Friday Bacon Blogging: Farmageddon!
Big week for porcine fans of all stripes, this week. Epidemiologists usually don’t get primetime spots to talk about their interest in pork, but they just may save our bacon this time.
Political afficionados will love the jokes. For example, it was pointed out to me that people said that an African American would be elected President when pigs fly. A hundred days into the Obama administration… swine flu.
And now on to the real bacon blogging. If you wish that you could use your bacon in an industrial setting, Popular Science shows us how to use bacon as a cutting tool. But you must use the good stuff. Vegetarians beware, the bacon is more powerful than the cucumber.
And how cool would it be to be able to say to the world “I love meat (especially bacon)” without actually saying it and looking weird? So cool that you should consider ordering your business cards at this site.
It is also possible that we may end up locked in our houses for a long time. Costco may run out of bacon, so what are you to do? Have a martini made from this stuff. Perhaps with some olives stuffed with smoked gouda… Yum.
Personally, I’ll be diggin’ on swine all weekend at one of our semiannual Porxplosions. We bought about 50 pounds of pork last night and plan to smoke it all day on Saturday. There goes the diet.
Remember, the CDC says you can’t get Swine Flu from eating pork, so stop putting lipstick on that pig and fry yourself up some thick-cut Bacon.
Tags: Bacon!
“Porxplosion”
If you ever see me with a distant, wistful look in my eye, chances are I will be thinking about that word.
I feel a great disturbance in the Pork.. as if a million voices suddenly squealed in terror and were silenced.
Surely the Aporkalypse is upon us.
How much fun did you have writing this? Too clever for your own good! 😉
Bakon Vodka breaks my heart. Two great tastes that really have no business being in the same bottle together.
And to add insult to injury — Bakon Vodka Twitters and has a Facebook page!
Costco may run out of bacon
Don’t worry, Costco will probably be getting a shipment of cheap Egyption bacon next week.
Anybody remember chicken on sale at 89 cents a pound all the time during the SARS outbreak?
Apparently bacon vodka has been popular for years in Russia, who knew? Just had a friend in Seattle pick some up for me so I am looking forward to trying it. It really is the breakfast of champions!
so stop putting lipstick on that pig
Sexist!
Careful. ‘Cheap Egyptian bacon’ has pyramid scheme written all over it.
Take some back fat.
Score it down the middle.
Sprinkle some black pepper and a pinch of salt
Put under broiler until catches fire.
Extinguish fire.
Cut into cubes.
Enjoy!
I’m assuming you’ve heard of Egypt’s plan to kill an estimated 400,000 pigs there in order to combat swine flu?
Ignorance is devastating in all its forms.
I just had tapas for lunch, including bacon wrapped figs that were stuffed with blue cheese. Divine! I had to do it in honor of bacon Friday ya know.
The Egyptian thing is about using the swine flu as cover to further abuse their Coptic Christian population — who are mostly pig farmers.