When Words Aren’t Enough – Say It With Bacon!

When Words Aren’t Enough…

Say It With Bacon!

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Thanks to the incredibly fantastic Judith Rosenberg Charney for this one!!

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Once more unto the Bacon, dear friends, once more!

Henry V couldn’t have paraphrased it better.

(Baco-bacon-taco)

In my constant battle to understand the nation’s bacon obsession,…

(Bacon-wrapped olives)

I’ve come across the following suicide-inducing culinary combatants…

(One of the most versatile of all ‘wrapping’ foods)

And then there’s this…

And this…

Bacon is ubiquitous

(Now that’s a slab of bacon!)

Why the obsession?

(Why the bizarre merchandizing?)

Why the unbridled passion?

Well, at least this makes sense from a marketing point of view!

(Mancakes!)

Until next time, folks, let’s keep bacon in its proper place…

In a frying pan, waiting to kill you.

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Bacon – The Never-Ending Story

Yes, boys and girls, geeks and nerdlings, it’s time for yet another installment in our continuing series…

What’s With The Bacon??

As I have commented many times…

It’s not so much my interest in bacon, per se…

It’s my fascination with people’s obsession with bacon.

From classic bacon usage…

(Swizzle sticks)

To the unusual…

(Fred Flintstone would approve)

To the far-fetched…

To the truly bizarre…

There always seems to be more and more room for bacon appreciation.

It never ceases to amaze me how so many people are devoted to bacon…

(Gift wrapping paper)

Especially in the area of merchandising.

(I mean really!!)

Let’s face it…

Bacon provides a fertile ground for expression…

Political commentary, satire…

(Occupy bacon!)

Art, music, civil disobedience…

(Early bacon)

Or just some plain old good-natured ribbing (pun intended).

No matter how you slice it (pun definitely intended)…

Bacon is the next best thing to a religion.

It feeds the hungry…

Comforts those in need…

(Tell me this wasn’t created in The South!)

And gives solace to the destitute.

And gives life meaning and purpose in a chaotic world.

Or something like that.

I’m just glad someone’s making a buck off of all this passion.

I hate to see all this fervour go to waste.

So until next time, I will leave bacon where it best belongs…

On a plate, waiting to kill you.

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Thanks once again to my many friends and readers who send me more bacon-related photos than I can shake a bacon swizzlestick at!

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Rough Morning

Ever have one of those mornings?

Happy Hump Day!

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Wake n' Bacon

Reblogged from Mathlete:

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Version 1 by Matty Sallin, Daniel Bartolini, Hsiao-huh Hsu
Version 2 by Matty Sallin with engineering by Josh Myer

WHAT: An alarm clock that wakes you up with the smell of cooking bacon instead of a buzzer.  The aroma wakes you up, then you can open the oven component and eat the bacon itself.

Read more… 302 more words

Thanks to Steven Burke for bringing this to my attention!

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Just When I Thought I Was Out… The Bacon Pulls Me Back In!

Just When I Thought I Was Out…

They Pull Me Back In…

With Bacon!!

It’s quite remarkable really…

(Darth Bacon!)

This seemingly endless supply of bacon-related artifacts.

Thanks yet again to all the friends and readers who provide me with this outstanding bacon-related photographs!

From the cute…

To the somewhat nerdy.

From the historical…

To the hysterical!

From the political…

to the Existential!

From casual fashion…

to the goofy…

To the Newfie!

And of course….

a portrait of Kevin Bacon… made from bacon!

Let us keep bacon in its proper place…

In a frying pan. Waiting to kill you.

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Now THIS is a store!

When I am really honest with myself, this is what I would love an Italian grocery store to be…

They would carry everything you need. Maybe not everything you want… but definitely everything you need.

(Baccalà!)

Pasta, bread, cheese, meat, onions, garlic, peppers, tomatoes, oregano, basil, rosemary… maybe some fruits and nuts.

