Bacon Freak is an online store you can go to for all your bacon loving needs. And they have the Bacon Brownie for you to order online! Think of it as a long distance pizza. No need to wish. Just “click, click” and you can have a bacon brownie right in your lustful hands.

If you’re the proactive type, you can always make your own. Here’s how! (Seriously, there are pictures.)

First you need bacon. Use as many strips as you would like. This recipe has 4 strips. You may as well cook all the bacon because even if you don’t use all the strips in your brownies, you’ll still want to snack on them while making this delicatessen.

Next, you need to get the brownie mix. Use your favorite. Be fancy and get the Turtle Brownie mix. This mix comes with a bag of caramel to pour on top of your mix. Delish!

Next up, eggs and vegetable oil.

Okay, time to get down to it.

1) Pre-heat your oven to 350°F.

2) Grease a 13”x9” baking pan. (8” and 9” square pans will also work just fine.)

3) Heat up a frying pan. Pre-cook some bacon for about 3 minutes per side. Not too much – you don’t want to totally fry it, you just want to get it a little past raw. Raw is bad for taste as well as for your intestinal tract. The bacon should just be starting to brown and might be a little crispy.

4) When the bacon is ready, set it aside on a plate lined with paper towels to help drain some of the grease.

5) Following the directions on the box, combine the brownie mix, vegetable oil, water and eggs.

6) When the batter is ready, pour slightly less than half of it into the pan.

7) Now add the bacon. You can go as big or as small as you would like. That’s the great thing about bacon – there’s no wrong amount unless you don’t have enough!

Now add the rest of the brownie batter on top of the bacon. Be sure to cover it all up.

9) A little tasty caramel to finish it off.

10) It’s ready for the oven, so take another look at the box and bake it for however long it says. Betty Crocker suggested 27 minutes, but these were done in just 22.

11) Let the brownies cool for a few minutes, then dig in! Yep, it’s good isn’t it?

Bacon Brownies are a definite must in the bacon and dessert world. You can’t call yourself a bacon lover until you’ve tasted these.

Life is good. Bacon is better.

]]> http://bacontoday.com/bacon-brownies/feed/ 67 http://bacontoday.com/bouquet-of-bacon-roses/ http://bacontoday.com/bouquet-of-bacon-roses/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:00:20 +0000 Brianne Rivlin http://bacontoday.com/?p=3333

On your next anniversary or any other special occasion, don’t get your sweetheart the traditional bouquet of red roses. Get them some bacon roses.

Things you will need. (Because there’s more to this than just bacon… Duh.)
- BACON – regular pack and thick cut if you want different sizes of roses. Otherwise, just use the same kinds of bacon- 2 packs
- Rose Stems (Find a bouquet of fake roses at Walmart, Joann’s, or any other craft store.)
- Mini Muffin Pan
- Broiler Pan
- Drill with bit (1/8″ bit, but any similar size will work)
- Glass Vase (If you want it to look nice.)
- Gravel or marbles (Or any other item of similar weight and size to put inside the vase… Again, this is only if you want it to look like a classy bouquet of bacon roses. Presentation is everything, buddy.)

Drill holes in the bottom of the muffin pan. This will allow the grease to drain when cooking the bacon.
Place the muffin pan on top of the broiler pan.

Preheat the oven to 375 Degrees Fahrenheit

Open the bacon and begin tightly rolling the roses, one piece at a time. Start with the widest end of the bacon, with the fat edge down. The different cuts of bacon will create different sizes of roses. Some will look more “bloomed” than others.

Place all of the bacon in the muffin pans pushing down slightly to “seat” them. The bottoms will flair out a bit.

Place in the oven and cook for 30-40 minutes. Check in on them occasionally. Sometimes you will have to lift the rose so the grease will drain out the pan.
While waiting for the buds to cook, you can start working on the stems.
Pull all of the roses off from the stems.
Pull the green backing off from the rose and then separate it into individual parts.
Discard the petals and center red piece. Reassemble the remaining green parts as shown.
Put the green piece back on the stem, but force it down so that roughly 1″ of the stem protrudes.
You can tape the stems together at this point, but this is optional.
Put the stems in your vase and fill with gravel or marbles to hold them in place.
When the bacon buds are done, remove from the oven and place on paper towel to cool.

You’ll now have a variety of rose buds to choose from. Pick your favorites and slide them onto the protruding stems. Arrange the roses to your liking and then present the aromatic bouquet to your favorite bacon fanatic!

