Bacon!

[sandm000]

So, Pizza night here. I went to cook up some bacon for our whole grain pizza, when I noticed an odd odor in the air. Maple!
Our bacon was maple brown sugar! I couldn't in good conscience put that bacon on a pizza. So I cooked it up and turned it into chainmaille!


(To create chainmaille bacon, wrap the bacon around a cone of aluminum foil, press the cone into a muffin tin to catch the fat, then bake at 450 for 15 minutes, the bacon was still pliable at this point, where I wove it into the structure above, then placed it back into the over for another 5-10 minutes) (5 minutes and it didn't look done, 10 and it was smoking)

[Lloyd Danforth]

Ultimate Dog Tease

[dalebert]

[Becky Thatcher]

Bacon wrapping paper!

[dalebert]

Bacon infused Maker's Mark whiskey with maple syrup, bitter, teaspoon of water and a bacon stirring stick

[KBCraig]

Bacon taco shell, for the win.

[Silent_Bob]

Burger King tests bacon ice cream sundae

http://www.naturalnews.com/035618_bacon_sundae_Burger_King_hot_dog_pizza.html

In the race to be the most offensive junk food providers in the world, U.S. fast food giants are rolling out disgusting and health-destroying menu concoctions that come close to activating the gag reflex.

Burger King, for example, is now actively testing a bacon sundae, consisting of a (processed, pasteurized) ice cream sundae with two strips of bacon shoved in it. It has all the artistry of a deep fried donkey turd, or maybe even a frozen vomit popsicle. But some people apparently love the idea of getting diabetes (processed ice cream) and cancer (processed bacon) in the same dish!

If you think I'm making all this up, this is actually a true story. It was reported by NPR (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/04/12/150502365/the-bacon-sunda...) and there's even a photo of the sign promoting the bacon sundae at GrubGrade (http://www.grubgrade.com/2012/04/04/test-market-nashville-burger-king...). You can find a picture and a "food review" of the bacon sundae at: http://www.grubgrade.com/2012/04/12/review-bacon-sundae-from-burger-k...

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/035618_bacon_sundae_Burger_King_hot_dog_pizza.html#ixzz1sVoiXgOr

[Jim Johnson]

"Bacon haters will be condemned by Pig Almighty.  Their souls will be sold at junk price.  Their bodies will be possessed for the greater culinary benefit of all mankind."  Schnergenburger 71:12

[Tom Sawyer]

 
Johnson you know better than to say the name of he who should not be named... P is as much as I will risk!

[Jim Johnson]

"May the love of Pig be with you... and may It always guide you to bacon."  Schnergenburger 71:5

[dalebert]

http://www.smosh.com/PC/smosh-pit/photos/34-bacon-motivators

[Jim Johnson]

"If you believe in Pig Almighty... love and piece of bacon will be forever yours."  Schnergenburger 71:16

"Who cares if you believe in other gods?  Do they have bacon?  Pbbit... I don't think so."  Schnergenburger 1:3

[Tom Sawyer]

 

Preach it Reverend Jim

[dalebert]

[Raineyrocks]

Uh Oh!

Food & Drink
Start Hoarding Now: A Global Bacon Shortage Is Coming
By Tim Newcomb | @tdnewcomb | September 26, 2012 | 58inShare11

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A pile of fried, homemade bacon is ready for serving.
Parks & Recreation's Ron Swanson (played by Nick Offerman) has only cried twice. But a problem is looming that could again inspire tears in the small-town parks department director: a bacon shortage.

The European Union reports that pig herds around the world are "declining at a significant rate." And this could lead to a serious pork (and most crucially, bacon!) shortage — a problem that Britain's National Pig Association chairman, Richard Longthorp, now warns is "unavoidable."

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"British supermarkets know they have to raise the price they pay Britain's pig farmers or risk empty spaces on their shelves next year," he says in a press release.

Oddly, this shortage isn't coming on the heels of restaurant chains across the world adding copious amounts of bacon to nearly every dish on their menus. Rather, the issue is economic: the ever-rising prices of pig feed are making the business of pig farming a tougher one to manage.

The NPA has launched a "Save Our Bacon" campaign to convince consumers to purchase local bacon, a show of solidarity to persuade supermarket chains to stock the homegrown meat and pay farmers a higher price.

Sow herds have been shrinking across Europe for the last 12 months. Numbers show that Italian herds are down 13 percent, Sweden 7 percent and Ireland 6 percent. The NPA says that declining herds dropping slaughtering rates by even just 2 percent cause prices to increase 10 percent on store shelves the next year. The association anticipates a 10 percent drop in slaughter rates, potentially doubling the cost for pork across Europe.

The issue isn't reserved to just Europe. In the U.S., the government has created a pork-buying program to ensure pig farmers don't go under. Even China has added more pork to its cold storage, an insurance against a potential shortage or spiking prices.

As the pork warning signs start coming, consumers won't likely notice anything for at least six months, as the higher prices filter through the supply chain. With that delay, expect pork shortages and bacon hoarding to get even more intense over the next few months. There's never a dull day in the world of bacon.

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Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/09/26/start-hoarding-now-a-global-bacon-shortage-is-coming/#ixzz27fUenVT3