Looking through my posts it came to my attention that I really hadn’t added much to my “Idiot” series of posts…after some soul searching, I figure now I should come clean, bear my soul if you will, to the 10’s of readers to this fine weblog (or blog as the kids call it) about a “small” incident that recently occurred.

Let me take you back to a few weekends ago when a little basketball tournament was happening in The “D”.  My friend Sam Singh who is finishing up his 16 month trek around the world (see his blog at www.singharoundtheworld.com) flew back to Detroit just because Michigan State was in the Final Four.  I picked him up on Saturday afternoon and we headed downtown to join in the festivities.  That evening, as we are all aware, MSU beat UCONN and they were now going to advance to the Finals on Monday.

That next morning (Sunday) and I had planned for Better Half to bring Lil’ Baird downtown for brunch with Sam.  “Uncle” Sam had not seen Lil’ Baird yet and Better Half wanted to also see Sam, so it seemed like a good plan.  Little did I know that Better Half had been working on a plan of her own. [Read more →]

This post popped up in my inbox last night and I got to tell you…I admire his work!

Michael Pusateri is this man’s name and making his own bacon seems to be his new game.

He went from a slab of pork belly like this…

photo via cruftbox.com

To wonderful smoked bacon like this…

photo via cruftbox.com

FANTASTIC!  I say to you sir, job well done!  Even went as far as creating a smoker out of a trash can!

I’m tempted to try myself…run down to Eastern Market and grab me some pig…where can I find a smoker???  Oh and I need a slicer…

See the rest of his post HERE. 

Know we know how to make delicious bacon ourselves…and as always “Knowing is half the battle!”