Bacon strips and bacon strips and BACON STRIPS

Good evening ladies and gentlemen!

So we've heard a lot lately of bacon and anything/everything possibly related to bacon. So in order to make you laugh a little there have been several people who have made videos and comedy related posts about Bacon.

Such men include Jim Gaffigan, 46 year old stand up comedian, who is well renowned for his jokes about food. He does a bit about bacon going on forever about how amazing bacon really is. Don't take my word for it, watch it here!

Furthermore is Epic Meal Time. Epic Meal Time is a Youtube sensation that began back in the mid 2000's and does extravagant videos about over-the-top food experiments. I find it appropriate to post the Thanksgiving video because they purely use bacon alongside other foods to create the ultimate Thanksgiving dinner. First they use 5 birds: a turkey, duck, chicken, quail, and a cornish hen. They stack it all inside one another creating an incredible Turducken (typically a duck in a chicken in a turkey). Then they stuff the cavities with a sausage/bacon stuffing and use a custom meat glue to hold it all together. They cover the entire bird inside and out with bacon strips. They bake it, and stuff it all inside of a pig.

The result, is purely over 60,000 calories of sweet bacony goodness. A meal fit for a god.

So I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving! And enjoy your bacon!

J & D's: Everything Should Taste Like Bacon

Today I will be talking about a company that caters to fanatics like you and me by carrying an amazing line of bacon flavored products. The company is J & D’s, whose motto is “everything should taste like bacon.” Now that all of you are well on your way to becoming Biased Bacon Food Club critics, you can judge for yourself just how good these products actually are.

Bacon Lip Balm: its bacon for your face. 

It leaves your lips moisturized, and you can leave all of your loved ones with bacon flavored kisses. It truly is the gift that keeps on giving. It sounds unconventional because it is, but bacon lovers are not known for being boring. Bacon lip balm is perfect for starting conversations and impressing your friends.

Bacon Salt: the first bacon condiment. 

The first bacon condiment is a seasoning that can be put on anything to give it that extra porky goodness. It has zero calories, zero fat, low sodium content, and best of all it is a great vegetarian option! The basic flavors include Original, Hickory, Peppered and Natural. Look out for special seasonal flavors too!

Bacon Pop: popped to perfection in 5 minutes.

Bacon Pop is a heavenly combo of butter and bacon that is great to eat while watching TV in your living room. It also works as a quick and easy on the go snack.You can even skip the lines at the refreshment stand and bring it with you to the movies. Beware, it guarantees that everyone will want to sit near you.

Baconnaise: lite on calories, heavy on the taste. 

I’m sure many of you have had bacon flavored ranch dressing, but have you ever had bacon flavored mayonnaise?? As you may have guessed from the name baconnaise is a bacon flavored mayonnaise that is available in regular and lite. You can make amazing sandwiches, egg salad, salads, and dips with this.

Bacon Crispy Bake: shake n’ bake- on. 

These bacon flavored bread crumbs allow you to bring bacon to everything from chicken tenders to macaroni and cheese. It has the power to bring any boring casserole to life. This is shake n' bake taken to a whole new level. Minimal effort will give you maximum taste results.

The Best Bacon I Ever Had.....

As a bacon lover, I make it a point to order bacon every time I go out to eat breakfast. My French Toast is not complete unless I have a few strips of bacon-y goodness on the side. It makes my meal more satisfying and worthwhile.

Most of your average breakfast restaurants will unfortunately serve average bacon, but every once in a while a seemingly average restaurant will pull out all the stops and deliver....The Best Bacon I Ever Had!

On a trip to Northern California in January of 2012 to visit my cousin I was beyond pleasantly surprised when I went to a small restaurant called Grounds in the town of Murphy's for breakfast and was served the most delicious bacon I have ever eaten. I casually ordered my French Toast with a side of bacon (I like mine on the "well done" side) and waited for my food. When it arrived I immediately noticed that the bacon was thicker than a normal slice and looked very evenly cooked. Once I took a bite I was overcome with the joy of finding The Best Bacon I Ever Had.

The bacon was crispy and crunchy, but still had a softness to it that made it easy to devour. There were no fatty spots on the bacon that were less palatable and it was just sliced to the perfect thickness. When the waitress came back to check on us I asked her how they cooked their bacon and she said that they bake it in the oven to that the bacon retains its shaped in the cooking process and each strip is cooked perfectly even. I was so delighted by the yummy strips of bacon that I ordered another side of it so I enjoy it even more.

So far, I have yet to find a side of bacon to top the ones at Grounds. They perfected their bacon in a way that cannot be matched in my opinion.

Unfortunately my cousin has since moved away from Murphy's but when I went to visit her again in July I convinced her to take me back to Grounds so I could taste the perfection once again. It was still just as amazing and I'm currently plannin my next trip to visit my cousin and hopefully to stop in at Grounds again. Until then, I will continue dreaming of....The Best Bacon I Ever Had!

 

 

Become a Bacon Critic!!!

Welcome to another week of bacon mania!
We are back with a special informational on the criteria for which bacon is tasted and judged at meat competitions. These usually occur at county fairs and gourmet food expos and feature categories such as pulled pork and brazed lamb. The judging process can take hours and the judges taste hundreds of bacon entries.

SLAB BACON. Bacon shall be whole, not cut or sliced. It shall be of standard approved trim with skin on or off, and can be cured by any accepted method.

Judging Criteria:

External appearance before cutting.............................................100 points

Appearance of cut surface fat to lean..........................................100 points

Texture of cut surface..................................................................100 points

Inside color..................................................................................150 points

Aroma after cutting.....................................................................150 points

Flavor..........................................................................................400 points

 

Don't you wish you could become a bacon judge?
You can because our Biased Bacon Food Critic Club is open and looking for new members.
You can learn how to find the best slices of bacon and what bacon infused meals are the best (and what are the worst).
For 25 dollars a meeting you can try and assess various bacon dishes.
Look up our Biased Bacon Food Critic Club website to find a meeting in your area. Sign up today!


To watch this exciting judging process live here are some interesting bacon festivals across the U.S.

The Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival, billed as the largest gathering of bacon enthusiasts in the world, takes place each year in Iowa. Why Iowa? The state of Iowa is the largest producer or pork in the nation by far. The whole place is practically wrapped in bacon. It's the perfect place to hold a bacon festival.

Vying for the top spot in bacon festivals is Baconfest Chicago. Organizers describe this event as, "The greatest single culinary and cultural festival ever dedicated to Bacon and Bacon only." This festival, held in April, topped 3000 visitors in 2012 and the organizers expect even more in 2013.

What could be better than a great bacon festival? A bacon festival that benefits a good cause, that's what. If you are over 21 and will be in the Kansas City area on August 25, you can take part in Bacon-Fest, The Other Fundraiser. The proceeds from the event help to fund the Rehabilitation Institute of Kansas City, an organization which helps kids and adults with disabilities to live more independently.

 

Tri-Cities Baconfest at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee promises to be one of the most exciting bacon festivals in the south. Held at one of the world's premier race tracks, this event helps to provide funding for Bristol Speedway Children's Charities.