PSA Advance planning-National Bacon Day Monday Dec 30, 2019 - PSA

lousubcap

With all the seasonal distractions looming I was doing a calendar look and saw where National Bacon Day is Monday, Dec 30th.  Below is some back-ground info:

"National Bacon Day is an unofficial U.S holiday which falls on December 30th and is celebrated on an annual basis. The purpose of this holiday is to celebrate that tasty morsel of cured pork belly that is commonly known today as bacon. It’s a great day to enjoy bacon as a snack, with one of your meals for that day or even incorporate it into a tasty dessert. After all, everything goes better with bacon, so they say. This holiday shouldn’t be confused with International Bacon Day – a holiday which falls on the Saturday before Labor Day."
So, plan ahead and celebrate as you see fit!!  

dbCooper

Wonderful!  I shall partake in celebrating!

lousubcap

Shameless bump.  

GrateEggspectations

Got some bacon in the freezer that I smoked last spring. Time to break it out; thanks for the excuse!

Botch

I coulda swore it was earlier so I google-checked you, Sir; but you are correct!  It was IBD I was thinking of.  
It's on a Monday, so president trump will probably give us guv'mint workers the day off, since president Obama didn't (that's what happened for Xmas Eve, tomorrow!)  

smokingal

I thought of something to try so I'm in as well.

nolaegghead

I'll be eating some halal bacon, just to mix things up.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Bacon went in the hole today for 7 days but I will miss the 12/30 deadline. I will have to participate a couple of days late. 

lousubcap

Found in the Louisville newspaper on-line version.  Works for me.
"Gwyneth Paltrow is on record as saying (to The Telegraph in London three years ago), “I’m not sure how healthy bacon is in general, but I know it’s incredibly delicious.”
Game on Monday...

smokingal

Reminds me of the time when Kate Moss was quoted as saying "Nothing tastes as great as skinny feels", to which late night host Seth Meyers responded to with "One Word.  BACON!!"

lousubcap

This is all I've got today and if not for the Day I would have taken a pass.
Armadillo eggs, ABT's and crab stuffed bacon wrapped shrimp.  

Enjoy the day!

smokingal

@lousubcap That shrimp sounds delicious.  Enjoy!

alaskanassasin

Good show @lousubcap I bet that smells amazing 

smokingal

I went with a breakfast for dinner approach to celebrate this fine day.  Two slabs of homemade, dry cured, cold smoked Italian beef and pastrami lamb bacon were cooked sous vide following Chef Step's recipe for 48 hours.








The bacon was served with scratch made sourdough pancakes and two sunny side up eggs.  Everything was cooked in bacon fat.










The pancakes were topped with lilikoi-maple syrup.









Beef and lamb bacon pack a lot of flavor, but are much less tender than traditional pork bacon.  This sous vide approach really aided in that area.  It was tender and crispy at the same time.

CigarCityEgger

@smokingal that looks delicious! 

lousubcap

@smokingal - Bringing it as always.  Great acknowledgement of the Day!

CPFC1905

First of all - that's the work of genius.
Second - we do bacon bit different over here.   Most commonly we use 'back' bacon and to less well done. 
Since its bacon and there's always enough time for bacon;
this is the bacon of my dreams/childhood - note the rind on and I am assuming its smoked. 

 One of those, tied egg and two toast was my school age breakfast until about 11.

The UK's best hangover and vegetarianism cure is something like this;


There's fierce debate about sauce within the sarnie.  Red (tomato) or Brown (weird fruity sort of stuff) - both are wretch din my opinion, but I'll take dollop of mayo occasionally, with tomato and ground pepper.  Maybe even lettuce if I am feeling smug.  

Go bacon!

fishlessman

no pic here but went with a homemade guac covered with a pound bacon. seems to have nudged my bp up a bit today though but was worth it

thetrim

Sorry I missed it, but it was a nice thread to get caught up on.