My Life With Bacon

MY LIFE WITH BACON continues this week great news from Trader Joe’s, and with another pulled pork shoulder. BACON IN THE NEWS   Tuesday, December 30 is National Bacon Day.  Quick Pulse Blog posted a great recipe for chocolate-dipped bacon, found here . And now, for the best news of the year, Trader Joe’s is now selling Sriracha bacon jerkey!  Great article here. I’ll be checking it out soon! Nice picture of the product in a Blood Mary above. THIS WEEK’S BACON IS PULLED PORK from Heinens Grocery in Lak Go here for the site. e Bluff, IL.  Nice cuts of meat; great price.  I prepared the pork according to the recipe from the site “how to BBQ right.com”.  Of course, I used my home made smoker, using the kit from Big Poppa Smokers , about which I write previously.  This week, I modified it to include a hinge and clamp, which proved to keep it from leaking smoke, and had the additional benefit of better temperature control. Finally, ju...

MY LIFE WITH BACON continues this week with some gift bacon from Pennsylvania, and some bacon news. BACON IN THE NEWS   An interesting news website listed the biggest dud products for 2014 on this site .  They include the Pumpkin Carver, the Bacon Wave and the Bacon Griller, among other products.  It’s worth a read! Des Moines, Iowa is having its bacon fest at the end of January (picture above); get your tickets now if you’re interested.  Sounds like a lot of fun: “ The eighth annual festival — which includes bacon sampling, bacon-inspired wrestling, bacon lectures and a bacon queen — will be held at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines on Jan. 31. ” AND THEN WE MADE SOME CHILI FIRST, I STARTED WALTER MCILHENNY'S CHILI , which I've been making for many years.  It's a recipe by the eponymous Walter, who was a U.S. Marine.  When his friends visited him on Avery Island, he would always make this chili.  It does not have any bac...

MY LIFE WITH BACON continues this week from Baltimore, where the extended family attended the Army/Navy game. Unfortunately, Army was defeated.  But we will get them next year. We stayed at the Lord Baltimore hotel, where they serve Nueske's pecan smoked bacon!