Bacon Freak

We’ve all heard some of the wild, wonderful and wacky tales coming out of the annual “Burning Man” celebration. Some of the stories are psychological, philosophical or political in nature while others are artistic, some silly, some scary, some freaky but most all of them are pretty “trippy” to say the very least!

Our very good bacon buddies over at the Royal Bacon Society snagged this story and once I read it, I just knew I had to pass it on to all of you Bacon Freaks out there as quickly as humanly possible!

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Do I smell bacon?

I’ve always thought that bacon was a highly valuable commodity. My entire life I’ve been hearing about pork belly futures, and honestly, nothing works better as a bribe to get people out of bed. So I wasn’t too surprised to learn that even at a hippiefest like Burning Man, bacon holds it value like gold.

According to this anecdotal tale from Noelle Carter in the LA Times blogs section, bacon is king if you find yourself in a bartering situation. And speaking of the Times, they’ve been on a serious bacon high lately. The Daily Dish has been hooking up one article after another with tons of great bacon recipes. In fact, Noelle is currently in the process of compiling a list of 1,001 things to do with bacon. Ambitious! I like it! In addition to her regular updates, you can find lots of handy bacon ideas in the comments section of her articles.

Signing Off and Pigging Out,
Rocco “Boss Hog” Loosbrock
www.baconfreak.com

Recently Bacon Freak was named again in the Bacon Porn section of Maxim Magazine being named two months in a row as a top Holiday Gift. This months edition of Maxim Magazine features a bunch of hotties including Olga Kurylenko (The Hottest James Bond Girl Ever). This months edition of Maxim includes of course the 12 best gift for the holidays including a calendar loaded with some of the hottest stars and models. Be sure to pick up an edition or click here to see the article and cover models.

Additionally the Bacon Freak Bacon of the Month Club has become an official sponsor at www.reddit.com. Our new partnership is a great one! We provide gifts for their top bloggers and contest winners. Here is the banner on their site.

Signing Off and Pigging Out,
Rocco “Boss Hog” Loosbrock
www.baconfreak.com

Looks like the “Bacon Crisis” is finally over in Northern Ireland, and not a moment too soon, as the official government regulators give the Celtic Pork a “!0 Snout Salute!”

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Free Bacon “Sarnies” Mark Pork’s Return To Northern Ireland Menu!

The Belfast Telegraph

Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Northern Ireland pork was back on the menu in Belfast yesterday — and customers were eager to bite into their bacon butties.

The Merchant Hotel in the city centre offered free bacon sandwiches all day to celebrate the news that Northern Ireland’s pork was in the clear. Staff said diners kept on requesting pork throughout the crisis — when the hotel withdrew selected items from its menu for two days — and were glad to see it make a comeback.

Executive chef Tony O’Neill said the Merchant is a proud champion of locally grown meat. He avoided binning the hotel’s stock of pork when news of the crisis broke, instead keeping it refrigerated and ready to use.

Mr. O’Neill said: “We were advised to hold on by the Environmental Health Service on Monday night, and on Tuesday morning we got the all-clear. We source everything locally, including our bacon and our sausages, so we were sure none of our suppliers had been affected by the contamination.”

He added: “I think the whole thing has been overblown. I don’t think the government has been fully aware of the real situation until this morning (Tuesday), so there has been an awful lot of confusion.

“It’s been devastating for farmers and people in the industry.”

Joanne Doherty, a customer visiting the hotel for lunch yesterday, said: “I definitely think it’s a good thing Northern Irish pork is back on the menu here. I would be confident eating it, I think its fine. In the future the government should be more careful in sending the right message out because this kind of thing can affect the whole economy.”

Her friend Ann McDermott said: “There have been confusing messages coming out about the crisis since Sunday, and we’ve seen retailers taking things off their shelves, but I’d still be happy eating pork.”

Moyallon Foods, which supplies meat to the Merchant and other Belfast restaurants, voluntarily suspended deliveries on Monday but resumed on Tuesday after receiving written guarantees from its farms that its pork was clean.

Managing director Jilly Dougan said: “We are absolutely delighted that the Merchant and others are putting pork back on the menu, but we’re worried that the Food Standards Agency has shaken the public’s confidence.”

Signing Off and Pigging Out,
Rocco “Boss Hog” Loosbrock
www.baconfreak.com