Bacon Vox 2008-05-23T08:24:40Z tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d09e4d74fcbe2b/ [this is crispy] Please don't objectify the meat tag:vox.com,2008-04-03:asset-6a00b8ea068718dece00f48ceaf7020002 2008-04-03T19:07:15Z 2008-05-23T08:24:40Z Alaina http://alaina.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

Comment that made my day today (in response to this post):


"I am deeply offended by the way this post is objectifying bacon. You are treating bacon as nothing more than a piece of meat." 

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]]> Are You Ready to Rock? It's Bacon And Guitar Hero Night! tag:vox.com,2008-03-21:asset-6a00c11413006fc40800f48ce660dd0003 2008-03-21T02:24:53Z 2008-03-21T03:53:47Z Kymberlie R. McGuire http://kymberlie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

I posted this on Yelp, but I'm adding it here too for maximum exposure.

Maybe you've heard me mention it once or twice (or a hundred) times, but I love Guitar Hero and I love me some bacon.  Both things are signs of a benevolent supreme being, if you ask me.

Imagine my happiness when it turns out that Lucky's (near Minute Maid Ballpark) has not only Guitar Hero (and Rock Band, which I've been dying to check out) but also Bacon Wrapped Bacon, Italian pancetta wrapped in Canadian bacon wrapped in American hickory smoked bacon with a maple butter sauce.  Sounds tasty, huh?

I've heard lots of good things about Lucky's, so let's go and eat some bacon (the rest of their menu looks good too, so I'll be trying more than just bacon) and rock out with Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

Be sure to come out and unlock your inner rockstar!

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]]> My Smelly Box tag:vox.com,2008-01-20:asset-6a00c2251d9e058fdb00e398d461500004 2008-01-20T20:58:20Z 2008-04-10T16:37:22Z rebecca http://thingie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

A few days back, I got a really stinky box in the mail.  It smelled of hickory smoked goodness.  What was inside? 

bacon and sausage
bacon and sausage
Handcrafted bacon and sausage from a small family-run farm in Kentucky.  Lately my vegetarian self has been obsessed with bacon.  And not just just any bacon, but luxury bacon that one can only get by searching the inter-nets for small farms in the deep south.  The results of my labors?  The most amazing bacon city folk can get their hands on.  And even more spectacular - the price.  This last batch I received only cost me a whopping 3.99 a pound - we bought 4lbs of bacon and threw in 2lbs of sausage for kicks.  OMFG how can you go wrong?  If you're interested in picking up some of this crack-laced bacon, you can get it here.  I've already picked out my next batch from another little farm that has MAPLE BACON!!  I think a bacon party is in order.
nick loves the sausage
nick loves the sausage

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]]> Serious Eats: Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Bacon of the Month Club tag:vox.com,2007-12-02:asset-6a00b8ea068718dece00e398c392e30005 2007-12-02T17:40:10Z 2007-12-02T17:51:17Z Alaina http://alaina.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

This is for the bacon lovers in my Vox 'hood. Go win some bacon!

Serious Eats: Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Bacon of the Month Club
Serious Eats: Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Bacon of the Month Club
http://www.seriouseats.com/required_e...
On Sunday a person's thoughts turn to bacon. At least mine do. I don't have to rush to the office, so I can take the time to cook my bacon properly, slowly over low heat. Of course my thoughts are never very far from bacon, no matter what day of the week it is.

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]]> A reason to live tag:vox.com,2007-08-20:asset-6a00b8ea068718dece00e3989f850a0001 2007-08-20T16:49:44Z 2007-08-21T17:02:09Z Alaina http://alaina.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full
Cat and Girl
Cat and Girl
http://www.catand...

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]]> QotD: I'd Totally Pig Out tag:vox.com,2007-04-18:asset-6a00c11413006fc40800cd9722c3524cd5 2007-04-18T03:06:09Z 2007-04-18T04:59:51Z Kymberlie R. McGuire http://kymberlie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

If you could eat anything you wanted, and not have to worry about gaining weight/being unhealthy/inhumane, what would you totally pig out on? 
Submitted by Jay.