Enjoy.

Step-by-step photos and instructions from:Instructables

For those of you who haven’t heard of this delicious gluttonous meal; you’ve obviously been hiding behind an extremely slow bandwidth. No, this burger is not made out of turtle meat. We did say that it’s a gluttonous meal, not an exotic one. The Bacon Turtle Burger is an amazing burger that combines hotdogs, beef, and bacon all in one. A combination of multiple meats for the over zealous carnivore. And this particular version even brings melted cheese into the mix. Have you heard of the Juicy Lucy? Yep, it’s just like that. But different. And by different, we mean wrapped-in-bacon and steal-your-heart different. Don’t know what we’re talking about? Look at the pictures, follow the recipe below, and be your own Gluttonous Meal Master. C’mon, it’s covered in bacon. ‘Nuff said.

Ingredients:
4 oz. lean beef
1 pack of Hot Dogs
1 package of Bacon (at least ten strips)
Cheddar cheese (or any cheese of your choice)
1 egg white
Spices (salt, pepper, garlic salt, Worchestire sauce)

Directions:
1. Start by weaving the bacon just like a basket. Cut some of the fat off the outside of the bacon if you need to in order to make it straight. Make it into a square. (5X5 strips of bacon usually work.)
2. Mix the ground meat, spices and egg white together in a bowl. (The egg whites are used to help hold things together.)
3. Make a thin, flat meat patty with part of the meat.
4. Place the meat on the center of the bacon weave.
5. Place some cheese slices on the center of the patty. Make sure there is a “crust” of burger meat around the cheese.
6. Place another thinly formed meat patty on top of the cheese and form it into one meat patty. (Form the edges of the meat together- causing the meat patty to be “filled” with the cheese.)
7. Fold the bacon weave over it.
8. Take out three hotdogs. Make 2 cuts on both ends of two of the hot dogs (acting as the “feet”.) Cut the two hot dogs directly in half. Now you have the feet.
9. With the other hot dog, cut it in half, and on one end, cut the hot dog into a point to act as the tail. The other end will be the head.
10. Make holes in the bacon weave, (one each for the head, tail, and four legs), poke hot dogs into the body- embedding them into the meat by about 1/2 and inch to 1 inch.
11. Use extra bacon to cover the gap and bring stray ends of bacon into the weave.
12. Use a spatula to get it onto the pan.
13. Put toothpicks (that have been soaking in water) into the body to secure the hot dogs and keep the bacon ends secure.
14. Cook the Bacon Turtle at 400 to 450 degrees (depending upon oven)
*Cooking time will vary so check the turtle to see how well done you want your burger to be. For less cooked, make sure it’s still juicy. If juices aren’t flowing, your turtle will be well done.

And what’s beautiful about this Turtle, (aside from the sexy bacon), is that you can make a regular burger as opposed to the cheeseburger. Skip the egg whites and just make a meat patty for the center of the Bacon Turtle Burger. After it’s cooked, throw cheese on top, or an egg, or peanut butter… We don’t care what you put on it, just do it. You only live once and this baby just might bring you closer to that final date, but who cares? Go ahead and walk on the wild side.

How and when bacon was created, we’re not exactly sure. We think that many years ago, upon searching for the Holy Grail, man found bacon instead. And with it, the knowledge to make more bacon. We know. It’s quite a miraculous thing; the human race hasn’t been the same since.

And now, in the 21st century, bacon is sweeping the nation with its salty, bacony goodness. It’s one of the biggest, baddest meats around. Coiling itself around other foods, creating a whole new edible beast; transforming dishes into something that is almost otherworldly in flavor, and laying the smack down on vegetables. Who knew asparagus could be so bold and… sexy? But have we really exhausted all of bacon’s resources? I really didn’t think so. Therefore, I wanted to take bacon to a greater, more adult level. I wanted to pair it with something boisterous and jovial. With the help of a few good friends, I went on a quest to combine two treats many of us Americans adore: Bacon and booze.

Booze is the quintessential ingredient of good old fashioned tom foolery and comical shenanigans. However, she can be quite the temperamental vixen and must be treated with the utmost care. Otherwise she’ll turn on you just when you think all is fun and copacetic. In order to avoid this drama, (and not to mention headache), you must pair her up with other ingredients in just the right way. However, I decided to throw caution to the wind and dance with the devilishly good pork candy. You throw in bacon, and things just get a little crazier. Like when someone decides to use a piece of frozen bacon as a ninja sword… Yes, this happened. No, we don’t have video… unfortunately.

