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I Am Not Right In The Head

My first thought when I saw that picture was, “But now how are you supposed to cook the bacon?”

I saw that photo over at Side Dish Magazine in a post mentioning the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival in Des Moines. Did someone say “bacon eating contest”? Why yes, I believe they did.

It’s been a while since my last bacon post and … Oh, who am I kidding, there’s no reason for this except that I found some more great bacon pictures. And it’s Friday. So here’s another entry in the “women in bacon” theme.

How To Meat People And Be Loved: The Bacon Costume


Last year for Halloween, I was bacon. If you’ve never been bacon before, I highly recommend it. Everybody, you see, loves bacon. It is, as my friend Monica says, the Candy of the Meats.

People do not want to be quiet about their love for bacon, they want to declare it, often loudly. Even the most shy people at least muttered “bacon!” under their breath as they passed me. I have never been so popular, so adored (and strangely, so hit-on) in my life.

I’ll be needing this link in about six months.

And to show that men can wear bacon too, there’s this.

Bacon Scented Bacon Print Tuxedo


There’s a theory that everything is better with bacon. We believe that theory with all of our heart. To that end, we are introducing our line of bacon formal wear with Uncle Oinker’s Bacon Scented Bacon Print Tuxedo. You can get married in bacon, get confirmed in bacon or go to the Oscars in bacon! Wait until Joan Rivers gets a whiff of you. Each Tuxedo is tailored from chemically treated latex print fabric in one of four different sizes. Best of all, it smells just like bacon sizzling in the pan. Dry clean only.

This one I won’t be needing the link for next year. Or the year after that. Or ever.


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16 Comments

  1. Bob
    Posted April 10, 2009 at 12:23 am | Permalink

    Love the bacon bra. But it needs to be already cooked. I’m sure a mold could be made, lined with bacon…

  2. Kristin @ Going Country
    Posted April 10, 2009 at 6:45 am | Permalink

    I really prefer not to imagine what cold, greasy bacon might feel like slapped onto my, um, lady lumps. GROSS.

  3. Heather
    Posted April 10, 2009 at 9:20 am | Permalink

    It’s a whole new twist on edible undies! I better keep my husband away from this post, don’t want him getting ideas, lol! I’m just glad he didn’t see that bacon tuxedo in time for our wedding!

  4. Posted April 10, 2009 at 9:39 am | Permalink

    Bob, making the mold could be fun.

    Kristin, if it’s cold it’s not greasy … yet. And you know, raw bacon just doesn’t do anything for me.

    Heather, you know the difference between the class clown and the class comedian? The class clown is the one who wears a bacon tuxedo. The class comedian is the one who told him where to order it, and showed up with a camera. I’m the comedian.

  5. Queenie
    Posted April 10, 2009 at 10:54 am | Permalink

    hmmm… that pic of the bacon bra is kinda gross… only because that woman should have re-shaved her armpits before the photo! ewwwwwwww! that is the first thing i saw… 5:00 shadow.

    the bacon tuxedo… i don’t think so.

    Drew, you are so funny.

  6. Anonymous
    Posted April 10, 2009 at 11:34 am | Permalink

    Drew, I posted this in the Bacon Nation blog I enjoy reading. Please check it out…it’s a great community.
    http://baconnation.ning.com/profiles/blog/list

  7. onlinepastrychef
    Posted April 10, 2009 at 11:54 am | Permalink

    Does your grandmother Really Cook Like This, Drew?! I’d love to have met her–I bet she was a kick at parties! lol

  8. Dave
    Posted April 10, 2009 at 12:38 pm | Permalink

    How do you cook that bacon? Sunny side up of course. ;)

  9. Stephanie
    Posted April 10, 2009 at 1:12 pm | Permalink

    I hate to say it, but that guy’s girlfriend or wife has the look that says “I got dressed up in this gorgeous dress, and everyone’s looking at the idiot in a bacon tux.”

  10. Posted April 10, 2009 at 1:39 pm | Permalink

    Queenie, thanks a lot. Now that’s all I keep noticing.

    Anon, I’ll take a look when I get some free time.

    Jenni, now that’s funny. My grandmother would have been horrified.

    Dave, I’m not sure quite what that means, but I still think it’s right.

    Stephanie, I read it more as, “I’m not getting paid nearly enough for this crap.” That or, “This shoot is not going in my portfolio.”

  11. Tamara
    Posted April 10, 2009 at 2:04 pm | Permalink

    Kristin-That was the first thing I thought of, too. All gooey and ew…and then you would smell like raw bacon for DAYS. Haha I’ll stick to frying and eating it, thanks.

    This whole thing was too funny. My husband was trying to get work done, but I kept bugging him to show him the next thing on it. I love the bacon tux…although the guy wearing it looks to be enjoying himself a bit too much, and there should be a warning on it to stay away from dogs. That could get ugly!

  12. Sweet Bird
    Posted April 10, 2009 at 3:42 pm | Permalink

    Umm….wow. I’m truly horrified by bacon bra lady.

    I’m right there with Kristin. No thanks to raw slimy bacon.

  13. Posted April 10, 2009 at 6:55 pm | Permalink

    Tamara, I hadn’t thought about the dog issue. I was stuck on the “chemically treated latex print fabric”. I’ll bet that breathes so nicely on a hot day.

    Sweet Bird, the more I think about it the less appealing it is. And it didn’t start out all that great.

  14. Makxberr
    Posted April 11, 2009 at 6:56 am | Permalink

    You have obviously never lived in a Muslim country hehehehe

  15. Wenchzilla
    Posted April 11, 2009 at 3:08 pm | Permalink

    That bra adds new meaning to the term “food porn” :)

  16. Posted April 11, 2009 at 3:48 pm | Permalink

    Makxberr, no I haven’t.

    Wenchzilla, I don’t know how I didn’t think of that myself. Now I have to try real hard not to go looking for more like that.

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