BACON DAY!! Sir Francis Bacon

Hello all! So this was an epic, salt laden, artery clogging bacon fest!! :D For the event I made mini Bacon Cheesecakes, Mini Bacon Brownies, Mini Bacon cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Syrup, A Bacon Explosion (aka the Bomb), and Bacon Bleu Grilled cheese sandwiches (OMG). Steve made Bacon Wrapped Jalalpeno Poppers and Bacon Wrapped Sausages, and Brandi and Cody brought Double Bacon Pizza, and Katherine made a really yummy Bacon Asian Vegi Stir fry. Tim also came with a bottle of Mangria, and Rachel came to clean up left overs. It was SUPER fun, and we were all SO FULL we didn even make bacon cinnamon rolls or the four horseman sandwich, which is bacon wrapped dates and blue cheese on sour dough. Ok, so pictures!!

The Bacon Bomb (Explosion) is really almost more of a show piece then meal. Its DELISH but so rich, a small chunk is all even the more intrpid baconeer will do, but I think evenone should do it once, so heres the recipe. This time I added the crumbled bacon to the innerds :)

This week I have also been playing WAY to much gameboy... Because Im a nerd.... :D Anywho, heres a funny screenshot of my dragon :3

100th Post

Hello all! how is everyone doing this lovely day? Yes, Im in a pleasent mood. This seems strange a of late, doesnt it? kidding. Im currently pushing everything out of my head, because this time tomarrow i will be meeting Gentleman Friend and we will jump on a plane for Utah!! Why Utah you ask? His family reunion. Im meeting the family but I cant even begin to try and process that right now, just trying to enjoy the fact Im gunna get to go camping, see some sights and take a trip!! I have had some wonderlust as of late... In need of adventure!!

School also starts this week, but I will miss the first week. Im not terribly worried. But thats a little nerve wracking, I'll be jumping full force into that!! Also at work they are switching over to the EVIL new schedualing system Chronos, which means we are getting raped on days off one more time, and my dear friends who are on-call get gyped on hours once more. Avoid corporations if you can ladies and gents.

So Bacon Day was a HIT! Super amazing happy time! More people then I thought showed up (which was about 1/4 of those who said they would attend) But all the best. Tim drove down from Sacto, Angera came and ditched her BF for it, and a few others. The Aunts came too! :D So good!! GF was a G and wonderful host, keeping people entertained most of the night while I was anti-social in the kitchen, this is what I do at parties. after the food Tim brought out the best game ever, Cards Against Humanity. Essentially Apples to Apple but EVIL, in the best way possible. :D We had a splendid feast of Bacon waffles, Bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers, grilled bacon and blue cheese, BLT, bacon wrapped sausages, the bacon bomb, bacon beer, bacon floats, bacon cinnamon buns, bacon brownies and failed bacon bourbon. (its just didnt taste like bacon really, more next time!) The Aunts brought a delightfull bacon zuccinni casserole which helped us from having corinaries Im sure!! Here are some shots, stolen from the Eclectic Eccentric blog ;) Thanks handsome!!

Hungry yet? Good! Because I'll share the recipe for the BOMB!

Ingrediants-

2 pounds bacon
1 pound Italian sausage
1 jar of your favorite barbeque sauce

3 cloves garlic

1/4 cup of cheddar cheese

chives is desired

1 jar of your favorite barbeque rub

take the bacon and weave it into a blanket, about 5x5 pieces. make sure the raw bacon isnt frozen or it will break. Sprinkle sparingly with rub, then lay the sausage, cheese, chopped garlic, and chives in a long tube at the bottom of the weave. Roll the bacon all the way around the mix, sealing it in a beautiful blanket.

Back at 350 for about 2 hours or until cooked through. let it sit for about 10 minutes before sutting or it will be an ungodly mess. consume vigorously!!!

 And lastly it wouldnt be fitting to have a 100th post without the felines who try to sabotage me, the GF's adorable face and things I love :) Thanks everyone!!

Fun, Food and Bacon!!

So to begin, the other day at work I forgot my lunch, and so headed over to the local convenience store and got some snackies, including POPCORN BALLS! They were so yummy!!! :D Mom used to make them when I was a kid, and these tasted much like those.

This weekend the lovely Gentleman Friend took me out for Pizza and Mimosa's at Cafe Avilino. We ate breakfast pizza, which has sundried tomato pesto, egg and cheese, then bacon and sausage. For my second piece I had pepperoni and it was delightful as well :) SO GOOD!!! We each drank a caraf of mimosa then I headed into work... In a very nice mood :) When I got back to his house we tried the juice boxes of wine. Their pretty terrible but hilarios!

At work they have had a problem with fruit flies all over the lunch room. Its terrifying, and the managers are trying to put up signs and deal, but people seem to like the infestation? Anywho, here is one of the signs, I drew the little fly and the attack of the flies note. :)

At the house my African Violet is blooming! Well, A bloom. So pretty!! I also made a salad that came out super pretty

So last night we did some bacon preliminaries. We had to test out some recipes, and they were AMAZING!! First I assembled the Bacon Bomb. This involved weaving strips of bacon, filling it with sausage, cheddar and chives, then rolling it up and roasting it till cooked. Next we made some cheddar jalapenio poppers, then wrapped those in bacon and fried then a second time. (GF got a deep fryer). We also made sausages wrapped in bacon and deep fried, some blue cheese bacon grilled cheese, and BLT's. HOLY SHIT. It was so good!! Bacon day will be the best!!