Posts from — June 2009

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and all I get is this, GREAT T-shirt!

For those with young children or with sensitive constitutions, do not advance after the jump.  Everyone else, come on in!

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Alliteration Baby!!  Say that five times fast.  Heck, just say it five times…

Anyhoo, here’s this week’s recipe, coming to us from Ms. Gloria Piantek of West Lafayette, IN.  She was one of the finalists in the “National Festival of Breads” baking competition held in Idaho last weekend.

Recipe after the jump.

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From today’s Detroit Free Press. Have a great morning everyone…

Weekly Deals for Michigan Grocery Store Chains  - 6/29/09:

This week we officially welcome SuperValu Foods from the U.P. (that’s Upper Peninsula to the uninitiated)  and Glen’s Market.  We now, in some way shape and form, should have ALL of Michigan covered.

I list only Chain Stores on this weekly feature as there are just too many small boutique grocers, many of whom don’t advertise their weekly specials or if they do, only list a very small amount (and never list bacon).  Trust me, I tried following a few.  However, if I do come across a deal on some good bacon at one of these places, I’ll tell you about it!

Kroger – Hormel Bacon, Select Varieties, 12 – 16 oz. (2 for $5 w/ card)

Meijer - Plumrose Sliced Bacon, 16oz. ($2.29)

Hiller’s - Our Family Sliced Bacon, Original Double Smoked or Low Salt, 16 oz. (2 for $5)

Busch’s - Spartan Brand Bacon, Regular, Thick or Low Salt, 16 0z. (2 for $5)

Hollywood  – No Advertised Specials this Week.

VG’s – Spartan Brand Bacon, Assorted Varieties, 2.1-16 oz., excludes 12 oz. (2 for $5)

Glen’s Market – Spartan Brand Bacon, Assorted Varieties, 2.1-16 oz., excludes 12 oz. ($2.79)

SuperValu Foods - Patrick Cudahy Bacon, Select Varieties ($3.29) BONUS – Bacon Wrapped Hamburger recipe on page 3.

Target – Hormel Bacon, Select Varieties, 12 – 16 oz. ($2.79)

Please note, every store with in a chain is different and may not feature the same specials.  When in doubt, check your individual store.

Need to see another store on the list…let me know!

Go get some!

This comes to us today from TDB’s “Southern California Bacon and Beer” Correspondent Vicki (SHOUT OUT!)

Chocolate-covered bacon at San Diego Fair…so wish I saw the chocolate-covered bacon while *at* the San Diego Fair yesterday! Instead, I was at the International Beer Festival part of the fair, of course. Only when I came home and flipped through the program did I see this delicacy. If I end up going back within the week, I will certainly try it out, even if it was deemed the grossest fair food.

Another fair getting on the choco-bacon train!  I can’t blame Vicki for not noticing, she was at the International Beer Festival after all!

While she didn’t try it, she did attach this video.

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I read this story earlier in the week and thought I’d share it. Here’s an excerpt:

(Fortune Magazine) — Next time you order breakfast at a Marriott, you may notice something new about the bacon. Instead of being served in identical six-inch strips, it now comes in an assortment of sizes. That’s because senior executives of Marriott, after sampling four or five varieties of bacon in a blind taste test, found that an irregular cut, which costs less, tastes just as good as the rectangular slices traditionally served in the company’s hotels.

Although J.W. “Bill” Marriott Jr., the company’s longtime chairman and chief executive, had his doubts, he approved the new specifications when he learned that they would save about $2 million a year. “Times are changing,” says the 77-year-old CEO.

I find it interesting on a few level…

First – the costs savings involved with their bacon decision.

B) that Marriott had a “bacon tasting summit”

and 3) how do you get identical cuts of bacon?  Did they trim the bacon after cooking?  That to me is the biggest headscratcher.

For a company that has been so demanding in terms of quality and uniformity, I bet this was a decision that took months!

Just interesting to me, maybe to you as well.  Enjoy.

Adult Swim’s “Robot Chicken“ Remembrance Edition…

Please note, the humor on “Robot Chicken” is juvenile and crude, that’s why it’s one of my favorite shows.  If you don’t care for skits written for a 15 year old boy, then please do not watch.

And now, our feature presentations:

Have a great weekend everyone.

For all you bacon lovers AND  iPhoner’s out there, may I present yet another great app…

It’s iBacon!

Yes, now you can viturally cook bacon ANYWHERE! 

• At work? Cook bacon!
• In the car? Cook bacon!
• On a boat? Cook bacon!
• Stuck in an airport? Cook bacon!
• Forced to spend time at the in-laws? Cook bacon!

The possibilities are truly endless! 

From the iBacon press release:

iBacon takes full advantage of multi-touch, vibrate, and the accelerometer to:

Pinch: Use your fingers to pinch the cooking tongs, and flip each individual slice of bacon to hot, smokey perfection!

Pour: Drain off any accumulated bacon grease by tilting your device to the left.

Shake: If your bacon sets off the smoke alarm, shake the device to turn on the exhaust fan and cool that bacon down!

Splat: Swipe left or right to clear off grease splatters!

Eat: When your bacon is perfectly cooked, press the “eat bacon” button and tilt the device to the right or left to eat your bacon (note: the author of this game does not condone eating raw or undercooked bacon – please be sure to cook your bacon fully before eating).

Sights and Sounds: Hear your bacon crackle and pop as it cooks. See puffs of smoke and feel the device vibrate as grease splatters right on your screen (and the cook-top). You can almost smell that bacon-y goodness

Just $0.99 at the Apple App Store.  You know you want it

Holy crap!

That was my reaction….and I don’t think I was alone!

Now Michael Jackson has long ago lost his luster with me and probably for many other people.  To me he lost touch with reality, but I guess growing up in an environment like he did, it probably wasn’t that big of a stretch to expect that.  But that isn’t what or how I wish to remember…

It’s funny, I was just on Facebook and you start reading the posts and I think this death is really kind of hitting people of my generation pretty hard.  I related it to a friend as our Elvis, and the more I think about it, the more I come to believe that.  There are strong parallels.  They both so greatly impacted a generation and forever changed the course of music.  There’s The Beatles, Elvis and The Rolling Stones for the previous generation and Bruce Springsteen, Prince and Michael Jackson for us.

“Thriller” is one of the best pop album’s ever!  PERIOD! His legacy as a musical genius and overall entertainer will be forever cemented in history.

I remember vividly watching the Motown Special where Michael first moonwalked, running over to my best friends house to watch the “Thriller” video and thinking it was the greatest video I had ever seen, learning how to dance to “Beat It” and “PYT“, singing “Billie Jean” in the car…etc, etc…

For over the course of 10 years, it truly seemed he could do no wrong musically…hell even later on he still knocked some singles out of the park (I really, really dig “Scream” with Janet…I’ll admit it).

His music is part of the soundtrack that was my youth, so many memories!  Memories that have become even more vivid recently as I approach my 20th high school class reunion.  So this weekend I just might pull out the yearbook, grab a wine cooler and crank up “HIStory”

R.I.P. Michael.