"Bacon Time" Topic

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I found this story in Time magazine about our favorite food: bacon.

"There is nothing bacon does not improve. Bacon is the new black," says Farr, whose charcuterie company produces 4505 Chicharrones, the pork snacks favored by several San Francisco bars and restaurants. "I have five vegan friends who close their eyes when they eat them and pretend they are potato chips," Farr says. "Bacon is the gateway meat."

the above is an excerpt from the article.

Bacon milkshakes anyone?

Bacon certainly improves fried liver. I rest my case.

Water chestnuts wrapped in bacon. MMMmmm…Bacon!

Shrimp wrapped in bacon.

Well Fritz someone was finally able to get a post in edgewise.

Interesting article, I sent a recipe for bacon to my sister-in-law a few weeks ago – my nieces and nephews are also bacoholics. Glad to see that the craze is for homemade bacon – my first thought was that there would higher demand leading to increased prices just as prices have started to go down.

I was also amused to see the rest of the article where they discussed using the whole animal. As my mother was raised on a farm, she told us all about 'everything but the squeal.' Her least favorite was lung. Apparently the more you chew it the more it fills your mouth.

Here in Poland you can several kinds of bacon – 'American' style [long, thin strips], home style [huge chunks with fatback streaks] and 'Gypsy' bacon [smoked in various spices] and several others. I love all varieties and use them for different things.

goragrad – We also use 'everything but the squeal' here as well – though I normally feed the lungs and other internal organs to the dogs in the 'smelly stuff' I cook for them [normally contains various animal parts + rice or some other grain and frozen veggies – basically whatever I have handy]. It smells to high heaven but is cheaper than dog food [in the long run], as prices for pig parts are cheaper than 1 can of dog food.

liver wrapped in bacon…
bacon sandwiches….
bacon and egg with grilled tomato and mushrooms…
Nothing beats nice bacon…<sigh>

Bacon and bacon.

I like bacon well enough, but some people seem to have an unhealthy fascination with it. It's food. Good, yes, but just dead pig.

Everything in moderation.

but better than dead cow, dead chook or dead sheep…:)