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Bacon. Gumballs. Whatttttt.

Joe — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:45:35 +0000

I don’t know anything about the history of bacon-flavored gum, or gumballs, but I can imagine this would be pretty hilarious to give to someone who didn’t know they were bacon-flavored. Guess that would be a bacon-litmus test.

The Bacon Gumballs go for $3.49, which includes a fancy tin and 22 pieces of gum.

Today’s Bacon Photos: Bacon Hitler, Bacon Mary and Bacon Burst

Joe — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:52:16 +0000

(via Mat)

I don’t trust maple-flavored bacon products. But bacon coffee? Maybe.

Joe — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:58:22 +0000

They call it “Maple Bacon Morning.” They say it’s “Reminiscent of a hearty Saturday morning breakfast.” But me? I don’t trust maple-flavored bacon products. When I see the word “Maple” combined with “Bacon” it screams “Hello, and welcome to our synthetic-tasting bacon imitation flavor.” I don’t like synthetic bacon. I have bad memories of watching the world cup finals, eating maple-flavored bacon, and getting grossed out. I don’t like it when bacon grosses me out. Bacon shouldn’t do that.

So, although this whole bacon coffee idea is intriguing, I’m not going to be the guinea pig that tries it out. And if you find yourself being a guinea pig for this Maple Bacon Morning coffee stuff, hey, I want to know what it was like. Do tell.

Photo: The Double Bacon Hamburger Fatty Melt.

Joe — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:13:26 +0000

Man this double-bacon piled high burger cheese include-me-in-your-will, please sandwich introduces something I’m calling “Team Bacon.” Also known as “You Better Not Eat That Alone Bacon.”

From Slog, a blog on Seattle’s The Stranger’s site.

Update to Chicago Bacon Fest 2008, now with photos.

Joe — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:45:20 +0000

Last month I wrote this awesome post about Chicago Bacon Fest 2008. Well, the Sun-Times also thought it was awesome … by “it” I mean the deep-fried bacon menu item available to you should you dine at Chicago’s Risque Cafe. They wrote a whole article about it. The article has a photo. Here I am, hotlinking the photo:

Does bacon get any better than this?

How to eat more bacon

Joe — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:49:00 +0000

Thanks to @captaincrazy on twitter for this link: Bacon adds something to everything. 10 Ways to Eat More Bacon. This is what they say:

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:

Maple-Bacon Lollipops.

Chocolate-Covered Bacon.

Bacon Chocolate-Chip Cookies.

Bacon-and-Egg Ice Cream.

Chicken-Fried Bacon.

Bacon Vodka.

Bacon-Wrapped Tofu.

Fool’s Gold Loaf.

Bacon-Wrapped Tater Tots.

BLT Salad in a “Bacontainer.”

…while on the topic of awesome food that is wrapped in bacon:

Joe — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:56:15 +0000

I give you Everything Is Better Wrapped in Bacon, a collation of bacon-oriented recipes that involve tasty food getting wrapped in tasty tasty bacon, coming from the tasty people behind Divine Caroline.

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

Turkey Bacon Deluxe Awesome Heck-Yeah-Send-Me-To-Your-Mothership

Joe — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:46:09 +0000

So, yeah, this is the kind of Turkey Bacon that has my one-hundred-percent support. Turkey! Bacon! Turkey! Bacon!

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

Filed under “knocking it before I try it” … microwaveable wowbacon, really?

Joe — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:52:43 +0000

Are you lazy? I mean, lazier than lazy? Super defunct lazy? Because I know lazy, and you’ve gotta be Led Zepplin-level lazy to think that putting bacon in a microwave’s an acceptable way to cook that bacon.

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.

Chicago Bacon Fest 2008

Joe — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:18:39 +0000

This is the first time I’ve seen the word “fest” and the word “Bacon” put together. I can’t wait until the next time this happens — and I hope it also includes the name of the city I live in, something like “Denver Bacon Fest.”

As it is, Chicago gets the Bacon Fest and all I get is to write about it. Risque Cafe, a Lakeview / Wrigleyville joint, celebrates the addition of this super-deluxe bacon-bacon-bacon item to their menu: “six slices of battered & deep-fat-fried country style bacon w/ white bacon gravy dipping sauce.”

Sure, you might be thinking, “this post is useless without pics.” Yes, I want photos too. More than that, I want those six slices of deep-fat-fried heart attack. Even more than that I want what Risque has planned for this Sunday (October 12, 2008): “Four bottles of Absolut, all of them infused with three-month aged bacon, maple syrup, and black peppercorn.”

Check out Risque Chicago’s web site here (they don’t have this new bacon goodness up there yet, for some strange reason).

Here’s a link to the Google Map of Risque Chicago.