My Life With Bacon

MY LIFE WITH BACON continues with the Army naming Captain Bacon, a little HufPo validation, and some bacon cookin'. BACON IN THE NEWS some good stuff this week THE HUFFINGTON POST CORROBORATES MY FINDING that the best way to cook bacon, about which I wrote a few weeks ago. If you recall, I tested several ways to cook the world's most coveted food, and HufPo agrees with me.  Click here to read their article.  Go back in time and look at my post of March 14, 2014 to see my method test. They call it "The Surprising, Easy Trick to Cook Perfect Bacon". Hint: it's not the Bacon Bowl. ARMY DESIGNATES CAPTAIN BACON .  It's true.  The awesome Army Football Team has named Article here. Geoff Bacon a co-captain of the West Point football team.  Beat Navy! THIS WEEK'S FEATURE IS A REPORT FROM THE NORTHSHORE BACONFEST Glenview, Illinois' Historic Wagner Farm hosted the second annual baconfest.  Proceeds went to a great organization - The Friends of ...

MY LIFE WITH BACON CONTINUES THIS WEEK after skipping last Sunday.  I wrote a short post last week but for some reason my phone didn't upload it; I hope you didn't miss the blog too badly! BACON IN THE NEWS .  There are a few interesting stories floating around out there. The first one comes courtesy of my son, Sam Murphy.  Some engineering students created a real bacon alarm clock.  No, not the Oscar Mayer "Wake Up And Smell The Bacon" app and scent device for your iPhone, about which I have written recently (update on it in a minute).  No, this is a real alarm clock that cooks real bacon at your bedside!  It's a true DIY project with a lamp inside, that is triggered by the alarm clock; the lamp heats the bacon, which is accessed by opening a drawer.  Very cool idea.  Not worth spending the time to make, though.  See link here . I'm not a big fan of this type of automation.  Do you know ANYONE who sets up their coffee maker bef...

MY LIFE WITH BACON continues this week with a test of Raisin River, and an another interesting criminal story involving bacon.  And yes, I made jalapeno poppers topped with bacon. BACON IN THE NEWS is always fun.  I get numerous data feeds about bacon in the news, which makes this job easy.  I just pick the best stories.  Here's a good one for you.  The headline is:  Police: Suspect breaks in, steals man's bacon Police said suspect also "Leaving the lights on." "According to the Kinston Free press, a person living on Hardin Avenue complained to police about the break in and the breakfast food that was missing from the fridge."   Apparently, someone keeps going over to this person's house, steals the bacon, and departs, leaving the lights on in the house!  I wonder what kind of bacon it is.  If I find out I'll have to try it.  Here's a link to the short news article if you'd like to read it. THIS WEEK'S BACON ...