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Tag Archives: Bacon

Columbus Bacon Camp ‘09

I just noticed I never posted my photos from Bacon Camp. I am a total slacker. What’s that, you say? “What the heck is Bacon Camp?” Well I’ll tell you. Officially: BaconCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment about bacon. It is an intense event [...]
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How To Turn Bacon Grease Into Pie Crust

Every time I tell someone I keep my bacon grease I get two kinds of responses. “Oh my God, are you serious? That’s so gross!” — or — “Wow, I didn’t know anyone else still did that. My mother/grandmother always had a can of it on the stove.” Sometimes I’d get both reactions at the [...]
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Please Name This Dish

I hate following recipes exactly. It’s why I’m generally not a good baker. Anything that has to be accurate within an eighth of a teaspoon is too fiddly for me. My wife, on the other hand, is a great baker. She’ll start from a recipe, then adjust every time she makes it until she has it [...]
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Potato Salad With Bacon and Egg

I’ve always liked my potato salad much drier than what you usually get from a store. The dressing is mostly mayonnaise with just enough vinegar to add some “bite” to it. And hard boiled egg … lots of hard boiled egg. So today’s recipe is a little bit of a departure, since the dressing is a [...]
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