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As Mrs. Baconninja, I often find myself caught up in the desire to add bacon to all recipes just to see what works. The Forum recently featured a story about bacon and the author was kind enough to include two bacon recipes, both of which interested me. Tonight I tried the first one, dark chocolate bacon cupcakes. I failed to take sufficient photos of the process…actually I failed to take ANY pictures in my excitement to try this chocolately-frosted pork fat creation. Lucky for me Baconnija stepped in and managed to get one picture of the final product before he ate the subject of the photo. I plan to try this recipe again and pledge to provide sufficient photographs next time. If you were fortunate enough to try one of these creations (and you know who you are!) I am accepting critisim, constructive or otherwise.

mmmmmm chocolate and bacon

So…I posted about a Bacon Chicken Garlic Pizza we had in Walker MN last weekend, well, we tried to duplicate it last night.  Ours came out very close to what we had in Walker.  The best thing about ours was the garlic flavor didn’t over power the bacon flavor. 

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…couldn’t drag me away from this bacon lunch.

On a side street of Fargo’s fabulous re-gentrified Broadway, a new beer and burger joint occupies a narrow and deep space reminiscent of East Coast Irish Pubs. Named in memory of a legendary local proprietor, JL Beers offers over 50 brews and serves the best bar burgers since the good ol’ days of Gert burgers at Mick’s Office across the river. (Sorry Mick’s, but they have gotten too thin.)

Three co-workers and I made our way there through the recently deposited snow drifts in hopeful search of comfort food. We found solace not on the wall of beer taps, but ironically enough in the Humpty Dumpty; a thick juicy burger topped with cheese, a fried egg and BACON!!! You can’t go wrong with that fairy tale combination. But unlike the nursery rhyme, this Humpty Dumpty will be put together again, and again, and again and…

On our way to Virgina MN for a hockey tournament we stopped at Village Square (http://www.villagesquarewalker.com/pizza.htm) in Walker MN. We ordered a Bacon Chicken Garlic pizza for the three of us. It was wonderful! The bacon was real bacon cut into squares, the garlic was fresh and very flavorfull. The pizza was some of the best I’ve ever had. This picture doesn’t do the pizza justice.

The VIP Room in Fargo ND is hosting a Bacon Extravaganza dinner on January 28th.

Makin’ Bacon at The VIP Room

A Five-Course Gourmet Dinner with Bacon in Every Course

Thursday, January 28, 6 p.m.

Appetizer Extravaganza

Bruschetta with Tomatoes, Bacon and Mozzarella
Pancetta-Wrapped Asparagus Parmigiano
Bacon-Wrapped Jumbo Shrimp with Curried Mayonnaise
Bacon-Wrapped Water Chestnuts
Prosciutto-Wrapped Cantaloupe
Mini Quiche Lorraine

Salad

Spinach Salad with Fresh Strawberries, Mangoes, Pineapple and Pecans served with Warm Bacon Dressing

Soup

Hearty Three-Bean Soup with Canadian Bacon and Vegetables

Entree

Maple Bacon-Wrapped Filet of Bison or Beef with Bearnaise Sauce
served with Green Beans with Bacon and Toasted Almonds
and Gouda and Bacon Potato Cakes

Dessert

Butter Pecan Ice Cream served in a Pizzelle Shell and topped with
Sweet Bacon Nuggets and Caramel Sauce

$48 per person

A special selection of wines will be available

The VIP Room
624 Main Avenue, Fargo, Lower Level of Historic Block Six

Reservations: 293-1999

We got contacted the other day by a songwriter named Hauk. He has a new album he has released called Baconic. I’ve listened to a couple of the tracks and even though it’s personally not my cup of tea, it’s not bad. Check it out for yourself. You can stream the entire album here:
http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.artistalbums&artistid=4901770&albumid=14694731
and it is currently available on Amazon and Itunes as well. If you would like to check out more info on Hauk pull up www.haukmusic.com.

I went to the new burger joint in Fargo today. I ordered the “Humpty Dumpty”. It’s a burger with a fried egg on top. What does this have to do with bacon?

Just ask to add bacon and they are more than happy to oblige. Very good burger and the bacon was cooked perfect.

This video also comes from our friend Bobby V.  This is what happens when your drippings pan gets a little too hot.  Be careful kids, leave bacon explosions to the professionals.

This is the first bacon explosion performed by a BaconOrgy contributor.  This is the one that started the madness….lets call it Bacon Fever.  We haven’t been the same since that day.  Our thanks goes out to Bobby V.  Nice work!

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This beautiful masterpiece came from a coworker, John M.  It’s a 20 pound turkey covered with pepper bacon.  This looks wonderful!  I didn’t cook a turkey this Thanksgiving, but you can guarantee the next turkey I cook will be bacon covered.  Some people at BaconOrgy Headquarters suggest putting the bacon between the turkey skin and meat, but then how would the bacon crisp up?  I think John did the correct thing and put it on top.  What’s better than turkey basted by bacon fat???  Not much if you ask me.

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