(Castagne arrostite!)

They might also have a few little things extra.

Espresso percolators…

… Italian playing cards…

… pizzelle irons.

My first wife, Susan, and I were right around the corner from such a place when we lived in St. Clair & Dufferin neighbourhood in Toronto in the late 70s.

(Frutta e verdura!)

What I wouldn’t give to live once again a 2-minute walk from a place like this!

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Still With The Bacon, eh??

I’d like to thank the many readers who have forwarded to me their favourite bacon-related photos.

Youse guys are the best!

The national obsession with Bacon. You just can’t make this stuff up!

Yes, boys and girls, bacon is spreading into our culture, like grease on a paper towel.

Places where you would never expect to find bacon…

Even in your wildest imagination.

Bacon fashion is catching on!

OK, maybe a bit TOO much!

After the intial, “WTF?” reaction, I am truly amazed at the variations on the bacon loving theme.

Truly ingenious, if in an obsessive compulsive, almost fetishistic way.

So let’s put bacon where it belongs.

In a frying pan. Waiting to kill you.

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Unhealthy Interests (Part 7): Grocery Shopping

Most people don’t have feelings either way when it comes to grocery shopping. It is a chore that has to be done and that’s pretty much as far as it goes.

(My idea of a good time!)

Many people HATE grocery shopping. They just can’t stand it.

Many people really enjoy grocery shopping.

(Not me… although it does kinda look like me)

And then there are those of us who simply ADORE grocery shopping. It is one of the highlights of our week!

My dear friend Wendy shares this bizarre passion.

To us, grocery shopping is an adventure! We check out new produce, new products, casually go up and down the aisles. We check out the grocery store staff.

And we check out our fellow shoppers. Sometimes this can be an amusing experience.

(A disgruntled fellow-shopper)

Sometimes it is a disturbing reality check!

I have not yet introduced Wendy to the concept of kosher food shopping in any great detail. It’s a lot of information up front. I think I am going to have to ease the poor kid into it gradually.

(Sometimes a zucchini is just a zucchini)

I’m sure there are all kinds of psychological reasons why we (and people like us) get such an unbridled feeling of joy when we shop for food.

I am even more sure that Wendy and I could not care less what those reasons are.

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Return of the Revenge of the Curse of the Bride of the Mummy’s Bacon!

As I have said many times, the love of bacon, especially in Canada and the United States, borders on religious fanaticism.

The knee-jerk response people say in their defence is, “Yes, but it’s so delicious!”

True. However LOTS of things are delicious. Ice Cream is delicious. Chocolate is delicious. Chocolate ice cream is delicious.

(Bacon Chocolate Ice Cream Cupcake)

But none of the other delicious foods comes close to the level of adoration accorded to bacon.

(“Honey, I’ve got it! BACON APPLE PIE!!”)

It reaches an almost fevered pitch.

I’ve heard people say that they dream of bacon.

More than a few people have admitted that a life without bacon is a life that is simply not worth living.

The love of bacon has become a lust. Bacon is bordering on becoming a fetish with some people.

(Bacon mug)

It’s become a relentless obsession with a large segment of our society.

Bacon is omnipresent.

(Bacon sunrise)

People see the world in terms of bacon.

(Bacon tattoo)

Bacon has literally become a part of many people.

Many people start their day with bacon.

(Bacon cappuccino)

Some not in the way one would expect they would.

(Jolly Roger Pirate Flag Bacon)

In our culture, bacon is ubiquitous.

Some guide their lives by it!

I will continue to chronicle this national and international obsession with bacon.

No matter where it leads.

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Many thanks to my readers and friends (especially Stephen Balen and Anna Camara) who have emailed or otherwise forwarded bacon-related photos and ideas to me. Thanks also to my dear friends Wendy McIntyre and Danielle Ulch with whom I have discussed the bacon craze at great length and who share my bafflement on this entire subject.

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