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!

[Wink Holliday]

Playground-sized bacon!

Note: It's very difficult to take a secret photo of little kids without feeling like a complete creep. So while I apologize for the poor composition of the camera-phone photo, I wasn't about to take it again. :)

[Tea Martini]

HAhahaha! was the whole play area breakfast themed?

Wink Holliday said:

Playground-sized bacon!

Note: It's very difficult to take a secret photo of little kids without feeling like a complete creep. So while I apologize for the poor composition of the camera-phone photo, I wasn't about to take it again. :)

[Wink Holliday]

Yup! Cut off in this photo (by Eric J. Lubbers) is a big bowl of cereal with blueberries. You can see a sliver of it on the left. :)

Tea Martini said:

HAhahaha! was the whole play area breakfast themed?

[Poppy Fields]

OMMFG!!! It's breakfast themed playground????
You know what comes next, right?
All together now...

WANT!!!!
When I'm ruler of the world one day, I'm going to make one for us grown ups who can really appreciate something this awesome.

You, Miss Holliday, are a trooper. Gold medal.

Wink Holliday said:

Playground-sized bacon!

Note: It's very difficult to take a secret photo of little kids without feeling like a complete creep. So while I apologize for the poor composition of the camera-phone photo, I wasn't about to take it again. :)

[PunkGirl_Inc]

So I was just watching Comedy Central, and John Stewart was commenting on the lazy obesity of america.. and he was making fun of baconnaise to the point of shoving it in his face..
I knew.. KNEW.. it was going to be in this thread!! LOL It is wonderful.

Poppy Fields said:

Is it as wondrous and magical and heavenly as I imagine??? (I'll msg you the exact phrase I want to use...)

No calories, no fat = hooray! The sodium is killer though :( Aaaaah, fcuk it.
BACONNAISE!
I really like the whole campaign they've put together: bacon punches straight to the mouth, good for flavouring your arm etc. I'll buy from them based on humour alone :)

Wink Holliday said:

I bought myself some Bacon Salt yesterday! Now, to put it on everything.

[Melia deMure {★}]

ally_katt and i have been joking for days that bacon is the official meat of pl... it's just so good... *drool*

wink, i love you for the bacon salt... and poppy, you rock!

[Poppy Fields]

I think it would be remiss not to utter a stunned and respectful oh. my. god. round about here.
(i would totally be fighting the dog for the bubbles. That's because I have no shame.)

sfphotojournal said:

Bacon scented bubble blower - safe for dogs and kids

Also available in peanut butter and BBQ chicken

http://www.activedogtoys.com/bubble_buddy.html

[Poppy Fields]

I think we need to make this official by including a bacon-themed shoot for the 2010 PL calendar!

And thank you kindly :) Everything looks better in the warm glow of bacon love.

Melia deMure said:

ally_katt and i have been joking for days that bacon is the official meat of pl... it's just so good... *drool*

wink, i love you for the bacon salt... and poppy, you rock!

[Poppy Fields]

That. Is awesome.
sfphoto rocks pretty hard too. Join the love fest!

sfphotojournal said:

I concurr Wink and Poopy rock!

[Wink Holliday]

Caveat emptor! The copy clearly states that the bubbles are bacon scented. They could still be soap flavored, and that would be a terrible disappointment!

Poppy Fields said:

I think it would be remiss not to utter a stunned and respectful oh. my. god. round about here.
(i would totally be fighting the dog for the bubbles. That's because I have no shame.)

sfphotojournal said:

Bacon scented bubble blower - safe for dogs and kids

Also available in peanut butter and BBQ chicken

http://www.activedogtoys.com/bubble_buddy.html

[Wink Holliday]

Happy to spread the gospel of bacon, Mel! I have a new package of happy-pig bacon in my fridge, and I'm thinking that it may be time to try SF's apple-bacon pie suggestion.

Melia deMure said:

ally_katt and i have been joking for days that bacon is the official meat of pl... it's just so good... *drool*

wink, i love you for the bacon salt... and poppy, you rock!

[Wink Holliday]

Love! With bacon-scented hugs all around!

Ooooh, bacon MARTINI! How did we overlook this concept for so long?

Poppy Fields said:

That. Is awesome.
sfphoto rocks pretty hard too. Join the love fest!

sfphotojournal said:

I concurr Wink and Poopy rock!