Posted on 08/08/2015 2:16:00 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator
From Denny: OK, I've been hearing about the popularity of "bacon blogs" and wondered "is there anything you can't pair well with bacon?" Answer: not much as "the pig" is quite versatile. I see why the pig has so many devotees.
Check out the savory bacon recipes:
Bacon Explosion (BBQ), Bacon Pie, Bacon Balls (mini-cheese balls), Bacon Bread, Clams Casino
Bacon Explosion
This is a calorie monster, weighing in at 5000 calories! Read that as "bring your friends" to this BBQ because it reigns as King of BBQ.
Ingredients:
2 pounds thick-cut sliced bacon 1 1/2 pounds Italian sausage, casings removed 3 tablespoons barbecue rub 3/4 cup barbecue sauce
Directions:
Using 10 slices of bacon, weave a square lattice like that on top of a pie: first, place 5 bacon slices side by side on a large sheet of aluminum foil, parallel to one another, sides touching. Place another strip of bacon on one end, perpendicular to the other strips.
Fold first, third and fifth bacon strips back over this new strip, then place another strip next to it, parallel to it. Unfold first, third and fifth strips; fold back second and fourth strips. Repeat with remaining bacon until all 10 strips are tightly woven.
Preheat oven to 225 degrees or light a fire in an outdoor smoker.
Place remaining bacon in a frying pan and cook until crisp. As it cooks, sprinkle bacon weave with 1 tablespoon barbecue rub. Evenly spread sausage on top of bacon lattice, pressing to outer edges. Crumble fried bacon into bite-size pieces.
Sprinkle on top of sausage. Drizzle with 1/2 cup barbecue sauce and sprinkle with another tablespoon barbecue rub.
Very carefully separate front edge of sausage layer from bacon weave and begin rolling sausage away from you. Bacon weave should stay where
(Excerpt) Read more at comfortfoodfromlouisiana.blogspot.com ...
Ping
Bacon bump!!!!
I think I’m having a coronary, and I don’t care!
None of this affects my love of bacon which has been an ongoing sort of thing for, I guess, all my life. Besides being just plain old good it has the additional benefit of potentially getting some goofballs all we-we'd up. So it has the redeeming quality of being politically incorrect to certain folks.
Possibly the dude in the white house. While we're touching that subject why is it a WHITE house? Why doesn't he just get it painted a different color? Oh yeah! He did for some screwball reason make it the colored house by shining some lights or whatever...
I think I'm rambling... No I am.
He is definitely disturbing. Do I run away from or towards him? Would kissing him result in cannibalism? So many questions I never wanted to have.
Serve the Thanksgiving pumpkin pie with a slice of bacon. Bite of pie - bite of bacon - bite of pie - bite of bacon. Yum!
Peanut butter and bacon sandwiches...on toast.
Placemarker
Add sliced bananas and a light spread of homemade raspberry preserves on the toast... oh, man, I now want one so badly.
Then again, I am one who often just opts for bacon sandwiches on dry toast.
Any of those recipes would be great as long as I could get a side of bacon with them.
Bacon and peanut butter sandwiches - um um good....
A lady made maple syrup popcorn with chopped crisp bacon mixed in at church last week. It was delicious.
MMMMMMMM-MMM
Clams Casino, I could eat a truckload of these.
Today is National Bacon Lover’s Day! 8/20/2015
No FReepin’ way! I was out of town and missed your reply.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
