The Bacon Nation

On July 11th, 2010 I asked the wife to go to Dairy Queen and order a Bacon Oreo Blizzard.  Since then I’ve had a Bacon Peanut Butter Cup Blizzard, a Bacon Thin Mint Blizzard,  and tasted both a Bacon Butterfinger Blizzard and a Bacon Chocolate Xtreme Blizzard.

I posted several comments on the DQ HQ blog about my experience and sent them a few questions using the Consumer Relations contact form here.   I have waited almost two weeks with not a peep from DQ on either the blog, email or phone.

Our mission is to find out if DQ is allowed to mix bacon into a Blizzard and to find out of there’s an official policy on this topic.   One Dairy Queen I went to wouldn’t even acknowledge that I was standing there after I asked if they could add bacon to a Blizzard.  They just gave me a funny look and didn’t say a word!  I have had friends in several large cities get denied bacon in their Blizzards too!

If you love bacon, you may have had bacon and chocolate together.  Let me  tell you, bacon and chocolate and ice cream are the greatest combination ever.  Please visit your local Dairy Queen and try it!  If you’re unsure, just wait until August 2nd when you can buy the new Mini Blizzards.   Another thing I’d like to find out from consumers is whether you are charged $0.89 cents for extra bacon or just $0.49 for an extra topping.  I’ve been charged both ways now and really want an official word on this.

You can contact DQ by clicking HERE.   Please post your DQ questions and answers (if you ever get an answer) to our Facebook page!

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Last night one Bacon LIVE Sean brought up an article he found online about s’mores recipes and one of them was called the Elvis. It’s a known fact that any recipe that has Elvis in the name always includes bananas, peanut butter, and sometimes bacon.

Well today I would like to share with you another recipe called the Elvis, this one is a banana injected with bacon and peanut Butter, then fried in butter and brown sugar.

The recipe was created by Tracy the owner of a blog called “I hate my message board”. Her post about how she created this recipe was pretty funny. She was basically making it up as she went along. This is my favorite part of the recipe:

Step 6 Try to get the bacon peanut butter into the banana. This would prove to be more difficult.

If you wondering she was inspired to do this after seeing a Nutella stuffed banana online.

Check out her blog for the full recipe, photos, and humor. I really like reading about people having fun with cooking. Especially when it involves bacon!

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Calamities of Nature – Pork Rap

via bakingbakenbacon

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yields 12 cupcakes

For the Cupcakes:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup cake flour
1 3.9-ounce box instant vanilla pudding mix
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon potato starch
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 large egg whites, at room temperature
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup half-and-half, at room temperature
1/2 cup chopped cooked bacon (5 strips)

For the Frosting:
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, at room temperature
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
1/4 cup maple syrup
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 strips bacon, cooked and chopped

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Place paper liners in a 12-cup muffin tin. Prepare the cupcakes: Combine the flours, pudding mix, baking powder, potato starch, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a bowl with a whisk.

In a separate bowl, cream the butter and sugars with a mixer on low speed until combined, 6 to 8 minutes. Gradually mix in the vanilla and egg whites. Scrape down the sides of the bowl; continue mixing until light and fluffy. Add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the maple syrup and half-and-half, mixing after each addition and ending with flour. Mix until the ingredients are just combined; do not overmix. Fold in the bacon.

Pour the batter into the prepared muffin tin, filling each cup about three-quarters of the way. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool completely.

Meanwhile, prepare the frosting: Beat the cream cheese and butter with a mixer on medium speed until creamy. Add the confectioners’ sugar, maple syrup and cinnamon; beat until combined. Spread on the cooled cupcakes; top with chopped bacon, if desired.

bacon recipe courtesy of: Kara Scow, Food Network Magazine

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Bacon and Cadbury Chocolate Sandwich by columbiarose

WELL DONE good sir!!

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During the upcoming summer month celebrations, you’re going to want to continue to come up with some truly unique, original and unpredictably unusual taste treats to amaze and impress your guests.

