Bacon

Please don't objectify the meat

nobody@vox.com(Alaina) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:07:15 -0700

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!

nobody@vox.com(Kymberlie R. McGuire) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:24:53 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(rebecca) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:58:20 -0800

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

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

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Serious Eats: Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Bacon of the Month Club

nobody@vox.com(Alaina) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:40:10 -0800

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

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

nobody@vox.com(Alaina) — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:49:44 -0700

Cat and Girl

http://www.catand...

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QotD: I'd Totally Pig Out

nobody@vox.com(Kymberlie R. McGuire) — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:06:09 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(Alaina) — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:50:24 -0800

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

nobody@vox.com(Crystal) — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:00:58 -0800

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!

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

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"

nobody@vox.com(Nic Bertrand) — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 12:27:35 -0800

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

nobody@vox.com(Nic Bertrand) — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:37:21 -0800

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!

Remove the ribs
Create a cure mix (750g of Salt for 250g of Sugar and 25g of ground black pepper)
rub some of the mix onto the pork belly
place in a plastic container
Leave it for 24h in the fridge
remove brown liquid
Rub some cure mix onto the pork belly
Repeat for 4 days
Clean and wrap in clean towel / muslin
Keep refrigerated for up to a month

Looking forward to a mean bacon / egg and mushroom sarnie :-D,

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