Bacon My Way Back to You!

Bacon.

(Bacon-wrapped avocado)

Yes. Bacon.

Again.

(Saw this at Bass Pro Shops – couldn’t resist!)

Sorry, boys and girls.

(Bacon as bun!)

I know it’s been an unconscionably long time since my last blog.

I’ve been busy.

Like ‘nuts’ busy.

(Original? There’s more than one?)

Not to worry, though.

(An explosion of bacon!)

I swore to myself that the first thing I would do…

(In case of emergency, administer bacon!)

Once I got back to the old blog site…

 

 

(Because nothing says ‘birthday’ like bacon frosting!)

Was give you a bacon update!

(Bacon has few fans as loyal as Garfield!)

And here it is.

(Home sweet home!)

Just for you.

(Check out the bottom left corner. COR! It’s kosher!)

Enjoy.

I’d say, “It’s good for you!”…

(Who’s behind this anarchist movement?)

But we all know I’d be toying with the truth.

Just when you thought the end was near…

And you’d given up all hope…

More bacon photos!

(Gold sprinkled bacon)

 

It gives life a sense of purpose.

(As far as I can tell, this is bacon/cheese jello)

OK, a few more.

(Weave bacon taco!)

That bacon taco deserves another photo.

(Bacon taco with chocolate sauce and peanuts!)

I’ve been away for a while.

(Manly, yes. But I like it too!)

And I have a lot of bacon photos!

(Bacon wrapped spam!)

And when I say, “a lot”…

I mean “a lot!”

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Bacon by any other Name would Smell as Sweet

 

Yes, kiddie-winkers…

Boys and girls…

It’s time again to delve into my bacon fascination.

For those new to these posts…

I need to make something clear…

I am not obsessed with bacon, per se.

I am, however, fascinated by people’s obsession with bacon…

And the myriad ways that obsession expresses itself.

Here are but a few examples…

Some more alarming than others!

There seems to be no limit to how bacon can be inserted into people’s daily lives…

As well as their tummies.

The range of bacon uses is only limited…

(Saw these bacon lollipops sold at my local 7-11!)

By the imagination of  the bacon users…

And, presumably, the pork marketing boards.

They provide bacon lovers…

And those of us who study them…

Countless hours of harmless fun…

(Wouldn’t this make the ideal bacon food cart?)

As bacon sits there…

On a plate…

Waiting to kill them.

Have fun!

 

And most of all…

Enjoy!

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Thank you once again to the many friends & readers who have sent me bacon-related photos and suggestions.

I couldn’t have done it without you… or people very much like you.

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Wake Up and Smell the Bacon!

Wake up and smell the bacon!

You know it was just a matter of time before Oscar Meyer would come up with an app for this!

As we say down in Arkansas, “Yew just cain’t make this stuff up!

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They May Take Our Lives.. But They Will Never Take.. Our Bacon!

William Wallace…

I’m paraphrasing somewhat…

But not by much…

He was talking about freedom…

He was talking about Scotland…

He was talking about ridding themselves from oppression…

But he may as well have been talking about…

Bacon!

To some…

Eating bacon is practically a constitutional right.

To others…

It’s practically a religion.

Yes. It’s true. These people had a ‘bacon theme’ wedding.

Why, do you ask? Well…

It sounded like a really good way to tell the world they are committed to each other…

And to bacon.

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Thanks, as always, to my friends and readers who send me bacon-related photos.
I couldn’t have done it without you. Or people very much like you.

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Sitting at the Dock of the Bacon!

Well, boys and girls…

Here we are again.

The American and Canadian obsession with bacon!

Now that Halloween is over…

And with American Thanksgiving and Christmas on the horizon…

The  popular imagination turns to thoughts of ham…

And more specifically… bacon.

The thought of a world without bacon gives some people the heebie-jeebies!

Some people try to pit bacon against wealth.

Some people try to mix bacon with other physical pleasures!

And some people try a fusion of bacon and Art.

Many history buffs do not ignore bacon’s glorious past.

Some people have gone so far as to threaten roughhousing at the thought of having their bacon burgled.

And then, there are the hopeless romantics.

Those of us with a fondness for and/or an attachment to The South have our own way to put a cultural spin on things.

(Chicken fried bacon)

And to some, thoughts of bacon are as ingrained as thoughts of sex

So whether you like your pig candy as a bold fashion statement…

Or not…

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

On a plate, waiting to kill you.

Thanks a million to my readers and myriad alleged friends who continue to send me bacon-related photos, videos and articles.

I can only say… You’re all sick and need to seek good professional help! 🙂

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You Had Me At (Part 2)… Bacon!

You had me at… Bacon!

Some guys live by this motto. Others prefer to have it emblazoned on their tshirts.

It is the fine jewelry of food.

I wonder if Elisabeth Kübler-Ross felt the same way.

Some people will wrap anything in bacon! Even french fries!

The above is a photo sent to me by my dear friend Judy while on a recent visit to Los Angeles. Her first thought was “You have GOT to be kidding me!” Luckily, her second thought to take a photo  and email it to me! Judy says she actually bought one and that I need to come over to her place ASAP and get it before someone eats it!

I know more than a few guys who feel this way!

They are bacon black belts! Masters of Bacwondo!

They live according to a very strict bacon code.

To them, bacon is not merely for breakfast. It is also a perfectly acceptable, even preferable, dessert.

(Bacon Bloody Mary!)

Or beverage!

Anyone up for a pint?

(Bacon-wrapped scallops. A non-kosher double-play!)

The bible calls male homosexual acts an abomination. It also says that pork is unclean and uses the same word (abomination) regarding shellfish but hey… let’s not get too nit-picky and technical here, ok?

(NB: Bacon is part of the kit of life!)

Bacon is an essential part of survival, even in the more extreme circumstances

(If you can survive this breakfast, you can survive anything!)

Speaking of survival, you wouldn’t want to face The Upcoming Zombie Apocalypse, Space Alien Invasion and/or Robot Uprising without a big (if not healthy) breakfast featuring that prince of foods… bacon!

So until next time, boys and girls, keep your eyes and ears open and your tummy full… of bacon!

Just don’t forget…

bacon is trying to kill you.

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My most sincere thanks to my friends and readers who regularly supply me with bacon-related photos. Extra special thanks to Judith Rosenberg Charney for the photo of the Bacon-Flavored Milk Chocolate Dylan’s Candy Bar. Priceless! You’re the best, Judy!

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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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Wake n’ Bacon

Thanks to Steven Burke for bringing this to my attention!

Mathlete

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.

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