Important matters concerning the existence of Humanity - BACON

Brings to mind when DD was two years old and we went to a pig roast at our parish. I was concerned that she’d be traumatized by the sight of a pig being cooked to a nice crisp. After all, we were at that stage of reading a lot of books about farm animals and singing little ditties such as “with an oink oink here and an oink oink there...”

Anyway, I carried her within a dozen feet of the roasting pig and with my most benign yet upbeat voice said, “Look Sweet Pea, there’s the pig.” Her eyes grew wide, her jaw dropped, and I could tell her mind was processing the thought of Wilbur, poor Wilbur.

I braced myself for what she was preparing to say. After a moment, she said with excitement and not a bit of distress, “Dad...it has an apple in its mouth!” And at that point, I knew we’d be fine.

Now, if it were a gator roast...
 
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Your 2020 Fourth Menu - don’t presume to post unless bacon is included.

- New York strip steaks, prime grade (big splurge)
- That Food Network roasted potato salad with hot bacon dressing for which I posted the link a few entries ago
- Corn on the cob, chipotle butter
- Grilled fresh pineapple with rum-butter basting sauce, from an ancient Weber cookbook. We served this in Hawaii regularly during two tours there, and I decided to bring it out of mothballs this year.
 
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Your 2020 Fourth Menu - don’t presume to post unless bacon is included.

- New York strip steaks, prime grade (big splurge)
- That Food Network roasted potato salad with hot bacon dressing for which I posted the link a few entries ago
- Corn on the cob, chipotle butter
- Grilled fresh pineapple with rum-butter basting sauce, from an ancient Weber cookbook. We served this in Hawaii regularly during two tours there, and I decided to bring it out of mothballs this year.
That sounds tasty. I bet that pineapple would be even better with BACON! Happy 4th!
 
I am smoking ribs with about 4 pounds of crumbled bacon to go with the smoked baked potatoes. There will be asparagus and brussels sprouts cooked on the salt block with a little sesame oil, lemon and chipotle pepper. I made 5 authentic French baguettes (my grandmother's recipe) this morning. I have already cooked crispy Wright's bacon strips for inclusion in Bacon Bloody Marys. I don't know what it's going to be like, but I bought a bottle of this for fun:
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It was not expensive ($22), so I'm thinking that I will get what I paid for. It is more for the shock value and to publically (we will have friends over) profess my undying love for bacon. It will be served with crispy Wright's thick-cut bacon and parmesan cheese slices.

I will be wearing my white apron with the USNA logo (and some stains) on it, along with my toque blanche, because I'm fancy that way. :)
 
You know what the twin one says. Both are battle-scarred with bacon fat, bbq sauce and other magical historical evidence of home cooking.
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I had to attach mine with magnets, because the darned handles fit flush at the top. Toque on the freezer drawer.
Middle drawer is beer set at 35° F., because it's America.
 
Nice. Apron Pride in Bacon Nation.
You need a custom toque with either Marine Corps EGA or Bill The Goat.
 
I ordered a bacon cheeseburger for takeout and, upon sitting down at home to devour it, was distraught to find that they forgot to add the bacon. My friends told me about this company to cheer me up, and I think it's worthy of being shared on this thread.

If anyone is interested in having bacon mailed to them...

or doing some light summer reading on the topic...

I have not ordered either item, but it looks pretty tasty/interesting.
 
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