Bacon!

[Todd Stewart]

Aberzombie wrote:

Todd Stewart wrote:

Once or twice a year, my girlfriend butchers a pig and we cure our own bacon at home. :9

I choose the two of you for my apocalypse survival team. Between the three of us we'd have knowledge of how to make beer and bacon, more than enough information to rebuild civilization.

It's relatively rare that we buy commercial meat anymore (except for seafood for me on Wed and Fri), because we have 5 freezers and we get cows, pigs, goats, chickens, deer, ducks, etc and make it ourselves. You would be surprised at how cheap it is if you're willing to euth and disembowel things from time to time. This is what happens when you have two biologists with a serious foodie hobby. :)

[Todd Stewart]

Shadowborn wrote:

Ringtail wrote:

I like soy-composite, vegetarian bacon.

And I like bacon in its living form.

Do those count?

No, you're talking about fake-on and pigs. Not the same thing.

Infidel!

Is there irony in calling someone "Infidel!" for -not- eating bacon? :D

[Tirq]

CunningMongoose wrote:

13. Bacon IS a vegetable.

Of course it is a vegitable! Everyone knows that if its green, its a Vegitable! It's the only way to get your vegi-on and enjoy bacon!

[Xabulba]

Muppet Bacon.

[The Irony Police]

Todd Stewart wrote:

Is there irony in calling someone "Infidel!" for -not- eating bacon? :D

That is not ironic.

[Shadowborn]

Todd Stewart wrote:

Shadowborn wrote:

Ringtail wrote:

I like soy-composite, vegetarian bacon.

And I like bacon in its living form.

Do those count?

No, you're talking about fake-on and pigs. Not the same thing.

Infidel!

Is there irony in calling someone "Infidel!" for -not- eating bacon? :D

I suppose there would be if I were using the word coming from a particular faith. However, since I'm only adhering to orthodox Baconity at the moment, no irony...just a small amount of comedic effect.

[Shadowborn]

The Irony Police wrote:

Todd Stewart wrote:

Is there irony in calling someone "Infidel!" for -not- eating bacon? :D

That is not ironic.

Don'cha think?

[Geico Insurance Pig]

CunningMongoose wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

The Rules of Bacon

1. There must always be bacon in the fridge. Always.
[]...
12. Bacon gets you laid.

13. Bacon IS a vegetable.

Lies! Unless served as a BLT.

Is sausage alright. I mean its a type of bacon. They both come from pigs.

[Geico Insurance Pig]

I promote insurance too.

[BluePigeon]

I AM NOT SQUAB.

[Aberzombie]

Chewy, yummy, crispy, crunchy bacon!!! IT'S BACON!!!!!

[Xabulba]

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[Odraude]

I had bacon communion this morning. It was... glorious.

[Freehold DM]

I do enjoy bacon very much.

[CunningMongoose]

Geico Insurance Pig wrote:

CunningMongoose wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

The Rules of Bacon

1. There must always be bacon in the fridge. Always.
[]...
12. Bacon gets you laid.

13. Bacon IS a vegetable.

Lies! Unless served as a BLT.

Is sausage alright. I mean its a type of bacon. They both come from pigs.

No, bacon is a vegetable. I always have vegetable in my plate. I always eat enough vegetable. Bacon IS a vegetable. In fact, I often eat vegan meals made entirely out of bacon. That is how counscious I am you need to eat more vegetable and less meat.

[Odraude]

CunningMongoose wrote:

Geico Insurance Pig wrote:

CunningMongoose wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

The Rules of Bacon

1. There must always be bacon in the fridge. Always.
[]...
12. Bacon gets you laid.

13. Bacon IS a vegetable.

Lies! Unless served as a BLT.

Is sausage alright. I mean its a type of bacon. They both come from pigs.

No, bacon is a vegetable. I always have vegetable in my plate. I always eat enough vegetable. Bacon IS a vegetable. In fact, I often eat vegan meals made entirely out of bacon. That is how counscious I am you need to eat more vegetable and less meat.

I... but... wait... what... but bacon...vegetable... no veggie... green... me like bacon... I.. AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!

[Spanky the Leprechaun]

omnomnomnomnom!!! bacon!

[stormraven]

I also worshipped at the altar of bacon this morning... thick-sliced, apple-wood smoked Holiness.

[Irontruth]

Geico Insurance Pig wrote:

Is sausage alright. I mean its a type of bacon. They both come from pigs.

Sausage is not bacon. They're both made from... you... but they're different from each other.

Which is why the bacon explosion is so awesome.

It's bacon, wrapped in sausage, wrapped in bacon. It's super easy to make too, assuming you have a smoker you can control the heat on.

Also, you can now get bacon scented kitty litter.

And if anyone in the Minneapolis area wants to meet for a beer and bacon at the Triple Rock (it's all you can eat free bacon after 9pm every wed), let me know.

[Shadowborn]

Bacon on the go; isn't technology great?

[GeraintElberion]

Todd Stewart wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

Todd Stewart wrote:

Once or twice a year, my girlfriend butchers a pig and we cure our own bacon at home. :9

I choose the two of you for my apocalypse survival team. Between the three of us we'd have knowledge of how to make beer and bacon, more than enough information to rebuild civilization.

It's relatively rare that we buy commercial meat anymore (except for seafood for me on Wed and Fri), because we have 5 freezers and we get cows, pigs, goats, chickens, deer, ducks, etc and make it ourselves. You would be surprised at how cheap it is if you're willing to euth and disembowel things from time to time. This is what happens when you have two biologists with a serious foodie hobby. :)

Wowser, the only people I know who do that are professionals!

