It does Rule!!

Confirming the old saying about apples falling from trees and the distance thereof, it is not surprising that both FOJTE and FOJTY enjoy the culinary arts. The former is more taken with nouveau style, while the latter quite knows his way around a smoker and barbeque. He passed along some shots of what you can do with 2 pounds of bacon, sausage, and some seasonings, resulting in what must be the king of pork fat. The formal name for the dish/creation is called a “Bacon Explosion”. Basically you start with a bacon weave, layer of sausage,



more bacon,



more sausage, seasonings



and then roll it up.



On the smoker (or oven) for a couple of hours (with some cooling beverages), and you got it. Unfortunately there were no shots of the finished product (been there, done that!), but you can see the whole formal process on the web. Can’t go wrong with pork fat.

MFO also did some pork product this weekend, however it was in the form of a sage crusted pork tenderloin, from a recipe (p. 39) in the October Cuisine at Home.



So all the flutters enjoyed a weekend with the alternate white meat''


Oddz and Endz

Server Lexicon – thanks to the reader who added the fact that unless the server is willing to respond to a menu selection with: “Bad Choice!”, then saying “Good Choice!” probably isn’t necessary.

Food Trend? – another reader has noticed a trend of putting a fried egg on things, including a burger. I seem to remember seeing that done someplace..

Sports note: Over the weekend, I did spend some couch time with the US Open tennis. While commenting on the grunting and squealing might be appropriate in today’s pork related blog, it’s something else. I’ve noticed a trend (?) that when a player hits a good shot for a winner, it is not uncommon for them to clench their fists, do a semi-crouch, and scream/shout/say: “C’mon!”. I am not sure what their intent is. Does the player want us to join up and go with them someplace? Are we to jump down on the court? Where are we going? Does s/he feel they’re slipping behind and need to hurry up? I don’t get it.

and, even if it's for a bacon explosion, you can still
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