My Life With Bacon

MY LIFE WITH BACON CONTINUES this week with a review of the Smoking Goose Uncured Applewood Smoked bacon, from Indianapolis, Indiana and some Bacon In the News. Thought I'd shake it up this week with my bacon review up front, followed by the news section. Feel free to comment on my blog (I get scant few comments but lots of viewers). I'd like to hear from you! THIS WEEK'S BACON IS SMOKING GOOSE UNCURED APPLEWOOD SMOKED. I believe I got this bacon at the suggestion of Thomas Parkinson, CEO of PeaPod, with whom I had lunch a while back. Turns out to be a great suggestion. I also got a bunch of Stop 'N Shop bacon, which I'll review in the future. This bacon weighed in at 11.9 ounces in a 12-ounce package. Post cooking 4.1 ounces and produced 150ml of rendered pig fat. It produced exactly 12 slices - about an ounce a slice pre-cooked. It had absolutely no aroma/scent at all coming out of the package; very unusual. Upon cooking, it developed a deep, rich ...

MY LIFE WITH BACON CONTINUES WITH ANOTHER REVIEW OF MY OWN HOME-CURED, HOME SMOKED BACON HERE'S MY BACON  before cooking, during cooking and after cooking. I give myself 4's across the board in flavor, succulence and chewiness. Only a 2 on crispness. This bacon had a seriously intense smoky flavor. Not for the faint of heart. This was the last of the refrigerated batch; I luckily have more in the freezer!

MY LIFE WITH BACON continues this week with a review of Heinen's brother's bacon and some awesome bacon items for sale in the world. BACON IN THE NEWS Bacon makes news again with two awesome creations, which pictures appear below. First is the Krispy Kreme Bacon Donut Dog! Nice article with video  here . What a great idea. Right behind it is the Citi Field Churro Dog, first of it's kind. Ok, I know, Churros aren't bacon, but what a great concept anyway. IN MORE NEWS , courtesy of WEIRD NEWS , an article entitled "In America, We Shoot our Guns to Cook our Bacon."  Yes, you read that right. Guys are wrapping gun barrels with bacon, and then firing them until they are so hot that the bacon cooks.  Turns out this guy isn't the first, or even the best. But it's news this week. I don't think I would eat that bacon. It turns out that fumes from firearms and explosives are highly toxic; I wouldn't smoke food in th...

MY LIFE WITH BACON CONTINUES this week with a review of the 356 Everyday Value bacon, and a couple of upcoming Baconfests. THIS WEEK'S BACON is the aforementioned 365 degree Uncured Applewood Smoked bacon, from Whole Foods. This is their store brand. Some pictures below. I decided to find out who actually makes this 365 brand bacon, which led me to this site : "caloriecount". It's an interesting site, which as you can see from the screen shot on the left, evaluates this bacon as "Grade F".  The nutritional value is just like other bacon, so no surprise there. The site classifies this bacon as "everyday bacon" and I wholeheartedly agree. It was about 1/4 inch thick, and weighed one pound 3 ounces in a one-pound package, so I got about one extra slice. This is truly "extra value", right? It didn't stick to the pan, which indicates that it wasn't overly sugared, and curled normally. Nice and salty.  Strange thin...

MY LIFE WITH BACON continues this week with a new world speed record for bacon eating, and some terrific bacon from Publican in Chicago. Here's a nice Google Street View shot of the Publican. A RECORD SETTING EATING CONTEST   happened last week with a fellow eating 182 slices in five minutes. The cool part about it is that the guy, Matt "Megatoad" Stonie (what a name!) really likes bacon! Great article and video here .  In the photo, check out some of the folks on the stage and the expressions on their faces!  The contest was put on by Smithfield, whose rep would not agree to be interviewed by me, unfortunately. Stonie shattered the previous record set in 2010 by Mark "The Human Vacuum" Lyle —a measly 54 pieces in five minutes.  “I’m a huge bacon fan, so I jumped at the chance to team up with Smithfield to set the bacon-eating world record,” Stonie told  WXIA Atlanta . “As one of the youngest competitive eaters on the circuit, I’m always ...