ability to let you easily and quickly make only as much freshly-broiled bacon as you want, on the spur of the moment and without the usual mess, is a convenience offered by none other.”

Did you notice the catch-word? Take a look again. It’s broiled. WTF. Yeah, I want my bacon broiled. Yeah right. Yeah, I want my bacon cooked in something resembling a water pitcher:

Yeah right.

You know the phrase “Don’t knock it ’til you try it”? Yeah, yeah, I’m knocking it. And I haven’t tried it. But know what? The ball is in BaconWow’s court. I took a look through their web site and found absolutely no proof, words, or anything else describing how WowBacon stands up to pan-fried bacon. Yeah, that’s fishy. Sure, WowBacon has bullet points describing how they compare to pre-cooked bacon … yes, they’re comparing themselves pre-cooked bacon. WowBacon is the Fail Bacon.