Yummy, Yummy Bacon and Other Stuff

…as served at Rosie O’Grady’s in Ferndale, MI.  Foot long beef hot dog with bacon and cheddar “cheese”. Thanks to longtime FoTDB Jason for braving this one last night!

It’s back and looking to be bigger than ever!  Tickets officially go on sale THIS THURSDAY at NOON!!!  Why is this in caps? Because last year they sold out 1,300 tickets in less than 30 minutes.  NOTE THE URGENCY PEOPLE!!!

I heard about the festival when I first started the blog.  It was the second annual and I couldn’t even think about attending as Lil’ Baird was just a few months old.  Third annual comes around and I get laid off my job.  Fourth comes around and the trip got nixed due to my underestimating the demand for tickets. So here we are, number five…will this be the year?  We shall know on Thursday.

Get your tickets on their website.  Remember – THURSDAY AT NOON!

Yup, that’s what I said, bacon + bourbon + brownies.  That equals deliciousness!

See that “crumble” on the top?  That’s diced bacon my friends.

I got wind of these from over at The Food in my Beard (now that sounds like a food blog I could get behind). He’s got great step-by-step photo instructions but no recipe.  For that, you’ll have to use what he did over at Food and Wine.

Lil’ Baird and I will be making some cookies for Santa this week along with a gingerbread house or too…so I thought I’d pop on the internets for inspiration.  I don’t think we are quite ready to tackle these yet, but I thought I’d share anyway.  Nerds, gotta love us!

and since I’ve been recently converted to a Dr. Who fan…

Eat up!

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We are creeping up to the Christmas holiday and maybe you or someone you know still has a cookie exchange to attend prior to this Sunday.  Well if that is the case then I’ve got your blue ribbon, show stoppin’ recipe right here!

Bacon Banana Cookies!

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 bananas, mashed (about 1 1/3 cups)
• 1/2 pound bacon, cooked crisp, chopped

Make Your Own Bacon Ornament!  Thanks to Chelsea7500 over at Instructables, now you can.  Grab your kids, some felt and glue (a few other things too) and you’ve got yourself a family project…

Get your step-by-step instructions right here!

Happy crafting.

Who doesn’t want hands that smell like bacon, am I right?!  Up until now, the only way to get that great smokey pork scent on your mitts was to moisturize with leftover bacon fat.  Well my friends I have got some great news for you!

Yup it’s PorkKleen, your very own hand swineitizer. NEW from ThinkGeek (seriously, I have got to get a job there!):

PorkKleen Bacon Scented Hand Sanitizer will give your hands the distinct odeur of crisp, delicious bacon.

And as an added bonus, PorkKleen Bacon Scented Hand Sanitizer actually sanitizes your hands, killing the germs you’ll acquire when you shake the hands of all of those new friends you’ve just made.

Looking for a stocking stuffer?  A bottle is yours for just $3.99.

It’s cold and flu season kids, think about it…

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Wait, there was whiskey in this photo????

Note to Better Half – this woman right here…she’s on the list!  Whoever else I have to take off, no problem…she’s on!

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I’ve never played The Elder Scrolls, but I just might have to pick up Skyrim…it’s capping everyone’s best list and everything I’ve seen about it looks fantastic.  Then something like this pops up on the interwebs…

Any game that inspires the nerds that play it to create a prop replica of the lead characters helmet made out of the finest ingredient in the world, well, I’ve gotta play!

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Or at the very least, blot it with a towel and let it cool first.

Hope everyone had a great day!

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