So within my bacon dreaming and boozy scheming, I wanted to take on two bacon drinks: The Bloody Mary Sue-eee and the Hawaiian Luau. Since I didn’t have six weeks to create my own bacon infused vodka, I went on a liquor store hunt for it ready-made. Instead of looking online, I went the old fashioned way of driving from location to location searching for this alcoholic enigma. (I did say this was a quest, right?) After what seemed like a dozen locations, and many puzzled expressions, I finally had it within my possession. Ready to take on the beast, I needed a small group of fellow soldiers to help me in this battle.

After I had gathered a few eager guinea pigs, err… I mean, soldiers, we were ready for our bacon drink challenge. However, much to my chagrin, a few of my fellow comrades got cold feet and decided to play the game of, “Oops, we broke the bottle of bacon vodka”. Not cool, guys. Not cool. Way to back up your Captain, soldiers. Luckily, after they saw my Lieutenant’s wide-eyed incredulous expression, as well as my mounting anger, they laughed and admitted that the bottle was hiding in the freezer. Good thing too. We definitely didn’t need mutiny among us, let alone the fact that we were quite thirsty. Finally the bacon drink challenge was going down and we were eager to face the beast.

First up was the Hawaiian Luau:
1½ oz Bacon flavored vodka
3 oz Pineapple Juice
Splash (½ oz) Butterscotch Schnapps

Chill and serve in a hi-ball glass. Garnish with a pineapple wedge or other fruit. It can also be served as a martini or shot. I decided to go with the martini glass. We all agreed that this drink tasted just like you were at a Luau, eating succulent pork and juicy pineapple. We imagined ourselves surrounded by grass skirt and coconut top clad women dancing as the BBQ pit fire raged on. We could hear the drumbeat in the distance. It was an amazing combination; a genius creation of flavorful science. We rated this drink an eight out of ten points.

Second on the list was the Bloody Mary Sue-eee:
1 oz. Bacon flavored vodka
4 oz. Tomato Juice
1 oz. Bacon Hot Sauce (or more if you like it hot)
A couple dashes of Bacon Salt Peppered
A couple dashes of lemon juice
Garnish with a couple of strips (or more) of Coastal Caliente Jalapeno Bacon (cooked).

Grab a cocktail shaker and add ice. Combine ingredients into the shaker. Shake and pour into a glass. Add the bacon in place of a celery stick. You can add olives if you wish. We didn’t, we just wanted to get down to it! This baby was the ultimate crowd-pleaser. It was definitely the best Bloody Mary we ever had. We all mastered this one and gave it a ten out of ten. I’m not even sure I want a regular Bloody Mary anymore. Once you go with bacon, that’s all you’ll be makin’.

The Bloody Mary Sue-eee concluded our bacon drink challenge and we came out victorious. The beast had been conquered and we felt confident that we could do it again. However, the challenge wasn’t over yet… Our friend, Rev, from Burger Conquest, also decided to mix booze with bacon and created an edible beast of his own. Instead of Russia’s favorite toasting drink, he decided to use bourbon. With this magical meat and drink medley he created the Bourbon Soaked Bacon Beast- mini burger style. Talk about a seriously enticing challenger! His soldiers devoured this beast and were anxious for more. We recommend taking it on yourself.

Bourbon Soaked Bacon Beast Ingredients
3 TBSP Maker’s Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon Handmade Whisky
1 pound ground Sirloin at least 20% fat
1 TBSP Brown Sugar
1/2 tsp Liquid Smoke
1/2 tsp Onion Powder
1 TBSP Crushed Garlic
2 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
Salt to taste
1 package of smoked Gouda Cheese
1 package of Bacon
Martin’s Mini-Burger or Hot Dog Potato Rolls
Rev’s full recipe of beastly flavor!

Honestly, we feel that the bacon and booze challenge may never be over. We encourage others to embark on this journey and to conquer their own beasts. Do you consider yourself a champion of bacon? Gather your own soldiers and create one epic battle. Bacon deserves nothing less. Bacon and Booze: Recipe for Champions. Seriously.

