Has it really been two weeks since I posted anything on the blog? Where the hell have I been?
Answer: Cooking bacon!
Friday night it became necessary to cook up 8 pounds of bacon, a process that took a long time, three pans, resulted in more than 32 ounces of liquid grease and finished at 2:30 in the morning. If anyone is interested in repeating such an endeavor, I highly recommend obtaining your bacon at Costco, where a four pack of pound packs of bacon costs only ten dollars, and the bacon is delicious.
Though we didn’t get a chance to create the World’s Longest Strip of Bacon, we did find at least one innovative use that I hope to cover at a later date…
22 responses so far ↓
1 Mario "Asteroid" Panighetti on Jul 22, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Don’t forget to bacon-dip a few!
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2 To_Servo_Man on Jul 22, 2008 at 6:33 pm
In this house we butter our bacon!
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3 Charlie W on Jul 22, 2008 at 6:35 pm
bacon bacon bacon! IT’S BACON!
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4 Laurel on Jul 22, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Would’ve been much easier to bake the bacon rather than cook on stovetop especially when dealing with such a large quantity.
Though of course I still applaud . . . bacon!
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5 SecretIdentityCrisis on Jul 22, 2008 at 7:24 pm
So… you’ve been in a bacon coma for two weeks?
Nice.
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6 Ryan on Jul 22, 2008 at 7:46 pm
O.
M.
G.
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7 camcat on Jul 22, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Thanks!! Ya’ll reminded me that I had bacon in my purse (left overs from dinner at IHOP). I was gonna give it to the cats, but it sounded and looked so good I ate it myself. MMMMMmmm yeah!
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8 Onil on Jul 22, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Yeesh, I certainly hope your apartment or house has proper ventilation. I don’t know just how long I could live with the bacony smell that is sure to have permeated your domicile.
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Reply from Geena on July 23, 2008:
“I don’t know just how long I could live withOUT the bacony smell that is sure to have permeated your domicile.”
There. Fixed it for ya.
9 Scooter on Jul 22, 2008 at 9:44 pm
It’s expensive, but definitely worth it
http://www.gratefulpalate.com/?p=Category_11
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10 suzanne on Jul 22, 2008 at 11:37 pm
those don’t look like state quarters.
unless that’s buffalo bacon.
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11 Heather on Jul 23, 2008 at 6:21 am
It looks like you needed an apron, Conor. Actually, considering it’s bacon, a lab coat and welding helmet probably would be better. That stuff is hell to cook in a pan.
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Reply from Conor Lastowka on July 23, 2008:
There was quite a bit of grease spraying, and we debated the oven method. But this method seemed much more social.
12 Teaser on Jul 23, 2008 at 9:58 am
Coming from a professional cook and Pastry Chef……You guys need a better bacon makin’ method how about an electric griddle or electric fry pan,or better yet…Broil it
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13 Danni on Jul 23, 2008 at 10:00 am
I’m still not clear on the ‘reason’ for cooking 8 pounds of bacon… Are you packing it up and taking it to the Con to hand out to people visiting the RiffTrax booth? Maybe you could squeeze it in a couple of the Mike boxes (there are 17 after all). I’m sure his head won’t mind a pound or two of bacon resting next to it…
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Reply from Nanobots on July 23, 2008:
Why would anyone need a reason to cook 8 pounds of bacon?
Reply from Conor Lastowka on July 23, 2008:
We had a party and had a butler walk around with a plate of bacon for appetizers. But having it at the booth is not a bad idea. Beats the hell out of free 300 cardboard shields.
14 R.A. Roth on Jul 23, 2008 at 10:52 am
The smell will linger for a decade. Sweet!
Randy
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15 Nanobots on Jul 23, 2008 at 11:15 am
Wooo. PERFECT lead-in for this web page that I came across today and wanted to point you guys at anyway:
http://www.perpetualkid.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2594
(found via http://www.geeklikeme.net/ — which is a “Weird Al” Yankovic-approved web site…)
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Reply from Nanobots on July 23, 2008:
For those who are reluctant to click on the link, it’s for bacon-flavored tooth floss. Yum — and good for your teeth too!
16 RemmieBarrow on Jul 23, 2008 at 1:54 pm
AH, Bacon by the tanker load.
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17 Inasimplerhyme on Jul 30, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Wake up to the smell of bacon.
http://www.mathlete.com/portfolio/wakeNbacon.php
Enjoy!
-Jon
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