It’s been a while so I thought I’d bounce around Etsy tonight to check out the latest in homemade bacon themed crafts, that’s when I found this…

Ummmmmm….yeah….hmmmmmmmm….well you have to admire the craftsmanship…

I never cease to be amazed.

For those “more adventurous” of you, you can pick up this “limited edition” craftwork for just $125.  Do it for love

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It’s not like Zingerman’s needs any of my help in the publicity department, heck they’re even in the latest Jason Segel movie, but when it comes to this event how could I not recommend it…

Bacon Camp 2012!

(pulled straight from their site)

Saturday, June 2nd
8:00am to 4:00pm

An all day event at Zingerman’s Roadhouse.

This year’s guest presenters (tentative lineup) include:

Emile de Felice – owner of Caw Caw Creek Farms, South Carolina – the ins and outs of sustainable hog farming

Allan Benton – founder and owner, Benton’s Country Hams – the tradition of pork curing in the Appalachians

Audrey Petty – author and poet – bacon and African American foodways

Geoff Emberling – PhD archeologist and museum curator – hog raising in the Middle East before Mohammed

Ji Hye Kim – founder of San Street – a brief survey of bacon cooking and eating in Asia

Ari Weinzweig – co-founding partner of Zingerman’s and author of Zingerman’s Guide to Better Bacon – a look at bacon history in Hungary

Proceeds from this event benefit Southern Foodways Alliance, which Corby Kummer called “this country’s most intellectually engaged (and probably most engaging) food society” in the Atlantic Monthly.

Spaces are limited. Tickets are $195/person and include breakfast, lunch and more bacon than you knew you could eat.

Unfortunately, my calendar will not allow me to attend (yet again!), but if any of you adventurous souls make the trip please let me know.  I’d love to deputize a corespondent

Check out their site to buy tickets, get more information on all the events happening that weekend and see a video from last year’s event.

Allow me to re-introduce myself. My name is Michael Baird and I’m the author / founder of this magnificent blog about all things bacon and some occasional nerdy stuff.

I just thought I’d throw that out there seeing as I haven’t been around much lately.

So how you doin’?

Me – my head is molting from gettin’ my melon burnt in Florida, I’ve got some type of bronchial infection, and I’m once again in a hotel this week after spending the weekend moving my entire house into the basemen tso some guy can come in and redo our floors. Not that I’m complaining mind you, I got it pretty good all things considered, I just want to be honest.

So where does all this leave us this week on The Daily Bacon? Well, giveaways need to wait one more week (as they are all packed in a box in the basement). If your not a fan on Facespace, get over there and like us ASAP so you don’t get left out. Other than that, we’ll be getting back to providing all of you, my 10′s of readers, with the bacon goodness you have come to expect from this little corner of the interwebs.

Let’s begin with this tasty little recipe I found today, courtesy of the blog Pink Parsley (but inspired by Rick Bayless):

Bacon-Chipolte Guacamole

Ingredients:

• 4 strips of bacon, preferably thick-cut, applewood-smoked bacon
• 3 ripe avocados (about 1 1/4 lbs)
• 1/3 cup finely chopped white onion
• 3 canned chipotles en adobo – seeds removed optional – finely minced
• 1 tomato, cored, seeded, and finely chopped
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• juice of 1 lime
• kosher salt to taste

Directions:

Well, if you can’t figure out how to throw all these together, then you’ll have to pop on over to their site.

See you all tomorrow!

Sorry gang, yesterday I was going to regale you with bacon and nerdery from Disney this last week but Lil’ got me sick…I’m knocked on my arse!

I also promised some giveaways on the Facespace page and still haven’t got to those yet. UGH!

I will make it up to you this next week, but for now, please enjoy this bacon pron.

Have a great weekend!

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Better Half and I surprised Lil’ with a quick five dayer to Disneyworld.  We just got settled into the Pop Century resort with a character breakfast bright and early tomorrow. It’s Lil’s first time and our first since 2000, so there were two very excited ladies in my family.

Rest assured, where we find Disney bacon, we’ll be reporting! (also, first time I get to ride the new Star Tours, so I’ll be nerding out a bit too).

Have a great weekend everyone!  I know we will…

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WOOT, WOOT!

To whom do we owe this wonderful image?  A Mr. Matt Needham (SHOUT OUT), that’s who.  His pork inspired art is on sale over at Shirt.Woot! $15 bucks…that’s a bargin people!

Once again in “World’s Collide” news…two of my favorite things, this time comic books and bacon, are coming together to create something awesome!

Allow me to introduce you to “Bacon: The Comic Book“

Is this a good idea? No…I say it’s a great idea! What do you say TDBers, should we help these kids out?

Pop on over to their Kickstarter page and make your support known. They’ve got a lot of cool things they’re willing to provide for your cold, hard cash. Even an option for someone to “appear” in the comic (you know, my birthday is coming up…)

You can follow them on Facespace as well.

Excelsior!

I’ve been there cat…I’ve been there…

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It was reported by GrubGrade yesterday and has blown through the interwebs today. Burger King is testing several new menu items in Nashville as we speak and one of them is…

Yes, a bacon sundae.  Vanilla ice cream alongside a strip of bacon and drizzled in bacon bits, chocolate and caramel.

That’s a photo of the “actual” sundae (via).

I’m really mixed on this, should it hit wide release.  Looking at it, I’m happy they are using real bacon bits, that big strip sticking out of the cup is brilliant and the chocolate AND caramel is a good idea, but…

Haven’t we been down this path before?  Denny’s? Jack-in-the-Box?  Not to mention that with BK’s big, new push for a revamp of their menu featuring more healthier (fresher) fare is this really the best thing to be rollin’ out right now?

Regardless, if it does hit you know I’ll at least try it!  Heck, I owe BK another “Fast Food Friday” review since they’ve upgraded their pork strips a few months ago.

TDBers in Nashville…if you get your hands on one, let us know what you think!

It was a family shopping Sunday last week and we found ourselves in Buy Buy Baby.

Lil’ wanted to go check out the toys so off we went.  Next thing I know, I see this wooden breakfast…

What the hell is that thing on the left?  Is that…no, it’s got to be something else.  Let’s see sausage, boiled egg, fried egg, cheese, toast, salt, pepper, roll…they can’t be serious, they call that….BACON?????!!!!??????

Worse toy EVER!  I will no longer even think of purchasing anything from this company STRICTLY based on this poor excuse of wooden, toy bacon.

BOYCOTT!