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[fiercebunny]

Although it's not till next Sunday, Sarah made me some candy for my birthday.


Yes, she made bacon brittle. Honest to goodness meat candy. She found the recipe online somewhere. Yet another one of the myriad reasons why I love the internets: no matter how crazy you are, your crazy is not alone.

Anyway, besides the bacon, it also has pecans in it so there's still a bit of a nutty flavor. It's really not that bad, despite the many looks of disappoval the poor bacon brittle received. Nicole's husband looked very chagrined and kept insisting, "Meat disnae belong in sweeties!" but we talked him into trying a little piece and it didn't kill him, so all was good. (Although a lot of bacon brittle probably would kill you eventually. It would be a long, slow, greasy death.)

Nicole gave me a bacon wallet. It's turning out to be sort of a theme this birthday.


I think next year we should try to make bacon ice cream. I do have an ice cream maker somewhere.

Comments

[the-impassive.livejournal.com]

Oh, christ, that is the best thing I've ever seen. Nobody believes me when I say I want all my sweets to be bacon-flavored.

After you're recovering from bypass surgery you can tape yourself up with these.

[caerbannog.livejournal.com]

It's truly magical how bacon manages to go with everything. Here's the recipe for the first attempt at bacon candy (http://www.wchstv.com/gmarecipes/pigcandy.shtml). It didn't come out right, but bacon and brown sugar are just too awesome of a combination to give up on.

I love that Archie McPhee has a whole catagory devoted to bacon and meat. Tried the air freshner before though and it's just kind of funky.

[the-impassive.livejournal.com]

I spent a good twenty minutes drooling over that Bacontarian site (of course he already touched on the McPhee goodness) and am just dizzy with baconifying plans.

The Bacontarian would be appalled, but I, for one, insist that the strides made in bacon during my lifetime are unsurpassable. Microwave bacon that doesn't suck? It's just heaven.

Happy early birthday in case I miss it!