After a night on the town, my friends and I being the traditional Los Angelenos that we are, had just gotten back from the local Taqueria. We sat on plastic folding chairs in the back yard and discussed all the great tasting food in the world. And even though it was an April night, we still tried to get the fire pit going. As I raised the taco to my lips, my friend proclaimed, “Do you know that there’s a bacon food truck around here?”

And that’s all it took. Since hearing those words, I became obsessed with learning more about this bacon truck and finding out where it was going to be next. I scoured the internet and finally found the name of the truck and their site. Oh, behold the glorious world of bacon! The pictures! Oh, the pictures! With a menu consisting of a brioche French toast sandwich filled with crumbled bacon and bacon bourbon maple syrup… I was drooling all over my keyboard. And they’re asking me if I could “Like” them on Facebook? Of course I will “Like” you on Facebook! I will like you in real life too. As a matter of fact, I want to love you! Just tell me where you’ll be next!

It wasn’t until a very long, dragging week later that I finally got to experience the Lardon Bacon Food Truck. I found out they were going to be at my local pub and I decided that it was time for a night out. A night out with bacon of course!



After waiting in a long line of bacon hungry people, I decided upon what they called the “The Baco”. A ball of potatoes and cheddar, wrapped in a bacon shell, served with a horseradish bacon sour cream. After the first bite, my taste buds had transcended to another level of bacon awareness. I had reached the gates of Heaven and they were made of bacon strips.

On their menu, they also had the most amazing chicken wings I had ever heard of. Chicken wings cooked in bacon hot sauce, topped with hot sauce covered bacon, and served with bacon bleu cheese dipping sauce. Now, for those of you that like chicken wings, I would highly recommend this. For those of you that don’t live anywhere in the Los Angeles area, and want your own chicken wings cooked in bacon hot sauce, douse your chickies with this bad boy.



A little background on this glorious truck: It was started by Heather and Jeremiah Crowley. One sunny day in Silver Lake, they were sitting on their porch drinking margaritas when they realized that they needed to open a bacon restaurant. And after Heather had finished her Master’s at UCLA; she had worked on many food trucks and learned the business of food trucking. Not long afterward, the two bacon connoisseurs took their idea of a bacon restaurant and transformed it into a bacon food truck. That’s when their truck hit the road, telling people to “Get their Lardon”, and the Crowley family of five hasn’t looked back since.

Follow them on twitter or “Like” their Facebook page. Or even check out their website for the full menu!

On the extreme dieting end, you hear about all the new celebrity fad-diets that would have the traditional 1950s, meatloaf-loving, American completely aghast. One diet in particular consists purely of water, lemon juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper; daily. Oh, correction. That would be the “Master Cleanse” where you are supposedly “ridding your body of toxins”. But last time we checked, a diet where most of your time is spent sitting on a toilet, doesn’t exactly sound like an enjoyable one. Or a very social one at that. And doesn’t someone who poops on the regular, not have to worry about said “toxins”? The intestines act as a filter for your system. They retain the good nutrients your body needs to sustain itself and pushes out the excess. Whatever toxins you’ve ingested would be dumped out into Mr. John naturally. If you’re worried about toxins you should probably stop drinking that bottle of toilet bowl cleaner.

There’s also the cabbage soup diet. While it is quite boring in flavor, it also alienates you from people since you will constantly be fertilizing the air with your flatulence. No, there wasn’t an error with Facebook. You purposely were not invited to that party.

There are so many crazy fad diets that an extreme dieting site has been erected onto the World Wide Web. Guess it’s not that surprising since people think swallowing only air could be called a diet. But aside from these absurd fad-diet eaters, you have the extreme eaters. Extreme in the way they pile the food onto their plates. Eaters, the fast food Moguls have a field day marketing new foods to.

Take the Double Down sandwich from KFC as an example. Fat strips of bacon and gooey slices of cheese, sandwiched between two fried chicken patties. While we are huge fans of bacon, and this sounds really delicious; the aggregated amount of glutinous, caloric intake has us feeling a little… unpleasantly greasy. We also feel that this sandwich would only be delicious until your fifth bite. We’re a little afraid of what would happen to our bodies afterward.

At In-N-Out, you can order a 4×4 if you want. That’s four meat patties and four slices of cheese. Mix it up and get a 2×4. That’s two meat patties and four slices of cheese. Heck, pick any number you want. Apparently, the lovely and ever-pleasant cooks at In-N-Out will even make you a 20×20. Why or how anyone would consume this cheeseburger is beyond us. Especially when it’s larger than your own head.




