Ah, Bacon. Is there anything it can’t do? In celebration of National Bacon week — and the just-announced Bacon Awards For Excellence 2012 — here’s our top bacon stories.
Yeah, there is such a thing as the Bacon Awards For Excellence, awarded by Australian Pork. If you’re curious as to how you’d assess Australia’s best bacon well, according to the criteria:
“The bacon was then assessed in both raw and cooked form by three eminent judges against various criteria such as appearance, aroma, curing, taste and shrinkage.”
And the winners were…
(drumroll, please)
National Winners
Australia’s Best Bacon
1st Schulz Butchers 42 Murray Street Angaston SA 08 8564 2145
Full Rasher
1st Peter G Bouchier 9 Alex Avenue Moorabbin VIC 03 9553 7129
2nd Slade Point Meat Specialists 360 Slade Point Road Mackay QLD 07 4955 1009
3rd Rapley’s Midtown Quality Meats 2/108 Wagonga Street Narooma NSW 02 4467 1900
Short Cut
1st Schulz Butchers 42 Murray Street Angaston SA 08 8564 2145
2nd Meatways Butchery 4/30 Primmer Court Kambah ACT 02 6231 7258
3rd Kanmantoo Bacon Company Lot 1 Mine Road Kanmantoo SA 08 8538 5097
I’ve actually eaten bacon from the national winner, for what it’s worth, although not in the last calendar month. Hit up this link for the state winners if you fancy some tasty, tasty bacon goodness closer to home.
So what, then, of bacon online?
It’s a drink!
Gizmodo AU Makes Its Own Bacon Milkshake
The news that US takeout chain Jack In The Box is now selling bacon milkshakes has inspired excitement and revulsion in equal measure. Given our addiction to recreating fast-food icons and the lack of a local store selling bacon-laden milky goodness, there was only one thing to do: make one ourselves. The result? It’s possible, but we don’t recommend it.
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It’s a recruitment tool!
Microsoft Trying To Poach Amazon And Google Employees With Bacon
Microsoft is trying to hire new employees by luring them with god’s greatest creation, the devil’s most delicious treat and man’s greatest love: bacon. They’ve set up a bacon cart outside of Amazon’s offices and will give away free bacon to everyone. EAT BACON, WORK MICROSOFT.
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It can light up your home!
Use Leftover Bacon Drippings To Make An Oil Lamp
If the power goes out for a long time you may want a light source that doesn’t run on batteries. We’ve shown you once how to build an emergency oil lamp from a can of tuna, but if you don’t like the smell of fish, try on this bacon fat-powered lamp for size.
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It can make that special person in your life smell “extra” special!
Awesome, I got some baconnaise the other day so this will give me an excuse to open it.
I've had Shultzs bacon that's sold pre-packaged in supermarkets and it's good but not great.The only great bacon I know of is the the type they have to slice at the deli counter thats costs over $20 a kilo.REAL bacon is hard to find these days.
Question - Why eat food that you cannot bear (or haven't the guts) to watch being cut???? Go veg!!!!
Because it's tasty.
used to work in an abbatoir, still loves me meat.
Can't handle seeing a fig getting sliced open though.
Best bacon in Australia. Available at Thomas Dux stores (Bloody expensive but AWESOME).
http://www.saskiabeer.com/products/Pork
Sugar Cured Speck (Belly Bacon)