Posted on 02/09/2013 9:09:55 PM PST by Carriage Hill
The smell of bacon was in the air Saturday as thousands converged on Iowa's capital city for an increasingly popular festival celebrating all things connected with the meat.
Some people wore Viking hats and others walked around with makeshift snouts for the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival. The annual event featured more than 10,000 pounds of bacon served in unusual ways, such as chocolate-dipped bacon and bacon-flavored cupcakes and gelato.
"I love bacon more than I love my job," said Katie Nordquist, who was dressed in a tuxedo T-shirt that looked like bacon Saturday for her first time at the festival.
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While I have not personally been to the Bacon Queen contest, I have seen some video footage on the news. Of course, they select the Queen several days prior to the event.
The Pageant is held at a local bar..I did note that when they announced the winner, she was up on stage with the rest of the contestants...and was holding a beer at the time...LOL!
Fakin’ Bacon? Ick, that’s just... Wrong.
On a lark ordered some fancy applewood smoked bacon from out of state mail order catalog. It was good, but didn’t find it better by any stretch than the stuff at the grocery store. So we got that goin’ for us, that’s nice.
Fried eggs are good with bacon, but a little heavy - what goes better imo is poached in water (runny yolks) over toast w/ lots of dairy butter. A side of hash browns (cheaper the better) white pepper with grated onion and velveeta. Grape jelly on toast, coffee, juice rounds out a good breakfast.
Sausage gravy over drop bisquits ifn real hungry, maybe pancakes and maple syrup. Not all at once, usually.
Happy dog!
Meat free bacon? I don’t want to know what it is.
Car accident. Police/EMTs have it handled.
Once you start eating that bacon, you won’t know where to stop.
Lets all sing the "Rub Some Bacon On It" song! 
The “Rub Some Bacon On It” Song
911 what's your emergency?
I nailed my finger to a birdhouse accidentally
Do your have some bacon (bacon?)
Bacon, That's right
I have bacon left over from dinner last night
Rub some bacon on it
what?
On your hand just do it
Rub some bacon on it
That's all there is to it?
What if I dropped my phone?
Rub some bacon on it
or encounter my clone?
Rub some bacon on it
I get mononucleosis
Rub some bacon on it
My nude pics get posted
Rub some bacon on it
Rub some bacon on it
Rub some bacon on it
Yeah
My home gets foreclosed
Rub some bacon on it
My cat explodes
Rub some bacon on it
I wake up in a trunk
Rub some bacon on it
My friend goes steampunk
Rub some bacon on it
I meet real pirates
Rub some bacon on it
There's an akward silence
I say something unintentionally racist
Rub some bacon on it
I'm a adult with braces
Rub some bacon on it
I can't swim
Rub some bacon on it
I'm visited by Mr. Timn
Rub some bacon on it
Rub some bacon on it
Rub some bacon on it
Bacon hotline, What’s your problem?
What if I feed the troll?
Rub some bacon on it
I’m attacked by a narwhal
Rub some bacon on it
The apocalypse started
Rub some bacon on it
I think I might have sharted
(bacon mug filled with melted cheddar cheese)
In a few minutes, I’ll be leaving FR and stepping into the shower. I’ll be using bacon scented soap. For real.
Bacon is the candy of meats!
“I’ve got 50-lbs in 3-lb packs of PA County Bacon and Sausage, in the garage freezers,”
I hope it’s registered. Do you have a permit to carry your bacon?
No permit for hi-cap bacon pkgs! Uh-oh!
For Christmas, I found mr. a some bacon-scented shaving cream. One of my presents from him was a bacon-scented car air freshener.
It is a happy marriage.
Excellent! Bacon keeps people happy.
Did you see this reply? Has to be a vegan.
The way these pigs are killed, raised — stuck in gestation crates — watching their piglets live in darkness in a factory, boiled flippin’ alive for the dehairing process — all so jerks like you all can shove pig flesh in your mouths, get high cholesterol, and most of you are fat. Inflating health care costs...it’s inexcusable what you consumers do to animals and how they are treated, all so you can buy the hype and shove down your throats fat greased bacon (pig skin and flesh).
I’m on my way to the store. Got bacon?
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