“Men prefer the smell of petrol and frying bacon to that of a newborn baby, a study has found.”
In other news, a study has found that women also prefer the smell of bacon to that of babies. Babies stink.
“Mmmm. Smell that? It’s the scent of bacon mania. There are bacon blogs, bacon cookbooks, bacon-scented air fresheners, bacon tweets and a book entitled Bacon, A Love Story. “Bacon Butties” has more than 500,000 fans on Facebook. “Bacon mania” even has its own Wikipedia entry.
“Bacon has wound its way into desserts. It is now vogue to match savory bacon with sweet dishes. There are bacon cookies, brownies and cupcakes; bacon cakes, pies and bread pudding; bacon ice cream, milkshakes and truffles; bacon chocolate bars, jellybeans and, yes, bacon baklava.”
via animinimalism
3. This one might be my favorite. At Fatburger, you can order a Hypocrite — a veggie burger topped with crispy strips of bacon.
Hahaha “The Hypocrite”. Awesome.
“They kept circling,” said [researcher] La Farge. “It was just so unlike their previous behaviour.”
Bacon’ll do that to a critter
[h/t hilker]
“In general, diners should expect that everything on the menu will be either wrapped in bacon, stuffed with bacon, or both. Meals feature “Bacon Water” and will be topped off with bacon-flavored Altoids.”
WHY?? Why must you be so far from me, glorious bacon restaurant?!?
Click-through to Blondie & Brownie’s blog post about their visit to the Bacon Takedown, with photos of all the amazing bacon creations they saw there, including bacon sloppy joes, bacon cupcakes, bacon cake, bacon ice cream, and more!
Warning: BBB is not responsible for embarassment caused by uncontrolled drooling in the workplace.
Imagine… Someday soon we could be eating bacon from extinct species of perhaps even more delicious pigs!!