Now this leads us back to the world of glorious bacon. Because we know you’re probably pretty hungry now. And we know you’ve been asking, “What do these diets have to do with sexy, sexy bacon?” And to answer that question we would like
show people how bacon can be healthy and a good-for-you kind of diet. We know a lot of people like to vehemently denounce bacon’s nutritional value. And even though we’d like to slap them silly with a fat strip of bacon, we’re here to maturely negate their silly arguments. It’s one simple truth: Bacon is, indeed, good for you.

Here are the bare minimum facts:

Studies have shown that pregnant women who eat bacon, boost the intelligence of their child. This is because bacon is a good source of choline, which aids in the development of the child’s memory. It also protects against heart problems and premature birth.(1)

People also like to proclaim that because bacon contains nitrates and nitrites, (compounds used to preserve meat), it will cause cancer. Correction: The nitrite byproducts that actually cause cancer, known as nitrosamines, are found only in overcooked bacon. Plus, bacon that is cooked in the microwave has less nitrosamine than fried bacon.(2) And honestly, it seems that people claim everything causes cancer these days. You could be sitting on a park bench on a sunny day and someone will point out to you, “Hey, you know that sweetener you’re putting into your tea causes cancer.” And in turn you reply, “Umm, you know that sun in the sky, directly over your head causes cancer?” It’s quite a cancer-fearing world we live in these days. All in moderation, folks. All in moderation.

And if you’re still concerned about the nitrites, Bacon Freak has a Nitrite free hickory bacon. Be sure to cook it in the microwave in case you’re still concerned.

And if you’re worried about the fat content, 45% of the fat in bacon is monosaturated. The good-for-you, oleic acid, fat that can help lower bad cholesterol levels; the same fat found in olive oil.(3) There are also many studies that have revealed that eating a protein-rich diet in the morning, lowering your carbohydrate intake, and eating smaller meals throughout the day; will in fact leave you feeling full longer, help you lose weight, and boost your energy. Add in an adequate amount of exercise and you’re more likely to loose weight and keep it off.(4) More effective than consuming cabbage soup. And aside from it being tastier, you won’t be crop-dusting your coworkers all day.

It basically fries down to this: (See what I did there?) Eating a healthy amount of bacon with a side of exercise is good for you. Wow! Who knew? So put away that whole pound of bacon sitting on your plate; use the maple syrup on your pancakes instead of mixing it into a colon cocktail, and embrace the art of bacon moderation. No need to get too excited, we know it’s delicious. But think of yourself as the kid in the candy store that ate half the store and made them self sick. Too much of any good thing can be treacherous. Treat your body like a temple and a playground. You’ll realize the world is a much better place with bacon in it. No need to thank us. Thank bacon.

(1)http:www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1240932/Bacon-eggs-help-pregnant-women-boost-babys-intelligence.html?ITO=1490
(2)http://www.extrension.umn.edu/distribution/nutrition/DJ0974.html
(3)http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/slideshows/2009/06/the_terrific_ten_slideshow slide=1
(4)http://www.annals.org/content/140/10/778.abstract?etoc

]]> http://bacontoday.com/bacon-is-good-for-you/feed/ 2 http://bacontoday.com/rosemary-meatballs-in-bacon-grease/ http://bacontoday.com/rosemary-meatballs-in-bacon-grease/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:55:38 +0000 Brianne Rivlin http://bacontoday.com/?p=11564

We know you love bacon, therefore you’ve gotta love meatballs cooked with bacon.
Mmm…
And thanks to our good friend, Rev, he’s created a meatball recipe worthy of putting anyone into pork lust. We suggest you try making his recipe for these meaty balls of goodness. They’re cooked in bacon grease and taste like they were born from the Pork God. Don’t believe in the Pork God? Well, start praying because you’re about to meet him after you take a bite out of one of these babies.



