Comments on: Just call 'em slabs of joy.

Just call 'em slabs of joy.

youarenothere — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:26:08 -0800

Bacon caramel. Candied bacon and egg ice cream. Bacon lip balm. Bacon bra (NSFW). Bacon placemants. French-fry coated bacon on a stick. An overabundance of bacon cakes. Bacon cookies. Bacon and bourbon. And fifty other ways to use MeFi's favorite food--BACON.

By: youarenothere

youarenothere — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:26:48 -0800

Also, a few blogs about bacon, most of which have been mentioned on MeFi previously.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:38:10 -0800

Double... BACON CHEESEBURGER OM NOM NOM NOM

By: MaryDellamorte

MaryDellamorte — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:48:59 -0800

Has anyone invented a bacon dildo yet?

By: backseatpilot

backseatpilot — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:50:44 -0800

Funny, I just cooked up a pound of bacon in my cast iron pan. I plan on frying a pork chop in the bacon grease later. Mmm.

By: deadmessenger

deadmessenger — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:52:04 -0800

The bacon bra is a double, although it was deleted.

By: Alex404

Alex404 — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:54:24 -0800

Metafilter: bacon dildo

By: rtha

rtha — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:10:46 -0800

Well, the candied bacon guy does it wrong. You should coat both sides of your bacon with brown sugar. And it doesn't have to be light brown sugar - I've used dark brown with excellent results. I have contemplated using molasses brown sugar, which is even darker and has a slightly bitter finish from the molasses. Hmmm. Now I'm hungry.

By: Rinku

Rinku — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:16:58 -0800

I for one welcome our new pig-meat overlords.

By: Marie Mon Dieu

Marie Mon Dieu — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:17:24 -0800

The "about" blog link above mentions Hugo's restaurant here in Portland. He also owns Duckfat, where you can add bacon to anything for $2. I put a slice of crumbled bacon in oatmeal this morning after reading about bacon wrapped hot dogs in LA. That bacon ice cream looks yummy!

By: blacklite

blacklite — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:18:16 -0800

A philosophical approach to bacon.

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:26:17 -0800

Is this something I would have to eat meat to understand?

By: From Bklyn

From Bklyn — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:28:02 -0800

MetaFilter's favorite food. Oh. Really?

By: youarenothere

youarenothere — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:34:41 -0800

Yeah, I pretty much meant my favorite. My favorite food. Sorry about that.

By: Solon and Thanks

Solon and Thanks — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:36:54 -0800

Brings to mind this Onion article.

By: dog food sugar

dog food sugar — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:56:21 -0800

Vosges makes bacon and chocolate candy bars.

By: autodidact

autodidact — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:59:14 -0800

I love bacon but it's not for dessert. You've gone too far!

By: kjs3

kjs3 — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:16:54 -0800

Is this something I would have to eat meat to understand? Yes, in much the same way having an orgasm helps one understand why we're so keen on them.

By: dawson

dawson — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:22:08 -0800

but what about pork chops? bacon is good. but fried bacon is to 2" bone-in slo-grilled pork chops as hamburgers are to beer-fed Kobe filet mignon.

By: seawallrunner

seawallrunner — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:26:10 -0800

I'm beginning to feel bacon fatigue

By: cometwendy

cometwendy — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:30:57 -0800

Also, a few blogs about bacon, most of which have been mentioned on MeFi previously. Bacon awareness has an elliptical orbit.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:31:59 -0800

needs more bacon.

By: jacquilynne

jacquilynne — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:34:44 -0800

At dinner last night, we were snuck a sample of the bacon jam that Chef Luke is introducing with his spring menu next week. Bacon jam -- sounds disgusting, tastes amazing. There was also bacon ice cream, but it was too salty to really be good.

By: Ber

Ber — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:41:13 -0800

Some people prefer them as a cat ornament.

