Bacon Lover - Beer Enthusiast - Tech Connoisseur - Variety Commentator
Today in the mail I got a package from Baconshirts.com, so I quickly made an unboxing video. I am very impressed with the quality of these shirts and the packaging. You can really tell the people that own this company love bacon.
I would like to give one or both of the shirts away. Let me now if you have any contest ideas. I also have the Bacon of the Month Club offering a prize too.
Archie McPhee is a well known fan of all things bacon, so I mention their products all the time. Well today when I was browsing their catalog I noticed two new bacon products, Bacon Beans and Bacon Floss. Once I get a hold of these I will be reviewing them. I hope the bacon jelly beans taste a little better than the bacon mints.
Bacon Floss - $4.95 ea.
Archie Mcphee says, “Dentists recommend flossing and we recommend bacon! Now you can improve your dental hygiene while enjoying the amazing flavor of crispy fried bacon. Is there anything bacon can’t improve? Each 2-1/2″ tall plastic dispenser contains 27.3 yards of waxed floss.”
Bacon Beans - $6.00 ea.
Archee Mcphee shouts, “It’s a bacon bonanza! Sixty bacon flavored jelly beans come in each 6-1/2″ x 1-1/2″ x 1″ bacon-shaped tin. Not quite as tasty as real bacon, but better for your arteries”.
If you have tried any of these products let me know what you thought of them.
Last week I got an interesting email from a reader that has an idea for bacon perfume. If you seen the Taco Bell commercial for the Bacon Club Chalupa you have a good understanding of the idea.
Chris writes:
I have this idea about some uses for bacon, and I don’t know if it’s been covered on your site. I thought after cooking a package of thick sliced bacon (it’s got to be the thick stuff) then taking the drippings and bottling as a cologne or perfume. The downside would be that it would need to be kept warm all of the time. If I wasn’t married, and a woman walked by me wearing a bacon perfume, I’d follow her anywhere.
I would just like to point out that they could probably just use the scent they use for the Bacon Scented Tuxedo. That way you don’t have to take the time cooking the bacon or keeping the scent warm.
Maybe a better idea would be for Tide to come out with bacon scented laundry detergent, so everything you wear would smell as good as bacon.
Every day at work I make a trip to the vending machines. I rarely ever find anything I want since they mostly just have Snyder chips and candy bars. I am not a big fan of either of those.
If they could some how sell precooked strips of bacon in the vending machine, I would be a happy camper. Wait a minute, why don’t they do that? It wouldn’t be that big of a deal. If they can sell bacon in a can, they could sell it in some kind of packaging that didn’t need refrigeration. I would gladly spend $1.50 for a few rashers of bacon. Also if you have a sweet tooth they could also sell chocolate cover bacon.
After doing some research I found out this is not a new idea. There is a vending machine in Scotland that sells and dispenses Bacon Rolls. It works buy cooking the bacon with halogen lamps and the roll with microwaves. After putting in your money and waiting for 20 seconds you have a warm bacon snack.
Looks like I need to plan a trip to Scotland, they seem to give bacon the appreciation it deserves.
Matt Gondek sent me a text today asking me to tell you about his new and improved website. But somehow on my way to his website I got distracted by the bacon flickr group, which is the only flickr group I am part of. I got a message that there were some new photos added to the photo pool, so I stopped in to check them out.
Here are a few good ones I found:
Bacon Pringles, I need to swing by the store is see if they have any of these. Are they good?
Continue reading ‘Fun at the Bacon Flickr Pool’
I got an email today form a friend of mine informing me about a crocheted bacon bracelet (or cuff for guys). It’s customizable too, when you order you can tell them what color button you would like. Also, if you have a large or small wrist you’re in luck, if you send them your measurements they will make it to fit. This homemade bacon gift sells for the very reasonable price of $6.50 USD each.
Here is a short list of other bacon products I found on Etsy:
Unsettlingly Real-Looking Felted Bacon Scarf – This is very expensive, but it looks so real I could eat it.
Premium Personal Bacon – I don’t understand what this product is. Is it a blanket for your hand?
Magical Magnetic Bacon Strip – Make your fridge happy and buy some bacon for it.
Lampwork Glass Focal Bead – if you’re making jewelry for a bacon lover this may come in handy.
Bacon Pin – Complete your summer style with this yummy looking bacon pin.
Bacon Greeting Card – This is great! Inside Greeting: ‘I’m achin’ for some bacon!’
There also needs to be more bacon in art like this:
Octopus Dog Art Print and Boston Terrier the Bacon Butcher Art Print
If I am out and I see you wearing something bacon related you will earn a free high-five. If I keep this promise next year at bacon fest, my hand is going to fall off.
For some unknown reason, I just found out about Celebrity Foods Canned Bacon a few days ago. I was sad to find out that it hasn’t been on store shelves for over a decade. Doing a quick search on Google found Canned-Bacon.com, a site dedicated to preserving the idea of bacon from a can.
After checking out the site, I found that they recently had a special announcement. There is a new can of bacon for sale under the name of Yoder’s Canned Bacon. The main difference between the two is Celebrity Foods bacon was uncooked and Yoder’s bacon is precooked. I feel this makes it the ultimate camping and survival food. The new bacon is a little pricey, 109.95 for a case of 12 cans.
If you live in the Pittsburgh area and want to split a case to save money let me know. I really want to try this stuff. I also just found a nice post from Accordion Guy about it, he really goes into detail.
