BaconPig

BaconPig is one of those things you hate to cheapen with your own, inferior commentary:

What was your pigskin pick for the Superbowl? Mine was bacon. Err, long drawn out and ludicrous analogy here: Superbowl ~ football ~ pigskin ~ bacon-wrapped pork loaf. It’ll become clear later. Here’s the thought. People have been building all sorts of crazy stuff out of the wonder that is bacon, from the lowly bacon-wrapped scallops to the mighty meat house. But has anyone tried to restore a Frankenstein’s Monster-like dignity to the pig from which the bacon hails? Probably not, because most people aren’t this crazy.

He then reassembles a pig and gives hilarious step by step insructions. You have to go, if only to look at the pictures.

Just. Wow.

Link courtesy of EvilScienceChick

Holy crap, that’s a lot of peppers

6 scotch bonnets for 3lbs of meat! A must try recipe.

PigLit

In the Washington Post‘s Book World section, Ron Charles reviews two new pig-centric novelsin “Bringing Home the Bacon: two comic writers take a cut at tales told out of school.”The novels are Roger Rosenblatt’s Beet and Joseph Caldwell’s The Pig Did It. The piece is accompanied by a short list of literary pigs, including obvious selections like Charlotte’s Web and Winnie the Pooh as well as more abstract choices like The Amityville Horror and Lord of the Flies.

Pork Belly, A Joy I Never Knew

Until this week, the only things I knew about pork belly were that it was a common ingredient on the original Iron Chef, and it was somehow part of the commodities trading market.  Now I know it to be one of the most luscious, pork-a-licious, fantabulous incarnations of pig eating ever.  I mean ever. 

We were out to dinner at a place called 5Ninth.  Their dinner menu included an appetizer called “Black Pepper Pork Belly.”  I didn’t bother reading much past that, and just ordered it (all sauces and jellies on the side, as any good Atkinser would do).  Having not read the full description well, I was startled at the presentation of my plate which contained three small bowls about the size of a soup cup.  Each cup was lined with bib lettuce, and nestled inside were pieces of heavenly, peppery pork belly with some scallions and garlic. 

Oh.  My.  God.  I picked up the first of these beauties and from the first bite, I was completely in love.  I didn’t want to, but had to hesitantly offer The Husband a taste, because he offered me some of his dumb mushroom soup — who eats things that doesn’t contain meat in them anyway?  But I totally didn’t offer anyone else at the table any, and just kept on making very personal sort of noises at the pork bellies in their lettuce jackets. 

We’re SO going back.  And soon!

The Pork Barrel

The Pork Barrel is a communal blog about pork. I’m pleased to note that they’ve named their blog roll “the pork roll.”

“Bits of bacon are like the fairydust of the food community.”

Jim Gaffigan on Bacon:

Bacon Placemats

Upon seeing this Instructable, I jumped up and down with pure glee! I mean wow, how many uses could there be for an all bacon placemat?  You probably wouldn’t want to use it as an actual placemat — I can’t see how that would save your table from anything, and you’d have a greasy mess no matter how well you managed to pat the thing dry with paper towels.

I imagine it would make a lovely presentation for a platter of scrambled eggs.  You walk into a brunch and there is a whole mess of eggs atop a gorgeously brown crispy bacon placemat!  That would be egg-cellent.

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

(edited because I’m an airhead. GirlyShoes does not, I repeat, does not, abjure the eating of pork or pork-related products).

I recently bumped into an old blogosphere pal, she of the GirlyShoes blog. She gave me a link to “Experiments in deliciousness: Bacon chocolate chip cookies with maple cinnamon glaze” from Ooh you tasty little thing (never bashful with butter). The step-by-step (with pictures) is great, and they include the recipe at the end.

Get to work and whip up a batch of these, Atkins Babe. Your fans await your review!

the bacon show

iheartbacon.com hasn’t been updated in ages, but it doesn’t seem like it could really be bacon week (month?) without a link, just because the name is funny.

The real action is over here at the baconshow, where a new bacon recipe is posted daily.

you need mcphee

If you’re like me and you don’t actually eat bacon, that doesn’t mean you can’t still get your meat on courtesy of our good friends at Archie McPhee.

Just hop on over to the Bacon/Meat Category in their online catalog and stock up on bacon-related products for the whole family. From Bacon Strip Bandages to swanky Meat Shower Curtains, they’ve got you covered. Sadly, Uncle Oinker’s Gummy Bacon contains real strawberry flavoring, which I am most allergic to.