By: Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America

Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:57:52 -0800

Has anyone invented a bacon dildo yet? Just go to a butcher. They'll cut you some bacon in any shape you please.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:00:09 -0800

I love bacon but it's not for dessert. You've gone too far! You haven't had rtha's candied bacon. I've had some, at a little mefi meetup and gaming party she and gingerbeer had. I'm kind of embarrassed about my reaction. I think it was the first time I've ever had an orgasm in a room full of strangers. Fully clothed, no less. Some people prefer them as a cat ornament. Way ahead of you. I still want to see someone try to tape bacon to a dog.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:10:11 -0800

Has anyone invented a bacon dildo yet? Assuming that this bacon dildo is cooked, I'm really, really conflicted about this. I want be snarky. (Two great tastes that go great tog... OH MY GOD DON'T FINISH TYPING THAT) I want to be supportive and open, as I'll try anything at least once. ("I can't eat three pounds of bacon!" "Oh, it's not going in that end!" /roadtowellville) I want to say that I'd be totally down with going down and eating bacon at the same time. I want to. But what happens when I run out of bacon? That sounds dangerous.

By: Lentrohamsanin

Lentrohamsanin — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:23:23 -0800

Okay seriously, bacon is entering pirate/robot/ninja/monkey/zombie/ohgodinternetpleaseshutup territory.

By: Parasite Unseen

Parasite Unseen — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:30:31 -0800

For any MeFi users in the Los Angeles area, Scoops makes bacon ice cream fairly regularly. Their bacon and chocolate is mediocre (the chocolate overpowers the bacon), the bacon and caramel is much better, and their bacon, banana and peanut butter is about as close to heaven as our LOLXIAN-loving asses are ever likely to encounter.

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:46:02 -0800

Bacon Bits Give me shits.

By: scrumtralescent

scrumtralescent — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:50:14 -0800

We had bacon topped maple bars at work one day. Delicious. My coworker calls bacon "the duct tape of food."

By: allen.spaulding

allen.spaulding — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:50:30 -0800

[NOT MEATIST] I just don't get geeks and bacon. I get geeks. Just not geeks and bacon.

By: Fennel B.

Fennel B. — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:08:15 -0800

Apparently these guys were a bit premature with their assessment of bacon's cultural cachet.

By: Artnchicken

Artnchicken — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:16:29 -0800

We had bacon topped maple bars at work one day. Delicious. My coworker calls bacon "the duct tape of food." Are you in Portland, by chance? Mmm...Voodoo Doughnut... In North Portland, there's a food cart that has maple bacon ice cream. I tried some and it didn't agree with my tastebuds.

By: Artnchicken

Artnchicken — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:17:49 -0800

I meant this: Voodoo Doughnut

By: fourcheesemac

fourcheesemac — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:30:57 -0800

Bacon (YouTube)

By: fourcheesemac

fourcheesemac — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:34:15 -0800

Also, I once worked in a kitchen where the line guys (who were from the Caribbean) used to routinely pour cups of bacon grease into (specific menu) "vegetarian" dishes like beans and such, and when challenged on it would say "It's not meat, it's just bacon fat!" Mmmm

By: snofoam

snofoam — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:41:12 -0800

at the farmer's market, sometimes the pig people have butt bacon, which is really, really good. and the beef people have beef bacon, which for a long time we were hesitant to try (could it possibly be as good as pig bacon?) turns out, that's pretty darn good, too. also, bacon boomerang.

By: Solon and Thanks

Solon and Thanks — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:42:05 -0800

You worked with some extraordinarily dim-witted people, huh?

By: snofoam

snofoam — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:46:04 -0800

also, i asked for this for christmas and no one got it for me. i guess i'll just have to start making my own.

By: snofoam

snofoam — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:48:51 -0800

also, as much as i love bacon, if we all had just one meal a week where we didn't eat bacon, it would help our environment. i know it seems crazy, but i think we could do it.