Ingredients:
10 ounces ground Beef (Chuck works best)
6 ounces Sweet Italian Pork Sausage, skin removed
4 ounces Hot Italian Pork Sausage, skin removed
1 1/2 cups Panko (Japanese- style breadcrumbs)
1 large Egg, lightly beaten
2 Garlic Cloves, minced
1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh Rosemary or 1/2 teaspoon dried
1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
Coarse Salt and Ground Pepper
1 tablespoon Olive Oil
3-4 Strips Bacon



Directions:
1. In a large bowl, combine Beef, Italian Sausage, Panko Bread Crumbs, Egg, Garlic, Rosemary, Lemon Juice, 1/2 teaspoon Coarse Salt, and 1/4 teaspoon Pepper. Mix just until combined.
2. Fry the Bacon in a pan and do NOT throw away the grease. I suggest the gourmet Boss Hog Hickory smoked bacon from Bacon Freak.
3. Line a glass pan with the Bacon Grease and 1 Teaspoon of Olive Oil.
4. Form 1 inch Meatballs and place into pan.
5. Bake for approximately 25 minutes at 350 degrees in the oven.
6. Serve with your favorite Red Sauce. If you really want to make a hit with these, make your sauce fresh and don’t use from the jar.
7. Enjoy!

These meatballs are perfect for dinner, entertaining, or if you’re just hankering for some tasty meaty balls. Get your mind out of the gutter. We’re talking about bacon, here.

*Makes about 2 dozen Meatballs

]]> http://bacontoday.com/rosemary-meatballs-in-bacon-grease/feed/ 0 http://bacontoday.com/bacon-spokesman-cbss-big-brother-adam-poch/ http://bacontoday.com/bacon-spokesman-cbss-big-brother-adam-poch/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:11:08 +0000 Brianne Rivlin http://bacontoday.com/?p=11514

Meet Adam Poch: A fellow bacon lover and recent contestant on CBS’s show, “Big Brother”. While he didn’t win the show, he did however, win the hearts of other bacon fanatics. The world learned of his love for the original “90210″, Tori Spelling, and of course; bacon. And as we’ve heard through our salty grapevine, he’s rapidly becoming quite the spokesman for bacon. Well, we wanted to test his devotion to bacon because many other contenders have tried to rise up to such a prestigious entitlement. Read on to see if he has the gumption.

Bacon Today: So, being a bacon enthusiast, when did your love for bacon begin?
Adam Poch: As far back as I can remember! My father used to always cook bacon on the weekends. My bedroom was right near the kitchen, so I would wake up to the delicious smell of bacon. So of course I would always wake up happy when there was bacon cooking!
BT: Waking up to the smell of bacon would make any kid happy.
AP: Bacon just makes everything better.

BT: True. What would you say your favorite bacon recipe is?
Adam Poch:I do not have one favorite recipe myself, but by far the best use of bacon I have ever eaten, was Dynamo Donuts in San Fran[cisco]. They have a bacon-apple maple donut that is out of this world. Look at this thing!

BT: That sounds delicious! And… different. Bacon, apple, and maple. Wow. What a mix of flavors. What would you say is the craziest bacon recipe that you’ve ever heard of?
AP: If I could mention another website? Epic Meal Time’s Bacon Explosion. I have yet to try it, but one of these days I WILL!!!

BT: Well, the BBQ Addicts are the ones who came up with the Bacon Explosion, but we’ll let that one slide. The Epic Meal Time guys sure are an innovative and entertaining bunch. Moving on… Have you tried the Bacontini?
AP: To be honest – I love Appletini’s and I love bacon – but, I have never had a Bacontini.

BT: You should! Have you tried any other bacon and booze drinks though? There are a few others out there.
AP: I’m a huge bourbon fan, and have had Bacon flavored bourbon in a Manhattan. It was so good. I learned how to make it at a Bacon Bourbon event at Astor Wines.

BT: Mmm, sounds good. Bacon bourbon sure is a good treat. Speaking of treats, when you were on the show, “Big Brother”, you received a bunch of bacon products. Did you end up sharing them with the others?
AP: Of course I did – the only thing better than eating bacon is sharing bacon. The Gummy Bacon is not made from real bacon, but it is still delicious. I also got some hot pockets and potato skins with bacon – so I shared them with the other HGs [House Guests]. On the first morning, I made my mark on the house by cooking up two pounds of bacon, and left the plate on the counter. Everyone was laughing at me, but before you know it, it was all gone.

BT: Two pounds of bacon is quite a bit. And not eating any of it yourself is tough. But really, how many slices of bacon could you eat in one sitting?
AP: I never counted, but let’s just say there have been some breakfast buffets that asked me to leave since there wasn’t any bacon left for anyone else!

BT: Being asked to leave a buffet? Wow. That shows some serious love… or gluttony. We’re not really sure which though. Depends on who you’re asking, I suppose.
AP: Haha!

