My Life With Bacon

MY LIFE WITH BACON CONTINUES this week with a trip to Kohler, Wisconsin (which involved bacon consumption), a trip to Covington, Kentucky (which involved bacon consumption) and a test of the aforementioned Kohler bacon. BACON IN THE NEWS this week had a few interesting and noteworthy stories: A PALEO CANDY BACON is featured here .  Huffington Post occasionally has a great bacon-related article, but this particular recipe looks incredible.  I am going to assemble the ingredients I don't currently have, and try this in an upcoming post.  To quote the article, "Low Carbers rejoice! You CAN have your candied, chocolate covered, peanut butter dipped bacon AND eat it too...."  Yaay! THE BACON CHASE in Chicago has been announced.  I love "Chase Meat Candy Majesty"...  this is a 5-K race to benefit St. Jude's Children's Hospital. The race will be at 7am on June 7, at Montrose Beach.  Register here .  When you get to the finish line, here's what ...

MY LIFE WITH BACON CONTINUES today with a rare midweek post - but well worth it! Last night on Conan, Sage Kotsenburg, winner of a Gold medal at Sochi for snowboard slopestyle, received a medal made of bacon, whereupon he promptly ate it. On February 10th, Kotsenburg tweeted thusly:  Last night, he got his second medal, from Conan, and immediately consumed it.  Conan said that the bacon came from Godshall's Quality Meats in Pennsylvania. The video is here . Godshall's is available at Sam's Clubs nationwide (maybe a good reason for me to get a membership).  Perhaps a missed opportunity: While there are plenty of tweets (@GodshallsMeats) and good facebook postings, there's nothing on the website.  I guess they think consumer's don't go there first?  What do you think? See you on Sunday!

MY LIFE WITH BACON CONTINUES this week with a recap of Valentine's Day (and an idea for you for next year), some bacon in the news, and a cook-off between some central Wisconsin "gas station" bacon versus some real Pig Sooie from Razorback Country. BACON IN THE NEWS starts with the Atlantic City Bacon Fest !  Yes, it's another in a series of bacon themed events across the United States.  It features items like a BLT with a full pound of bacon!  This one is at the casino " Tropicana " - I wonder if they are combining bacon and OJ.  Oh, wait, OJ is on a starvation hunger strike - but I digress... A REAL DOWNER article in the Montreal Gazette belittled my original home state of NJ and its Bacon Festival at Atlantic City this week (come on, Canada, get with the program!)  A quote from the article: "Humans should be setting a sustainable standard of living, not promoting and celebrating the ingestion of bacon."  Whoah.  Don't you know th...

MY LIFE WITH BACON CONTINUES after a long drive back from central Wisconsin.  I just had to post about two topics about which I learned today. HOW TO MAKE A BACON VALENTINE now has to be one of my all-time favorite videos.  Two chicks demonstrating how to make bacon flowers and put them together into a bouquet for your Valentine.  The page is HERE   Please click and watch the video.  I will be doing this on Thursday to be ready for the DAY.   GENERAL GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER had his own favorite BACON, and his wedding anniversary is today, in 1864.  Being a graduate of the same institution as said Custer, I felt an obligation to  link to his anniversary  HERE .  I find it very cool that his wife's maiden name is Bacon.  I wonder how far she is from Kevin?  They have to be related, right? Enjoy, and we'll see you next week, as I review some interesting bacon and include NEWS.

MY LIFE WITH BACON continues as we prepare for V-Day, and coverage of bacon on the road.  Spoiler: no bacon cooking this week due to a ski weekend. VALENTINE'S DAY IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING - it's Friday - and you still have time to order some bacon goodies online.  I've reviewed bacon from BACONFREAK before... the bacons are generally too oily, overly flavored (I particularly didn't like their Cajun bacon) and over-cured (evidenced by the deep translucence in the fat).  You can look at the headlines to find my previous posts on this bacon.  So I would caution you about ordering it for home cooking and use... but the chocolate goodies!  They look great! How about the following products, which can be ordered (and get to your honey in time for Friday's big day!) HERE .  Follow the promotion on the page to save 20% - and NO, I don't get any $$ for this info: Boss Hog Dark Chocolate Covered Bacon Strips Milk Chocolate Hearts Flavored with Bacon Choco...

MY LIFE WITH BACON continues today with a short post; no "bacon in the news" section, but a review of the much-advertised "Bacon Bowl". IT'S SUPER BOWL SUNDAY , so there are dozens of sites with great appetizer recipes.  I particularly liked this Parade magazine site, that features six bacon-themed dishes.  I haven't tried any of these, but frankly, how can you go wrong?  There's BACON as a main ingredient!!  I particularly like the jalapeno - bacon appy. The bacon-wrapped tater tots are featured in the picture. Check them all out here . ON TO THE BACON!   This morning I made an absolutely delicious breakfast of bacon and eggs.  Using the old standby, Oscar Meyer, on a flat cast iron griddle, the bacon crisped up perfectly and tasted like a little bit of heaven.  THE BACON BOWL experience was interesting, starting with the website, which can be found here .  The site has a cool video about the product, and starting the ordering process...