By: fourcheesemac

fourcheesemac — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:39:43 -0800

You worked with some extraordinarily dim-witted people, huh? No, actually, just a bunch of (fairly smart) guys who didn't really get the concept on a cultural level, or if they did, didn't really give a shit -- actually I was hired to ameliorate the situation as a white guy who spoke French and could explain such things to them (though they mostly spoke Creole French that might as well have been Greek to me). Eventually we reached a compromise; we'd leave out the bacon fat but feel sorry for the poor vegetarians whose food had no flavor, all good.

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:39:56 -0800

God hates bacon. But I do not.

By: youarenothere

youarenothere — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:50:34 -0800

Okay seriously, bacon is entering pirate/robot/ninja/monkey/zombie/ohgodinternetpleaseshutup territory. I get that, and almost didn't make the post because of a similar feeling. But I really want to try some of these recipes and I thought that because it's mostly recipes that it was a bit less navel-gazy than just BACN ROX and I wanted to share. Maybe not. Meanwhile, rtha, if your candied bacon recipe is truly as orgasmic as loquacious says it is, would you mind passing it along? Email is profile, if you're feeling gracious!

By: snofoam

snofoam — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:25:33 -0800

re: fourcheesemac/cultural definitions of meat. this is totally true, and i think quite common. in places i've been in asia often fish flakes/fish sauce/animal based stock, etc don't negate the vegetarianness of a dish. the main exception is buddhist restaurants. maybe it's a language thing. like how older people in the US don't consider fish to be meat. or sometimes even chicken.

By: cosmonik

cosmonik — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:45:04 -0800

Has anyone invented a bacon dildo yet? Ah, this is the 'pork sword' kids nowdays are referring to? Okay seriously, bacon is entering pirate/robot/ninja/monkey/zombie/ohgodinternetpleaseshutup territory. "For god's sake please stop expressing your preference!" The ubiquity of bacon-worship is merely testament to its excellence. It has earned its divine status. Come worship at the Pork Temple. No, not that one. What have robots done lately? Huh? Surgery? I wouldn't even need surgery if it wasn't for bacon! *goes back to buttering bacon*

By: rtha

rtha — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:51:17 -0800

Candied bacon, aka bacon candy, aka millionaire's bacon, rtha's way: Preheat oven to...400F, I think. Maybe 375F. Get 1 pound (there's no point in doing less) thick-cut bacon. I buy the bulk bacon at Whole Foods. Take a baking sheet with a rim. Crumple up a piece of foil (not too tight) and then uncrumple it so it covers the bottom of the baking sheet. I have no idea which side faces up. Lay out your bacon strips, and have your (dark) brown sugar to hand. Start sprinkling. Press it in. Turn the strips over and repeat. Go heavier rather than lighter on the sugar. Put the baking sheet into the oven. Check in 10 minutes. You can turn the strips after the 1st 10 minute check, if everything looks good. Keep an eye on things. When it's done (total maybe 20 minutes? I'm usually half-schnocked when I make this, since it's a tradition at our big booze-up party each year, so I pay attention to how the bacon looks, not what the clock says), take it out of the oven. Let it sit for a minute, but not too long. Put the strips on a plate. Save some for yourself. Carefully scrape the bits of carmelizing bacon fat off the tinfoil. Put on a pancake (or tortilla or potato chip or cracker) and eat.

By: rtha

rtha — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:54:14 -0800

Oh yeah - I use crumpled tinfoil instead of setting the bacon on a rack because I do want it to sit a little bit and cook in its own fat. It's a step between setting on a bare baking sheet (which will then be a nightmare to clean) and letting all the lovely fat drip away.

By: effugas

effugas — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:03:31 -0800

So there's a computer security con coming up in Buenos Aires.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:16:04 -0800

He also owns Duckfat, where you can add bacon to anything for $2. There's something very sad and yet very wonderful about knowing that a few ducks had to die so you can eat your French fries. Sad because ducks are cute. Wonderful because the fries are great!

By: Bookhouse

Bookhouse — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:25:58 -0800

Okay seriously, bacon is entering pirate/robot/ninja/monkey/zombie/ohgodinternetpleaseshutup territory. Is there a word for this? Overmemed?

