Important matters concerning the existence of Humanity - BACON

flieger83 said:
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Ahh...the overnight LOW isn't that chilly here...

Today? Day 30 of over 110F...forecast for only 113F but there is hope on the horizon!! Tuesday "they" are saying we "might" only hit 99F...before going back over 112F.

And no, you can't cook bacon on the hood of your car.
(But you DO get some very strange looks from neighbors if you try...)
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Wrong choice of vehicle. This made me think of an Alton Brown special on the Food Network from years ago, when he tested various dishes cooked on a motorcycle. YouTube videos abound on this topic. Here’s a bacon one.


 
VelveteenR said:
Of course. We're eating bacon to warm us up. ;)
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Here’s your 🛟, a Bacon Whiskey Hot Toddy:

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Nightcap: Smoked Bacon Whiskey Hot Toddy

You’ve shoveled out the drive for the sixth time in four days, and the snow isn’t stopping any time soon. What makes this Sisyphean task bearable? Whiskey, of course. Warm, sweet, spicy, bacon…
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Had one of these this past winter settin’ out by a neighbor’s fire pit on a clear, cold night.
 
Skip the hot water and that toddy sounds heavenly,
 
Capt MJ said:
Wrong choice of vehicle. This made me think of an Alton Brown special on the Food Network from years ago, when he tested various dishes cooked on a motorcycle. YouTube videos abound on this topic. Here’s a bacon one.


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DS had a cookbook titled "Manifold Destiny". Recipes for cooking on the manifold while you drive. Cook times given in miles. Why pay for lunch when you can make it at home and cook it on the way! I think his fave was the steakums, peppers and onions.

EDIT: Oops! I don't think he ever tried bacon.
 
Fried Tomato-Bacon “Sandwiches”

You can make just one to go with something nice off the grill, or make a panful and gorge on them as your entire dinner. DH selected “eat them all,” nothing else.

Ripe Beefsteak Tomato “Sandwiches,” stuffed with cooked bacon, Boursin cheese, and given the fried green tomatoes breaded and pan-fried in olive oil treatment, with a little bacon fat. The tomatoes are warm and sweet, the bacon crisp and salty, the cheese garlicky and melty, the crust crunchy and savory.

We ate them all.

- Three big ripe beefsteak tomatoes from your garden or farm stand (this made 5 sandwiches - it varies)
- About half a pound of bacon, cooked, crumbled and drained
- 1 container of Boursin cheese (I buy two, in case I need it, and it never goes to waste in this house)
- Classic 3-station breading line-up: flour, 3 beaten large eggs, Progresso Italian bread crumbs

Let the Boursin cheese come to room temp and soften.

Carefully slice the tomatoes in almost half-inch slices, no ends, place on a baking sheet on paper towels, in matched pairs, so the original faces will match. Press another layer of paper towels on top. This removes excess moisture. Let sit 30 minutes.

Spread Boursin almost to the edges on each slice, in a peanut-butter thickness layer. Gently press in crumbled bacon into one half of each tomato slice pair. I divvy up the bacon in little piles.

Carefully assemble each pair of matched slices, gently pressing together.

Coat with flour, gently shake off, coat with egg wash, dredge in bread crumbs, gently shake off. Try to get everything coated as you go. Take directly to the hot pan.

Fry in a bit of olive oil with a spoonful or two of the bacon fat, until each side is crispy and browned.
 

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I got things a bit out of order ⬆️, but am sure everyone will get it. Photo 1 should be Photo 3.

I’ve also done blue cheese crumbles mixed with a bit of softened cream cheese.

Edit: every time I look at the post, the photos are n a different order! There is a logical order.
 
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@Capt MJ and @THParent, enough with this online theorizing and philosophizing and teasing of all things bacon! It’s time for you to partner up and get crackin’ on a brick-and-mortar edition of this thread. A haiku to get the ball rolling:

@Capt MJ Grill.
Everything made with bacon.
Naptown. Opens when?
 
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