Over the past few weeks I have been doing some freelance blogging for Touch Arcade, one of my favorite iPhone gaming blogs. I have been waiting for a game to come out that made sense to post on this blog so I could tell you about my new gig. Well last week that game came out and it is called Super Turbo Action Pig.
Super Turbo Action Pig is a single button avoidance game. The object of the game is to avoided obstacles that want to turn you into sausage (I wish it was bacon). Check out the games trailer to see what I am talking about.
I have been playing the game a lot and I really enjoy it. That art and humor that’s featured in the game is really what makes it. My only complaint is I wish I was the villain in the game and I was trying to turn Super Turbo Action Pig in to Super Bacon!
If you are a fan of pickup and play games, and a lover of pork, than I would suggest you check out this game in the App Store (only .99). For me it’s taken the place of Doodle Jump when I only have a few minutes to kill.
If you have an iPhone or ipod Touch and enjoy gaming, be sure to follow my posts over at Touch Arcade. I am the new guy over there so seeing a few familiar faces in my comments would be nice.
It’s the weekend and that means its time to anther installment of “Weekend Cooking“. This weeks recipe comes from Elisa, a friend from work. She made me Chocolate Chip-Bacon-Pecan Cookies for me for my Birthday.
She made these before and I thought they were amazing. Other people were a little taken back, but I think thats because they don’t like the idea of eating bacon for a dessert. Everyone said that the flavors were good and they enjoyed the cookie but they couldn’t eat it with out making a face.
This time when she made the cookies I didn’t share many with the people at work. I wanted to share this batch with fellow bacon lovers. Sadly, I eat most of them myself so the only other people that tried them were Beth and my Mom. They both loved them and really like that fact that the bacon added something savory to the cookie.
Here is an eating tip: The longer you have these cookies around the more bacony they taste. These cookies are like a good soup, there better the next day.
Next time your in the mood for cookies give these a try. Elisa says that she really like the cookie dough this recipe makes. You can add any mix ins you want to the dough to make an original bacon cookie.
Chocolate Chip-Bacon-Pecan Cookies
Makes about 18 thick-and-chewy cookies
What you will need:
5 strips bacon
1 cup, plus 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 stick unsalted butter at room temperature
1/3 cup white sugar
1/3 cup light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Directions:
In a large skillet over medium heat, cook bacon, turning several times, until browned and done, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Chop finely.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking soda and salt.
In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugars. Add egg and vanilla extract, and beat until just blended. Add the dry ingredients; beat until just incorporated and the flour is dissolved. Stir in the chocolate chips, pecans and bacon.
Drop one large tablespoon cookie dough 2 to 3 inches apart (as they will spread) on baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until firm and golden brown around the edges, and still slightly soft in the center. Transfer to a rack and cool for 15 minutes.
Can be stored on countertop for one to two days, then refrigerated in an airtight container.
This recipe is from a NPR article called, Bacon Gets Its Just Desserts. Be sure to check out the article there are a few other good looking recipes you might want to try.
On last night’s show Sean brought up “Bacon Freak”. I usually try not to do that for two reasons, one I hate talking bad about people even if I don’t like them, and two I hate promoting his crappy bacon and website. I am sure if you read this blog a lot you will know why there is bad blood between me and Racco (owner of BF). If not the long story shorts is, he stole my content and he sells really bad bacon. He’s a sleazy sales man trying to cash in on peoples love of bacon.
A lot of fellow bacon lovers agree with me. Every time I write something about this I get emails and tweets of support. Sadly, there usually from people that got suckered in by his crappy blog to buy something form his store or fellow bloggers whose content was stolen.
Knowing this I could NEVER support anything Bacon Freak does. I have come to the conclusion that any website that supports Bacon Freak is a Bacon Fake.
I am not going to mention any names in this post but if you go to a bacon blog and see an ad for them email the author and tell them they lost your respect and that they should remove it. We need to make sure the bacon community only supports that best bacon products. Instead of buying bacon from a site like Bacon Freak buy it from companies that support real farmers and sell great products.
Check out my links page for places to buy great bacon online.
We also talked about Segways and reviewed more bacon from Burger’s Smokehouse. If you not into watching rants I would skip the first half of the show. Enjoy Bacon!
Burgers’ Smokehouse supplied the bacon that we reviewed on this show free of charge. This is a good thing because if we had to buy everything we reviewed on the show we would be broke. Read our disclosure policy for more information.
The guy that brought us that ridiculously viral song “Hover Bacon” has created what he calls a great human achievement, a bacon rocket.
We made a bacon rocket! Rocket Science and Bacon Science, 2 disciplines at the pinnacle of human achievement, finally united!
There are two things I love about this video
The song in the background.
The smoke alarm that kicks in at the end of the video.
This is a great advancement for bacon and I think the next step would be to use bacon for brain surgery. But something tells me that wouldn’t be a funny video to watch, so maybe we should just stick with rockets.
Since its Music Monday I couldn’t let this opportunity pass me by to share this with you all. At this year’s Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival they started the event off with the National Anthem sung by an Elvis impersonator.
When he came out the first thought they came to mind was,”Wow, this could get offensive”. Some people don’t think it’s funny to make a joke out of our National Anthem (but I would be ok with it). Once the guy started singing I was shocked, this guy could really sing!
It was a great way to start an event to celebrate bacon. I am not sure who’s idea it was or where he came from, but I like it. And I am glad someone got it up on YouTube so everyone else could see it.
This is going to be my last post about the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival for awhile or until they have more details to share about next year’s event. Elvis has just left the building.
Over the past few weeks I have been doing some freelance blogging for Touch Arcade, one of my favorite iPhone gaming blogs. I have been waiting for a game to come out that made sense to post on this blog so I could tell you about my new gig. Well last week that game came out and it is called Super Turbo Action Pig.
