Tag: bacon

Bacon Cologne: Smells like swine spirit

If you want to play the pied piper role for a city full of bacon lovers you need every possible bacony tool at your disposal. Including the subtle scent of bacon found in this cologne from fargginay.

A common question, does this fragrance really smell like bacon? The answer is yes & no. Our Gold formula offers a memorable sizzling citrus aroma with an ever so slight hint of bacon and the fun… is in finding it. This artisanal Gold formula is lovingly crafted with a pure essential oil blend of mandarin, bergamot, grapefruit, lemon, nutmeg, pimento berry, black pepper & a touch of sweet, a smidgen of savory, and one pinch of Bacon salty goodness. What are you waiting for?

Like every magical product it has a magical backstory.

The year was 1920 and quite by accident John Fargginay, a Parisian butcher discovered the ability to dramatically elevate his customers’ mood with a secret recipe blending 11 popular pure essential oils with the essence of…bacon. As the story goes, film stars & heads of state would frequent his shop to procure the magical elixir. With a wink of the eye and the secret code, “fargginay,” customers would be slipped a discreet pouch containing the formula said to trigger pleasant memories. After a massive fire on July 4, 1924, the business was lost and so was the formula…Until now. Ladies & gentlemen, behold, bacōn fragrances, by fargginay. The time has come to uncover a new level of awesome.

Via Uncrate.

Bacon Marmalade: A delicious mistake

I need to get me some of this…

You can follow the action here on the product’s tumblr.

How to cook Bacon

Add some maple syrup to this mix and I’m sold. I’ve always cranked up the heat and put a lid on the saucepan. Because I like my bacon crispy. But this looks better.

Breakfast here we come…

Whiten your teeth with the magic of bacon

Is there anything you can’t get a bacon version of these days? No. I didn’t think so. This bacon toothpaste could well complete your bacon arsenal.

Bacon will end your vegetarianism: Says science

Yeah. That’s right. Bacon is almost irresistible and it takes extreme will power to fight against your natural cravings.

NPR even spoke to some scientists to prove it.

Our story was familiar to Johan Lundstrom. He’s a scientist who runs a lab at the Monell Chemical Senses Center. He studies how the brain processes sensory information, like smell, for a living. He also told us he had an ex-girlfriend who became an ex-vegetarian once she tasted bacon.

Because bacon is one- to two-thirds fat and also has lots of protein, it speaks to our evolutionary quest for calories, Lundstrom says. And since 90 percent of what we taste is really odor, bacon’s aggressive smell delivers a powerful hit to our sense of how good it will taste.

“There’s an intimate connection between odor and emotion, and odor and memory,” Lundstrom says. “When you pair that with the social atmosphere of weekend breakfast and hunger, bacon is in the perfect position to take advantage of how the brain is wired.”

Looking for some bacon recipes? Try this cook book

Mmm. Smells like bacon.

Scented candles have never really excited me. Until now.

Set the mood for your next breakfast shin dig with these…

From ThinkGeek.

Tastes like bacon…

You know how they say that pigs are the animal most closely genetically related to humans based on DNA? No? Well, I may have just made that up. You’ll have to google it…

But it turns out that a taste recognising robot thinks that human flesh tastes like bacon (don’t worry, they didn’t actually feed it a human).

That cute little fella is a robot that is designed to recognise flavours. He’s meant to be used for tasting wine, but Wired tells of a scary moment when somebody put their finger in his mouth:

“The idea is that wineries can tell if a wine is authentic without even opening the bottle, amongst other more obscure uses…like “tell me what this strange grayish lump at the back of my freezer is/was.”

But when some smart aleck reporter placed his hand in the robot’s omnivorous clanking jaw, he was identified as bacon. A cameraman then tried and was identified as prosciutto.”

Butcher your living room

Got a room you want decked out as a plush butchers?

Get these meat plushies then, and you’re halfway there…

Bacon

And a meat medley.

Delicious.

Bacon Kevin Bacon

So Kevin Bacon has never played Bond, James Bond, but doubtless he’s connected within six degrees to all the guys who have. I did almost call this post 360 degrees of Kevin Bacon. That may have been cleverer.

But his claim to fame1 is his name – and here he is being represented as only a man named Bacon can be.

1Other than being at the heart of the six degrees of Kevin Bacon experiment.

How did toaster bacon not take off?

Bacon, cooked crispy, in your toaster. That is such a brilliant idea. You might be thinking “why didn’t anybody invent this before?” Well. They did. In the 60s. And it failed to make it to market. The company pulled it after initial trials citing such obstacles as “ruined toasters” and “fire hazards.”


Picture credit: Dave’s Cupboard

It’s almost worth inventing a time machine for. But you don’t have to. Here’s the patent submission for the toaster package. Make your own.

Baconfographic

Bacon is going to save the day. Again. Muscles had it wrong. Ice-cream has nothing on cured pig.

In full size here at Geekologie.

Your Best Life Now = No Bacon

Joel Osteen says bacon isn’t kocher for Christians… but turkey bacon is in…

Shirt of the Day: make a pig of yourself

The magical mystery animal. The pig. It’s all good.

What’s right with this camp? Bacon. Lots of bacon.

I’ve been on some pretty awesome camps in my life. Mid Year Camps and National Training Events were the highlights of my time at university. They were life changing events. But I’d probably swap half of one of those experiences for a trip to Camp Bacon. Activities include bacon bingo, bacon trivia, sharing bacon recipes, and all you can eat bacon.


The camp is run by a guy with serious bacon credentials – the author of the Zingerman’s Guide to Better Bacon.

The Washington Post covered the first event

One family travelled 21 hours to be there. That’s dedication. The group shared bacon recipes, bacon making tips, and bacon poetry:

The Pig, if I am not mistaken,
Supplies us sausage, ham, and Bacon.
Let others say his heart is big,
I think it stupid of the Pig.

Bacon Odyssey seeks the best of the pig

GeekDad has launched a great bacon odyssey aiming to try as many bacon flavoured products and bacon recipes as they can lay their hands on. It’s been a heady ride filled with porky goodness. This burger looks sensational.

The series is worth watching.