Posts from — December 2014

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Apples and pig ALWAYS go together!!  So in that spirit, today we feature a nice twist to that seasonal staple the caramel apple.

Sadly, there was no photo of this wonderful treat, so you’ll have to suffer with this incredibly poor artist rendition…

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Have a great weekend everyone.

SHOUT OUT to FoTDB John who sent me the first one…which then caused me to literally waste about an hour watching all the other videos on the Old Spice Man’s YouTube channel.

From the maker of the iPod Shuffle Bacon Case and the iPhone Bacon Case comes…

The Bacon Bottle-Sleeve!!!  You say WHY?  I say, WHY NOT!

$35.00 on Etsy.

Catching up on my DVR viewing last night and found a great bit on South Park about Denny’s Baconalia.

The episode also does a great job of nailing the NCAA and EA Sports in that certain way only South Park can do.

Pop over to southparkstudios.com and catch this week’s episode.  Slide to around the 4:25 mark to get to the Denny’s bit.

I’m a BIG fan of a good bean soup and this looked real tasty!!  This would be a great dinner after a long day raking leaves or just sittin’ on your butt watchin’ football (which really would be more like it with me…).

Nice job Sandy! Recipe after the jump. [Read more →]

I found a new site today – SmittenKitchen (come on, you know that is a great name).  What a fantastic food site.  Beautifully designed, terrific photographs and from what I can read some great recipes like…

Summer Succotash with Bacon.  Look at how good that is. Don’t you just want to dig right on?

I can’t recommend the site enough.  No reposting the recipe this time, there is just too much to see and read over there so CLICK and visit!!

Seriously, can you say yum?!? I do believe I know the menu for the next family brunch at the Baird compound / TDB World Headquarters…

Maple Syrup, Bacon and Blueberry Bread Pudding

Ingredients:

• 5 cups (600 g) stale French bread (6-8 thick slices) cut in 1.5-in. cubes
• 1 1/2 cups (225 g) bacon (15-20 slices)
• 4 large eggs
• 3 large egg yolks
• 1 cup (250 ml) half & half 10% cream
• ? cup (75 ml) maple syrup
• ? cup (160 ml) butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) blueberries — fresh or frozen

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350F (175C). Butter a non-stick 8 x 8-in. (22 cm) baking pan. Cut stale bread into cubes and set aside. Fry slices of bacon in a pan, let cool and cut into 3/4 inch pieces.
2. In a large bowl whisk together eggs, egg yolks, cream, butter and maple syrup. Soak cubed stale bread in egg mixture for 10-20 minutes until bread absorbs egg mixture. Fold in bacon and blueberries.
3. Pour into buttered baking pan. Bake in a oven for 50-65 minutes until bubbling and golden brown. Serve with a drizzle of maple syrup.

Serves 6-8.

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We are away on vacation until July 12th.  Until then, please enjoy these selected “Best Of” posts.  This was originally published 9/2/2009.

Yesterday’s “Better with Bacon” featured recipe, the Maple French Toast & Bacon Cupcake, came from the “Food Network Magazine” and provided yet another take on what is becoming a trend in the dessert world – sweet & savory desserts featuring bacon!

When I was a kid, I used to love to bake: Nestle Tollhouse Cookies, Skywalker Crunchies (I know…nerd), cakes, brownies, etc.  I need to say upfront that it has been quite some time since I actually baked anything but this looked so good that I had to try.

What I didn’t expect was the amount of time it took to make these.  The recipe said 40 minutes, but turns out that was just the baking time.  I started this project at 9:15 pm and didn’t finish until 11:30 pm.  Granted, my lack of current experience may have hindered me, but making stuff from scratch like this takes a while (that did also include clean up as the cupcakes were in the oven).

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Yup – bacon sugar!

Wouldn’t these taste great with a class of hot apple cider?!? YUM!

I am totally making these.  I feel a new TEST KITCHEN entry coming soon.

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