Oh, Bacon

[Wink Holliday]

I'm a "flexitarian," which, for me, means that I only eat meat from animals that have lived natural lives: no factory farming, no feedlots, etc. As a result of my personal standards, I am pretty much a vegetarian.
I never ate bacon every day. When I was brunching regularly with friends, I'd maybe have it once a week. With a touch of maple syrup, please. But now that I can't have it at all, I crave it! My boy bought me a bacon-scented air freshener for my car (I refuse to take it out of the plastic wrapper) and we shared a Mo's Bacon Bar* from Vosges as a rare treat. I even found a recipe online for candied bacon, which I want to make when I find some happy-pig bacon! My favorite bacon, hands down, was Nueske's from Wisconsin. Lucky for me, I haven't been in Wisconsin since I went veggie, so I haven't been tempted. :)

What's your bacon story? Poppy? The floor is yours. :)


*That's Mo as in Mo Frechette from Zingerman's in Ann Arbor, MI... and the bacon is Nueske's!

[Poppy Fields]

You can be my friend. Bacon + Avocado + Feta = Holy Trinity of Flavours
Make gravy for the fries with the bacon grease. Sure, you'll shorten your life span by 3 years, but those are the shitty years at the end anyway.

Lil_bit said:

OH MY GAWD proof that bacon on anything taste better.....If French Fries were great to begin with why not add BACON to them RIGHT..........RIGHT! well I just had me some Bacon Avocado fries and Holly Martha I thought i was going to die from sheer pleasure!

[Sable Sin Cyr]

HAHAHAHAHAhahahaha... Why did it take me so long to find this thread? Bacon is a religion to me- and this illustration would be plastered on the wall of the church...

Poppy Fields said:

Made some important edits:

[Filmmonkey]

Damn you people, here I am trying to eat like a good little boy, and now I have this damn bacon craving.
I listen to this las vegas podcast and on a trip reprot they were talking about a place that served a bacon martini.
have to admit that I'm a purist in my bacon pursuits. I don't even like it on hamburgers. I'd much rather have a good old blt and savor the clean taste of the god's gift to the taste buds.

My wife is a vegetarian, but everynow and then she can't resist nibbling on some really crispy bacon. And truthfully, I never met a vegetarian who woulnd't get that "oh how I miss it" look in their eye whenever the subject of bacon comes up...

[C/S]

Menudo cures hangovers and what ever else bothers you ....
Breakfast of Championes ......

[Wink Holliday]

From cnet news:

"In one of the most useful and engaging Web 2.0 productivity apps we've seen in ages, Bacolicious promises to make your browsing experience so very delicious by superimposing an image of a piece of tasty, tasty bacon over everything you navigate."

(Click on the link to learn how)

[Poppy Fields]

Finally I can upload again! Made some more edits to better reflect my version of reality ;) :

The web page baconizer is a beautiful application of technical skills!

sfphotojournal said:

[Wink Holliday]

Almost posted this in the Zombie thread, but it's clearly more appropriate here:
ZOMBIE'S DILEMMA: BRAINS, OR BACON?

T-shirt ($24US) available at Red Bubble.

[Rae]

you bacon fiends need to try this recipe.... made it for the darlin' who said its amaaaazazing!

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Bacon-Cheese-Muffins/Detail.aspx

[Poppy Fields]

I think this is clearly indicative of the larger issues we all face on a day-to-day basis. It's... profound. ;)
(Although the answer is obvious: bacon FTW. Brains are a dime a dozen, but good bacon...)

Wink Holliday said:

Almost posted this in the Zombie thread, but it's clearly more appropriate here:
ZOMBIE'S DILEMMA: BRAINS, OR BACON?

T-shirt ($24US) available at Red Bubble.

[Poppy Fields]

By the amount of saliva gathering in my mouth, I think this one hits the spot!
Mmmmm, cheesy crunchy crumbly bacony goodness...

Rachel Revenge said:

you bacon fiends need to try this recipe.... made it for the darlin' who said its amaaaazazing!

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Bacon-Cheese-Muffins/Detail.aspx

[Stephanie]

MMMMM bacon! I love it but not so much Canadian bacon. You're making the right choices though! I totally agree. I don't eat red meat but sometimes steak looks .... well it can be mesmerizing when you haven't eaten it a while! They make vegetarian bacon! It's made from soy and other vegetables and really, it tastes about like the real thing. And if you ever want a hamburger but can't find a natural one, they also make things called BOCA BURGERS! They're amazing. Even better than real burgers!

I really want a bacon-scented air freshener! That's awesome! Haha
xx,
Steph

[Poppy Fields]

The bacon thread was feeling left out, so I found it this!

Bacon Wellington.

'Cos what the Bacon Explosion was missing was eggs, cheese and pastry, right? Right.