Bacon Camp Columbus 2009

Do anything exciting this weekend? Me neither. But the bacon lovers of Columbus, Ohio got down this past weekend with their own Bacon Camp held at Wild Goose Creative. Luckily for us, bloggers were in attendance and Hungrywoolf did a wonderful review and took some great pictures.

There definitely were some creative entries and bacon creations that I have not seen before. I love that people are continuing to innovate with bacon.

Bacon Bouquet - just gorgeous. Better than some dying red roses anyday.
The winning entry - bacon stuffed pierogies (with piggie butter!)
BLT - bacon liquor tinis with bacon peppercorn infused vodka
Bacon and blue cheese ice cream - I would love to try this, bacon and blue cheese go toether so well.
Bacon mustard with a pretzel chip - I bet you can't eat just one.
Spicy bacon chocolate strawberries - this one is my favorite. I want some NOW!

These pics were all posted with the gracious permission of Hungrywoolf and there's more so please visit her blog and drop a comment if you like them.

Someone with good organizational skills please get a Bacon Camp NY/NJ going. I suck at organizing but I'd eat my way through there like a champ!

The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck

Do you believe in fate? I do, especially where it concerns bacon and ice cream. Tonight, before I left work, I was searching the interweb for some bacony goodness to post here. You may not be aware of this, but it's not always easy finding something new, exciting and post-worthy, bacon-wise. So anyway, I come across a picture on Flickr of a bacon ice cream sandwich from the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. Intruiged, I went a googling.

I quickly landed on the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck's website and found out that this truck roams NYC with a very interesting ice cream menu:

Toppings:
Crushed Nilla Wafers
Dulce de Leche
Wasabi Pea Dust
Crushed Choco-Mint Cookies
Scharfen Berger Cocoa Nibs
Peppermint Syrup
Cayenne Pepper

Cartwheel Special:
Nutella

and THEN, I noticed their schedule posted which said the truck was currently DIRECTLY OUTSIDE OF MY OFFICE. Holy crap! Checked their Twitter and saw that they were heading to midtown in a few minutes. I grabbed my bag and shot out of the door on a mission.

And fate put this into my hands...


Yummy caramelized bacon, soft serve chocolate ice cream between two cartwheel cookies. OMG. DELICIOUSNESS. I've been doing a low-carb diet for a while now and this certainly wasn't in the plan, but I had to have it. I walked down 17th street like a little kid in a candy shop.

I talked to the guys in the truck and they were very nice but in my excitement over the bacon ice cream I was about to consume, I totally forgot to ask their names. I did pick up this magnet for $1.00 which is totally awesome.

If you're in Manhattan and craving some offbeat ice cream treat or even just a sprinkled cone from some real nice guys, I highly recommend checking their website and twitter account for their location and current menu. According to their site the menu changes frequently and the bacon is just a trial run and in limited amounts, it wasn't even listed on the truck. The early bird gets the bacon!

A great end to an otherwise crappy Monday. :)

Bacon Man with a Bacon Weave Face

I know nothing about this picture but it's fascinating.



I found this pic on miss Karen's Flickr photostream with only the cryptic tagline, "Made from 30 pounds of bacon by Diva and Steve". I'm afraid I am not content with this explanation and I need more information.

-Did it really take 30lbs of bacon to put this together?
-How many drinks did it take to come up with this idea?
-How is the bacon attached to the frame?
-Did you eat it when you were done?
-Are there any more pictures? (I want to see the bottom half!)

UPDATE: Bacon Today posted a lot more info and pictures about Bacon Man and Baconfest 2008. Go check it out!