Do you make black pudding as well?

[Todd Stewart]

GeraintElberion wrote:

Wowser, the only people I know who do that are professionals!

Do you make black pudding as well?

Yep, we tend to save the blood and do just that.

[The 8th Dwarf]

GeraintElberion wrote:

Todd Stewart wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

Todd Stewart wrote:

Once or twice a year, my girlfriend butchers a pig and we cure our own bacon at home. :9

I choose the two of you for my apocalypse survival team. Between the three of us we'd have knowledge of how to make beer and bacon, more than enough information to rebuild civilization.

It's relatively rare that we buy commercial meat anymore (except for seafood for me on Wed and Fri), because we have 5 freezers and we get cows, pigs, goats, chickens, deer, ducks, etc and make it ourselves. You would be surprised at how cheap it is if you're willing to euth and disembowel things from time to time. This is what happens when you have two biologists with a serious foodie hobby. :)

Wowser, the only people I know who do that are professionals!

Do you make black pudding as well?

Hmmmm Black pudding..... with garlic mushrooms, bacon, poached egg and hash-browns topped off with some Worcestershire sauce.

That or Ecky Thump what ever comes first.

[GeraintElberion]

Todd Stewart wrote:

GeraintElberion wrote:

Wowser, the only people I know who do that are professionals!

Do you make black pudding as well?

Yep, we tend to save the blood and do just that.

Awesome.

[Aberzombie]

BACON!

[Odraude]

My roommate got drunk and burnt all of my bacon trying to make some. I am... sad.

[Xabulba]

Happy-ness is bacon.

[Freehold DM]

I am actually currently attempting to make bacon for breakfast.

[Shadowborn]

Freehold DM wrote:

I am actually currently attempting to make bacon for breakfast.

Actually, unless you're doing what Todd does, you're just cooking the bacon. The bacon's already been made. [/pedantry]

Not that that's a bad thing. Anyone who cooks bacon is okay in my book.

[stormraven]

Freehold DM wrote:

I am actually currently attempting to make bacon for breakfast.

[Bacon Yoda]Bacon do or do not... there is no 'attempting'[/Bacon Yoda]

[TanithT]

What Shadowborn said.

Once or twice a year, the living room is filled with giant tubs of ice brine and the better part of an entire hog in the wet cure stage of ham and bacon. The smell of the brown sugar, pepper and spice brine is lovely, and of course there is lots of quality control testing at every stage of the curing process. Daily bacon snacks till it's done, pretty much.

Rainbow Slaad, you don't actually need a smoker to make awesome bacon. I start in wet cure and move to dry cure, and it's done and delicious after about two and a half weeks of this treatment. I've done both hot and cold smoking, and I don't actually like what it does to the flavor. So after dry cure, that which survives the "testing" process goes in the freezer in blocks to be sliced on a deli slicer just before it's ready to cook.

I share out the bacon with a number of folks, as there is usually quite a lot of it, and no one has ever complained that it isn't smoked. Or even noticed, actually. IMO, it's a gratuitous step and not worth the cleaning up after.

[Freehold DM]

I have just made bacon for breakfast. It's sitting there on a plate. The wife and I aren't eating it just yet. We are literally sitting here, huffing the hickory bacon scent that has permeated the house. We are content with this.

[Odraude]

I am happy for you Brother Freehold. Sadly, my household smells like burnt bacon, broken dreams, and shame...

[cannon fodder]

There should be a BaconCon. You know, like paizocon, but with bacon.

[stormraven]

BaCon

[Aberzombie]

cannon fodder wrote:

There should be a BaconCon. You know, like paizocon, but with bacon.

Verily, thou dost hath much wisdom.

[Puffy the Breakfast Roll]

IHOP has BACON!

[Aberzombie]

Camp Bacon is, according to its Facebook page, "a weekend festival in Ann Arbor, Michigan, celebrating our favorite food, bacon curers, bacon writers, and bacon lovers."

[Azten]

Bacon writes = bacon fanfic? Now there's some stories I could sink my teeth into.

Turtles: Now with bacon shells!

[Aberzombie]

Oh, everybody knows it. In the fall, you'll be turned into smoked bacon and ham. Just as soon as cold weather sets in, they'll kill you.

-Ram, Charlotte's Web

[Xabulba]

!nocaB

[Odraude]

Azten wrote:

Bacon writes = bacon fanfic? Now there's some stories I could sink my teeth into.

Turtles: Now with bacon shells!

What would bacon slash fic be like?

O_o

[Geico Insurance Pig]

Aberzombie wrote:

Oh, everybody knows it. In the fall, you'll be turned into smoked bacon and ham. Just as soon as cold weather sets in, they'll kill you.

-Ram, Charlotte's Web

But! But! I sell insurance.

[Celestial Healer]

Heh. I wouldn't buy that policy, pig.

[Geico Insurance Pig]

It's life insurance, not auto.

[Aberzombie]

Cured pork was such a staple in the Roman Empire that hogs were specially bred in Lucania to meet huge demand.

[Aberzombie]

Top bacon recipes on allrecipes.com: Bacon Quiche Tarts, Easter Breakfast Casserole, Easy Bacon and Cheese Quiche, and Individual Baked Eggs.

[Ekkonor1]

WHO TOOK MY BACON! it was in the fridge to mins ago, and I always keep my bacon in the fridge, always!

[Kajehase]

No bacon in store!!!! What's wrong with you Netto? You can't be a supermarket and not carry bacon!!

[BluePigeon]

More bacon cheeseburger today. Mmmmmmm! Bacon......