BT: Speaking of love, if you could be with Tori Spelling but you had to give up bacon completely, would you do it?
AP: I can always watch Tori on TV and eat bacon. She’s happily married, and I have a wonderful girlfriend. We both have bacon. Let’s leave things as it is!

BT: That works. With that being said, we know it’s an odd question but we just think they’re super cool. Tell me, would you ever wear a bacon suit?
AP: Yes, but only if it was made of real bacon!

BT: Really? That’s impressive. Where would you wear it to? A bar? The movies?
AP: I would wear it everywhere!

BT: Everywhere?
AP: Except the zoo. The animals may attack me!

BT: Ha, well that is most likely true. Although, you may get the same reaction from pork-loving men… and women. But lastly, if you had to describe bacon in only three words, what would they be?
AP: Crispy Salty AWESOMENESS!

Well, there you have it! Adam Poch is a man who gets kicked out of buffets for devouring all the bacon and wouldn’t give up bacon for any woman. He is also a man who is completely willing to wear a bacon suit out on the town. Definitely sounds like a good candidate for a Bacon Spokesman, to us. Anyone who is willing to wear crispy, greasy slabs of bacon on themselves while sipping a Bacontini at a bar gets our vote. Adam Poch, you can be our bacon hero any day. Just for that, we give you a T-shirt and thank you for wearing it out with pride. And if you would like to hear more of what Adam has to say, follow him on twitter @HeavyMetalTeddy or through his blog.
Bacon lovers unite!

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It was a glorious day for “The Price is Right” contestant, Michael Hudson; for he won a car instead of an exercise bike. And anyone wearing Bacon Freak’s signature tee would much rather have a new car instead of an exercise bike. Not that exercising is bad, but c’mon. A car is a much better mode of transportation to pick up more bacon from the store. Also, anyone sporting bacon is bound to get good things coming to them. Do we think the shirt helped him win? Of course we do! Did it help that Drew Carey really loved his shirt as well? Of course! Because we all know that bacon makes everything better. Bacon is good luck. If you want your own piece of luck, get your own Bacon is Meat Candy™ tee. And watch the show! Doesn’t Michael look awesome in this tee? We think so.

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(Blog Courtesy of BaconLoversBacon.com)

Okay, so we’re in a recession and, by many accounts, headed off a cliff.

Not that we want to get into some profound, economic-egghead lecture… (heck, like we could really do that anyway)… But, let’s face it. This is a serious issue no one can ignore.

In a snapshot, here’s a big piece of the problem:

Since 1971, the U.S. dollar has been the “world’s reserve currency,” backed by our government’s good name (wink, wink) rather than something solid like gold. As a result, we can print money whenever we feel like it, because it isn’t really “worth” anything.

Now that it looks like this idea isn’t working out too well, the aforementioned eggheads are pitching for a return to the “gold standard.”

Sounds great. But when we got the eggheads together with the baconheads, and the high-level, book-smart intelligence was tempered by some common sense, a better idea emerged.

Why not back the U.S. dollar with bacon?

That’s a rhetorical question, of course… If there was an answer, it would be “Duh.”

But nonetheless…

Here are 10 reasons why the U.S. monetary system should go to a Bacon Standard:

1. You can’t eat gold.

2. Bacon is a renewable resource. So, we can continue printing money whenever we feel like it, as long as we simultaneously kick hog breeding into overdrive.

3. Bacon is not $2,000 an ounce (though, we could all make a case for that).

4. Having “fat in the budget” would actually be a good thing.

5. A “bacon standard” would be much easier for mortal humans to wrap their heads around. Why limit our understanding of money to economists?

6. Government monetary decisions regarding currency based on bacon would not be gridlocked by differences in political ideology. You ask anyone from Main Street to occupied Wall Street and the answer will be consistent: “More bacon? Yes, please.”

7. “Pork spending” in Washington would no longer have a negative connotation.

8. Bacon comes way before gold on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Think about it. You’re stranded somewhere far from home, where civilization itself is nowhere to be found. What has more value, a chunk of gold, or food?

9. Donuts, burgers, cocktails, you name it. You don’t see any fun, exotic recipes go viral because someone is spicing these foods up with precious metals.

10. The phrase “Worth its weight in bacon,” makes just as much sense.

Now, if we could just get a seat at the table next to the Federal Reserve Chairman.

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