Lately, I am obsessed with the hamburgers at Charlie's on West Gray in the Marshall's parking lot.  Specifically, I am in love with their blue cheese bacon burger.  It is so delicious, especially when you are craving some greasy and good.

Really, since I've been dying for one of these lately, it's all I can think of though it would be better to choose something like chocolate since that's a broader range.

Man, I'm totally going to try and go to Charlie's this weekend.  Yum.

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]]> Pig out! March 1 is National Pig Day tag:vox.com,2007-03-01:asset-6a00b8ea068718dece00d09e58e918be2b 2007-03-01T15:50:24Z 2007-03-01T15:50:24Z Alaina http://alaina.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full
National Pig Day
National Pig Day

Today is National Pig Day which means it's all pig, all day at Serious Eats. Come and pig out with us!


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]]> VD and Project 365 tag:vox.com,2007-02-15:asset-6a00c2251cb0cff21900d4141f23d06a47 2007-02-15T12:00:58Z 2007-02-16T22:53:54Z Crystal http://crystallyn.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

Joe took care of me this Valentine's day, with roses, a gorgeous handmade card, a big box of Burdick's chocolates and dinner--filet mignon with a port cherry sauce, cheesy potato napoleon and two kinds of potstickers; BACON/pea and pork! I made a port stout chocolate mousse for dessert. YUM!

Yum!Valentine DinnerValentine's day!


There's a picture of the potstickers in my most recent Project365 batch:

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From left to right:
  • The potstickers
  • VERY tasty chocolate cherry marshmallows that I got for Joe
  • Blue lights in our living room
  • The fence outside the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
  • Trees taken at twilight on our way home from Kittery, ME last weekend
  • The contents of my bag (for a Voxhunt I never managed) --you'll see my journal, a book by Umberto Eco, my wallet, smartphone, foldup brush, ipod, usb stick and other miscellaneous crap
  • A wall at work
  • Twilight over a snowy field in Concord, MA
  • Thom Yorke hanging out in my car

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]]> "A mean bacon and egg sarnie" tag:vox.com,2006-11-24:asset-6a00ccff86b265985d00cdf7e75c63094f 2006-11-24T20:27:35Z 2006-11-24T20:27:35Z Nic Bertrand http://eatcyclerunsquash.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full
A Pork Belly getting transformed into Delicious Bacon
A Pork Belly getting transformed into Delicious Bacon

Four slices of home-cured bacon ala Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall prepared a week ago, one free range egg, two slices of toasted white bread and a smear of brown sauce.

Ahhhh...  Fantastic.

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]]> Home Made Cured Bacon tag:vox.com,2006-11-19:asset-6a00ccff86b265985d00cd97883704f9cc 2006-11-19T17:37:21Z 2007-07-18T15:14:51Z Nic Bertrand http://eatcyclerunsquash.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full
A Pork Belly getting transformed into Delicious Bacon
Home-made cured bacon: The result
Another Saturday (Last Saturday as it happens...) and another inspiration by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall in his Guardian Column. This time his recipe for cured bacon caught my eye.

Last Saturday I bought a big slab of Pork belly at my local butcher.

The Recipe could not be simpler!

  1. Remove the ribs
  2. Create a cure mix (750g of Salt for 250g of Sugar and 25g of ground black pepper)
  3. rub some of the mix onto the pork belly
  4. place in a plastic container
  5. Leave it for 24h in the fridge
  6. remove brown liquid
  7. Rub some cure mix onto the pork belly
  8. Repeat for 4 days
  9. Clean and wrap in clean towel / muslin
  10. Keep refrigerated for up to a month
Looking forward to a mean bacon / egg and mushroom sarnie :-D,

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