By: porpoise

porpoise — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:02:32 -0800

I made some choclate covered bacon. Surprisingly, the bacon turned out like a cookie wafer, giving the chocolate some body =)

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:06:18 -0800

Has anyone invented a bacon dildo yet? Did pigs stop having dicks or something?

By: porpoise

porpoise — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:06:40 -0800

dog food sugar - I've had some of that stuff before. Weak sauce. There's barely any bacon in it and what's there is just crumbled up pathetic little bits. Have we covered bacon cups before? Had them once, but instead of salad, we used mashed potatoes.

By: nosila

nosila — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:59:01 -0800

a timely xkcd comic, or a timely post? you be the judge. mmmm....

By: tellurian

tellurian — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:16:02 -0800

Bacon is so versatile.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:18:19 -0800

LIKE MANY OTHERS I LIKE BACON QUITE OFTEN FOR DINNER BURMA SHAVE

By: tellurian

tellurian — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:36:08 -0800

OTH, it's not so versatile that it will go with vodka.

By: liza

liza — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:05:29 -0800

Metafilter : Overmemed

By: cosmonik

cosmonik — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:30:29 -0800

Did pigs stop having dicks or something? XQUZYPHYR, don't make us bring out the diagrams of pig genitals again...that way lies all kinds of 'slinky' one-liners and man-boar-sex jokes. Also, not to speak for MaryDellamorte's internal anatomy, but...these aren't the dildos you're looking for.

By: telstar

telstar — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:05:49 -0800

[NOT BACONIST]

By: arcticwoman

arcticwoman — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:17:47 -0800

Bacon.

By: louche mustachio

louche mustachio — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:46:29 -0800

Bacon mustache. vvvvv

By: tr33hggr

tr33hggr — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:25:47 -0800

we'd leave out the bacon fat but feel sorry for the poor vegetarians whose food had no flavor, all good Because vegetarians are about as hilarious as fat people, or gay people, or the disabled.

By: NekulturnY

NekulturnY — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:45:49 -0800

Discussing bacon and nobody mentioned Elvis? Sandwich Peanut Butter Honey Banana Bacon = "The Elvis" (also for sale at the Peanut Butter Cy. in Sullivan St., NYC) I believe it must be deep fried for historical correctness.

By: electroboy

electroboy — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:43:23 -0800

I'm going to say it. Bacon is not as good as you people make it out to be. It can improve certain foods, but on it's own, I can take it or leave it.

By: jscalzi

jscalzi — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:53:42 -0800

Ber: Some people prefer them as a cat ornament. I knew it was inevitable I would be linked. But BaconCat has her own home on the Web now.

By: Cathedral

Cathedral — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:05:10 -0800

Believe it or not, BACON has made quite a stir in EVE: (some self-linkage follows, disclosure, I am the CEO of Gunfleet.) Controversial launch. Massively coverage. Podcast ranting. Hysterical calls for bannage. The product itself.

By: Bookhouse

Bookhouse — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:05:14 -0800

Because vegetarians are about as hilarious as fat people, or gay people, or the disabled. ???

By: quin

quin — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:05:17 -0800

I'm beginning to feel bacon fatigue I usually only feel that way after two or three hog's worth.

By: tr33hggr

tr33hggr — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:44:31 -0800

Bookhouse - I get bitchy sometimes when I'm pressed on other fronts, like work. Ignore me.

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:27:56 -0800

MeFi's favorite food--BACON. Judging from this thread, peanut butter is well ahead of bacon.

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:57:24 -0800

ohgodinternetpleaseshutupandpassthepancakes.

By: redsparkler

redsparkler — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:21:21 -0800

Hey! I don't see anyone mentioning my new favorite book title! Sex & Bacon: Why I Love Things That Are Very, Very Bad For Me.

By: christopherious

christopherious — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:27:55 -0800

Bacon salt.

By: christopherious

christopherious — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:28:51 -0800

(Forgot title case)