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Bacon Sunrise

Mark Wilson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Over the apple-smoked mountains, the great yoke rose again. And the day began anew.

Your Bills Will Now Make You Poor And Fat

Adam Frucci — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:20:00 +0000

Bacon-flavoured mmmvelopes are envelopes with adhesive that tastes like bacon. So when you seal an envelope, you get the taste of bacon and a deep feeling of emptiness inside yourself. So it’s kind of a double-edged sword.

[Mmmvelopes via Uncrate]

Bacon Lamp

Mark Wilson — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:20:00 +0000

I doubt that words can do justice to the unbridled fulfilment a man receives when standing next to a bacon lamp birthed from his own brilliance.

Flickr user kmkelley617’s bacon lamp is real and it’s (mostly) edible. The shade is made out of 99 per cent hand-woven bacon which was then baked as a mould in the oven, probably so kmkelley617 wouldn’t find himself violently ill should he get mouthy in the middle of a spontaneous-yet-inevitable man-on-lamp lovemaking session.

The only room we see for improvement is to replace that light bulb with something of a higher wattage so the lamp becomes a dual bacon idol/bacon cooker, rather than solely the former.

[flickr via Oddity Central via The Presurfer via technabob]

iPhone Case Makes Me Hungry And Gives Me A Brunchner

Jesus Diaz — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:30:00 +0000

Hmmm, yes, I would like an iPhone with a fried egg sunny side up, and bacon. Well done. Crispy. Almost burnt. Oh, and a cafe au lait, please. Thanks.

Oh, and the egg is a pouch. How cute is that? Perhaps enough to pay $US35 for it. [Etsy via Walyou]

Apparently Making Bacon Bits Is Just Like Playing Space Invaders

Mark Wilson — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:30:00 +0000

We’ve all underestimated the power of the recent bacon movement. Hop on this meme while it’s still hot (and crispy-smokey-delicious) with this $US10 shirt from woot!. And here we always thought bacon bits were made of soy. [shirt.woot! via geekologie]

iPod Shuffle Scrumptified Through Bacon Bit Case

Mark Wilson — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:04:06 +0000

The Bacon iPhone Case was a feat of engineering, for sure. But what about those times that you don’t want to carry around 16GB of bacon in your pocket?

If you have a last generation iPod shuffle (you know, the version that doesn’t judge your taste in music), then one Etsy seller will provide you with a coordinating handmade bacon case for just $US19. Just keep in mind, as tasty as that case might look, you should never attempt to swallow your iPod shuffle.
[Etsy via Walyou]

Prosciutto-Wrapped Air Hose Cuts Through Steel, Cucumber Version Proven Inferior

Dan Nosowitz — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:00:00 +0000

In a crushing blow for vegetarians worldwide, a cucumber doused in vegetable oil has been proven inferior to prosciutto when tasked with cutting through steel sheet metal. Pork: 1, PETA: 0.

The fat in the prosciutto and the oil-slathered cucumber is used with oxygen and a flame to combust, giving a fairly strong-burning torch. Check out the video below.

Proscuitto, we should add, is a dry-cured (not smoked, like American bacon) spiced Italian pork product, and despite hailing from communist Europe, is far superior to what we in the States know as bacon. That’s right. There’s something better than bacon. [Boing Boing Gadgets]

The BA-K-47 Doesn’t Fire Bullets, But It Does Slay PETA Activists

Matt Buchanan — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:00:00 +0000

An AK-47 crafted out of bacon and genius using a blowtorch: The bacon movement has truly reached its apex. [this is freaking ridiculous via Geekologie]

This Delicious iPhone Would Give You a Heart Attack

Matt Buchanan — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Four kinds of meat—including bacon. It really is the next generation. [Absolute Gadget]

The Bacon Watch Always Knows What Time It Is

Mark Wilson — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:40:00 +0000

If there’s any downside to the $US25 Bacon Watch, it’s that users may unintentionally gnaw at their own arm.

The Bacon Watch is actually a pretty typical timepiece save for its trademark bacon strips strap constructed of durable vinyl that promise to fit “most” adult wrists (the product is intended for bacon addicts, after all, so that’s probably a reasonable disclaimer). I’m also quite keen on that little bacon mascot adorning the watch’s face.

But now that I have all of you bacon lovers in one spot, what’s your favourite brand and method of preparation? I go for Dreymiller & Kray’s applewood smoked variety—probably the best bacon I’ve ever had, at home or abroad, with a subtle sweetness to balance the crunchy-salty goodness that is perfectly cured and crisped pork fat. And I bake it at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes (starting with the oven off) because it’s easier and cleaner than stoving it. You? [Archie McPhee via Nerd Approved]