This is a delightfully delicious dish that is so quick, simple and inexpensive to lay out for unexpected guests or hungry visitors who have come by to party or watch the big game, fight, concert or a cool movie.

It’s the perfect “pork power” protein combined with a veritable “Garden Of Eden” of your favorite fresh vegetables, so absolutely everyone is “hoppin’ happy” and in a veritable stated of absolute “hog heaven.”

Enjoy

(Serves

Ingredients:

12 slices of Maple Smoked Country Style Bacon.

16 oz. cream cheese set out to attain room temperature.

1 cup of “half and half”

2 tbsp minced chives.

2 tbsp horseradish

1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice.

1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper: to taste.

Directions:

Cook bacon at least till it is ‘moderately crispy” if not fully crispy – your choice!

Remove excess bacon grease after bacon is cooked by patting it down between two layers of a couple of paper towels, stacked on a plate.

Combine the room temperature cream cheese and the “half and half” in a large metal mixing bowl.

Mix vigorously, until the mixture is fully incorporated and smooth.

Now add the chives, horseradish, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce.

Mix well.

Now season to taste with the salt and pepper to taste.

Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hrs before serving.

Serve with your cut, fresh veggies and a nice punch bowl full of Fruit Sangria.

Enjoy!

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Dinner:

Fusilli, tomato, garlic and basil sauce, with two special ingredients for a decidedly non-traditional kick – bacon and some finely chopped cayenne peppers.

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Holy cow, well this made my day! I love the show Top Chef, I dvr it every week to make sure I don’t miss anything. Tonight, just as I was walking in the door, I got an email from TS Rogers, who designed my awesome Skulls & Bacon logo. He said that one of the chefs was wearing a Skulls & Bacon t-shirt on the show. I ran to my tv and check it out:

I also found this interview with Chef Andrea from last month where the interviewer made it a point to note that she wore a shirt with a skull and bacon crossbones print to the meeting.
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com

Crazy, right? Chef Andrea Curto-Randazzo rocks the Skulls & Bacon logo. How exciting!

Anyhow, I want to give thanks again to TS Rogers. He really is a talented artist and I am so lucky that he shared his gift with me. You can see more of his work here: Teaessare Illustration and Design

If you like the logo or just want to look like a Top Chef contestant, you can pick up a shirt or other goodies from my Zazzle store.

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Holy cow, well this made my day! I love the show Top Chef, I dvr it every week to make sure I don’t miss anything. Tonight, just as I was walking in the door, I got an email from TS Rogers, who designed my awesome Skulls & Bacon logo. He said that one of the chefs was wearing a Skulls & Bacon t-shirt on the show. I ran to my tv and check it out:

I also found this interview with Chef Andrea from last month where the interviewer made it a point to note that she wore a shirt with a skull and bacon crossbones print to the meeting.
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com

Crazy, right? Chef Andrea Curto-Randazzo rocks the Skulls & Bacon logo. How exciting!

Anyhow, I want to give thanks again to TS Rogers. He really is a talented artist and I am so lucky that he shared his gift with me. You can see more of his work here: Teaessare Illustration and Design

If you like the logo or just want to look like a Top Chef contestant, you can pick up a shirt or other goodies from my Zazzle store.

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On today’s show Sean and I talked about a grab bag of topics. Its seems that when we don’t have a bacon product to review there is no telling what we will talk about.

We decided to bring back the audio version of the show for iTunes. We feel that this will make it easier for some of you to listen to our show in the car and at work. A few of you have been asking us to bring this back, so your wish has come true. It’s a little more work on my end but your enjoyment is the reason we do this so its worth it.

Let us know if you have any problems with the new formate. We will still me doing the show live on uStream and you can still watch the recored video, we are just adding another way for you to enjoy that show.

Go to BaconLIVE.com to learn how to subscribe, call the show, and watch us live Wednesdays at 7pm ET!

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