January 2009

  • The Bacon Explosion Explosion

    By erika on 1/29/09 12:30pm
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    Fame is funny. Just before last Christmas, two barbecue bloggers, in response to a challenge from one of their Twitter subscribers, invented a mindbending new meal: The Bacon Explosion.

    The Bacon Explosion consists of a lattice of bacon, wrapped around a bunch of sausage, which is rolled up into a fat tube of deliciousness. It is then grilled, or - ideally - smoked in a smoker. The roll as a whole clocks in with at least 5,000 calories and 500 grams of fat. Delicious, delicious fat and calories.

    Once the internet got wind of the Bacon Explosion, it, well, exploded.

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  • More Wacky Game Meats: Raccoon

    By erika on 1/13/09 11:47am
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    The popular New York Times article on the rise of squirrel meat consumption in Britain has brought out the best in many local reporters. Now reporter Lee Hill Kavanaugh of The Kansas City Star brings us an article with the unbeatable title, Raccoon: It's what's for dinner.

    Raccoon meat is another delicacy for which I believe the polite term is "rural." Raccoon hunting has a long and storied tradition in rural America. An entire sub-section of the AKC's Working class of dogs has been bred specifically to hunt raccoons.

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  • Squirrel Meat on the Menu

    By erika on 1/7/09 11:15am
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    The New York Times has a wonderful article about the rise of the squirrel meat market in England. Squirrel meat is a "win win" solution, since gray squirrels are an invasive species, which has been gradually displacing the native English red squirrel.

    The gray squirrel was introduced to England in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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