Yummy, Yummy Bacon and Other Stuff

Another week has past and yet again, I didn’t get out to any new places this week.  In fact today I had mediterranean cuisine with not a burger (or bacon) in sight.

But just because I didn’t eat a bacon burger this week doesn’t mean I don’t have anything for you.  Now be warned, once you view this you will never be able to clear it from your mind. 

I give you the “BK Noah’s Ark Burger“.

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Graphically, cool shirt.  But kids, don’t go mixing barium, colbalt and nitrogen together while thinking that you are going to get tasty, tasty bacon…cause you won’t.  Trust your Uncle Mike.

Want one?  Get one over at ThinkGeek!

It’s a late post today and for that I apologize…

Found this in my Google Alerts today.  Someone created a Squidoo Len’s surrounding Crochet Bacon Patterns.  There’s a bunch of other stuff posted there, some of it interesting, but I personally dig the yarn work…it’s just fun!

Here’s a little something to wet your appetite…click on over to see the rest.

Your advertised bacon specials at Michigan grocery store chains for the week of 3/1 – 3/8/10.

As a reminder, since they all share specials each week, I will be consolidating Felpausch, D&W, Glen’s Market & VG’s into one “Spartan Stores” listing.  Links to each of the individual stores can still be found at the bottom of the post.

This week we welcome Heartland Marketplace to the list.  Heartland has two stores (Farmington Hills and Westland, MI).

Kroger- Kroger Bacon, 16 oz. (2 for $6 w/ card)

Meijer- Oscar Mayer Sliced Bacon, Select Varieties, 12-16 oz. ($3.64)

Busch’s - Oscar Mayer Sliced Bacon, Select Varieties, 12-16 oz. (2 for $6)

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

Hollywood - Gusto’s Thick Sliced Bacon, 20 oz. (2 for $6)

Spartan Stores* - Oscar Mayer Sliced Bacon, Select Varieties, 12-16 oz. (2 for $6)

Heartland Marketplace – Oscar Mayer Sliced Bacon, Select Varieties, 16 oz (2 for $6)

SuperValu Foods - Farmland Sliced Bacon, Select Varieties, 12-16 oz. ($2.99)

Target - Archer Farms Sliced Bacon, 12 – 16 oz., ($2.99)

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

Go get some!

* Spartan Stores include: Felpausch, D&W Fresh Market, Glen’s Market (w/ Yes Card) and VG’s.

I was taking a stroll through Toys R Us the other day, lookin’ for a little something for Lil’ Baird (okay, I may also have been lookin’ at the Star Wars stuff), when I turned down the clearance aisle and saw this…

Can you read the package?  Here let me help…

“REAL” skeleton guts!

Squeeze & feel the guts 

Yes, it is a pig action figure with translucent skin that allows you to see the plastic skeleton and guts.

Ummmmm…

No wonder this was in the clearance section.

If you are french, a french chef or fan of “Top Chef“ this may rub you the wrong way.

And as for bacon recipes this one may be a stretch…but the recipe does include bacon and crock pot cooking is supposed to be easy…

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Better Half, Lil’ Baird and I headed on out for a family breakfast and trip to IKEA this morning. 

There is this little family restaurant a few blocks down from Swedish Eden that we had visited before and quite liked, so we figured we’d grab breakfast there.

Well when my breakfast came, which was to include 2 strips of crispy sliced pork belly goodness, this is what I got…

THAT qualifies as TWO STRIPS?  Look at the fleck of bacon! 

ABSOLUTE BACON FAIL!

I am now debating whether we ever go there again.  Sure I like their pancakes and they make a mean cup of joe, but short me on my bacon and I will unleash Hell!

Didn’t get out this week to sample any fast food bacon, but there has been some news surrounding our favorite meat within the world of QSR’s…

• Wendy’s has expanded its line of premium burgers with the introduction of the Bacon & Blue burger.
• Earlier in the week Burger King introduced their new premium Steakhouse XT burger line which for a limited time features a smoky cheddar (w/ bacon) burger version.
• Jack in the Box launched their new grilled sandwiches buy holding a FREE sandwich day (one is a turkey bacon) and started showing a new commercial for their bacon burger (which is pretty funny yet I can’t find video of it anywhere).
• Carl’s Jr. has had so much success with their Grilled Cheese Bacon Burgerthat they expanded the sandwich into Hardee’s stores, officially launching the Grilled Cheese Bacon Thickburger(R).  The supported the new launch through a Facebook promotion called “The Comfort Place“.  I’ll let you go and experience it yourself.
• And finally – there was some big to do’s over in France where the Quick chain removed bacon burgers from their menu and replaced the with a Halal beef and smoked turkey burger.  Politicians are claiming  discrimination against non-Muslim customers.  And the Islam / French tensions continue to mount.  Read the whole story here.

So there you go!  Maybe next week I’ll get in the car and go have a bacon burger.

It’s the Bacombardi Trophy!

Man, I love bacon…

Man I already miss football!

via bbqaddicts (originator of the bacon explosion)

I’m making Toll House cookies the other day (the absolute best chocolate chip cookie recipe – bar NONE – I will not even hear your comments to the contrary) when a light pops over my head…

There is bacon that I cooked in the fridge, I write a bacon blog and since day one I have consistently run into stories/recipes for chocolate chip bacon cookies.

Hmmmmm.  How could this NOT be a good idea?

So with one trays worth of dough left, it was time to add the bacon!

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