Bacon Bacon Bacon!

Today is Bacon Day!

Why? Because I feel like some Bacon! Let's start with this:


Mmmmm.... bacon. (if you can't see the TV screen click this link)

This is Awesome! Here's a link for you to buy these suckers!- unfortunately, and no surprise - they're out.

Why are they out? Look at that! It's awesome! And it's bacon day, so no doubt people stocked up beforehand. See that's what procrastination will get you.

Cap'n's recipe for Datesn'Bacon.

Get moist, plump dates with no cracks in the skin and pit them yourself by making a small slit with a paring knife. I'm fond of medjool dates, and they're widely available and usually a pretty decent size. As for bacon, just try to avoid anything sliced too thickly, as it will be more difficult to wrap around the dates.

For the version you see above, each date was wrapped in half a slice of bacon and baked in a foil lined sheet pan at 350º for about 15 minutes, or until the bacon rendered much of its fat and began to crisp up. By that time the dates will have softened into a sugary paste, perfectly suited to the salty crunch of the bacon.

Sometimes toothpicks are necessary to hold the bacon in place. They make serving these gems easier on a picnic, too. As for stuffing them, I didn't. But you can. Slivers of garlic work great, as do almonds, or Parmesan cheese.

And for Bacon's sake - Be sure to use bacon toothpicks!

....and now a motivational poster, with bacon....

I'd love to see how the dog handled that...

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist. He is also known as a proponent of the scientific revolution. Indeed, according to John Aubrey, his dedication may have brought him into a rare historical group of scientists who were killed by their own experiments.

His works established and popularized an inductive methodology for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method or simply, the scientific method. In the context of his time such methods were connected with the occult trends of hermeticism and alchemy^{[citation needed]}. Nevertheless, his demand for a planned procedure of investigating all things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical framework for science, much of which still informs conceptions of proper methodology today.

Bacon was knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and created Viscount St Alban in 1621; without heirs, both peerages became extinct upon his death. He has been credited as the creator of the English essay.

Bacon Salt

Now, when I first heard of this - I almost melted!

BACON SALT
Buy it here.

Now, I have NOT tried this product yet... I would very much like a free sample (ahem! Cough!) so that I can sing the praises of this wonderful product on the hilltops.

However, I can't imagine that this could possibly be a bad thing?

Bacon to Feed the Economy

Congressional Bacon Stimulus agreement reached!
Happy Bacon day indeed!

If you work, (damn!) you'll get $300, plus $300 per child, up to $1,200 per family.

In what could be construed as election year pork re-distribution (full story)

Pelosi fell over and showed her belly once more to the lame duck administration to reach a tentative agreement on a roughly $145 billion economic stimulus package. It'll send payments to poor and middle class workers while offering businesses one-time incentives to invest in new equipment and write off tax losses.

Pelosi dared to suggest extending unemployment benefits and food stamps - and she was smacked in the nose again and forced to hold her tail between her legs, concluding that they could revisit the issue if the economy continues to slide.

Now, I'm all about getting my money back. I love it. And I would even suggest to everyone that if giving your money back to you encourages economic growth - why not try this policy a little more often? Perhaps, perhaps the government could curtail some spending on 18 different failing education programs?

However, this doesn't even seem hollow. It IS hollow. It's pandering to the 10x degree. It's pan-derific!

But how are we going to do to stimulate that dark, lonely old economy sitting in the corner of the bar, who really needs someone to buy her a drink? Here's how I'm going to go stimulate her. For $300, I'm going to give her such a stimulating that I leave it quivering and panting for breath, drops of sweat running down her spine, flush with endorphins and ready for a nice long cuddle. But because it's only $300, she isn't going to get the cuddle. Instead, I'm going to check my watch, touch the economy gently on the cheek and say that I had a wonderful time, but that it's time for me to go. I'll wash my hands and I will walk out, leaving the economy lying there feeling ultimately unfulfilled and a little bit ashamed of itself.

Happy Bacon Day!