World's Best hamburger (plus obligatory bacon pic)

Many places claim to have a "world famous" hamburger. But honestly, do you actually believe that there is an international federation of hamburger afiscionados that tours around every one-horse town evaluating the burgers at the local diner?  

So there's really nothing from me jumping on the band-wagon of unfounded claims. The above pictured burger is world famous. Really. I'm not going to lie to you. It's the goddamn truth.

What's special about it? Size, composition (pork & beef), tasty medley of spices, cooked to perfection... and I mean delicious flavor dripping down the chin. 

Any respectable burger should be topped with the Candy Meat, pictured below. Double-smoked, thick-sliced bacon goodness. Eating bacon makes me happy. You are what you eat. I am a pig. 

fired up the Big Green Egg!

The Big Green Egg finally thawed out over the weekend and managed to open it.  I was sort grossed out that I hadn't cleaned it and subsequently there was a bit of mold on the grill.  So, to avoid any manual labour, I just fired it up to 700 degrees and burned it off for about 4 hours.  Nice to have you back Egg.  Let the festive season begin.

The Bacon Cheese Turtle

This explains itself:


http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/unusual_biomimetics_the_bacon_cheeseturtle_16008.asp?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+core77%2Fblog+%28Core77.com%27s+design+blog%29

dinner last night

No pictures this time....just a written report.....I had hamburgers last night....and get this....I put bacon on them.  I call it:  a bacon burger.  OK, maybe a little sarcastic, but it was really good.  I used ground beef AND pork in the meat....added sweet mustard, horseradish, steak spice, cumin, garlic powder, salt, pepper and and egg.  Let it rest for about 3 hours, then formed into patties.  Grilled them on the Q.  Added guacamole as a topping, with cheese, cilantro pesto, tomato, and of course, bacon.  Brilliant.

This long link make candied bacon fudge....who knew?

Think about it....candied bacon fudge.  Personally, I have no use for the candy, nor the fudge.....maybe it is just about the bacon.

http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/dessert/how-to-make-candied-bacon-fudge-102780?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+apartmenttherapy%2Fthekitchn+%28The+Kitchn%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Do you eat food dropped on the floor?

From the fine people at SwissMiss, a question we've all come across

Pork Wellington

Outstanding Pork Wellington cooked by PapaBone. A testament of the evolution of meat nights from quantity to quality. This was one fine piece of meat!

How's it made: stuff the pork tenderloin with dried apples; brush with mustard; wrap with prosciuto and roll in phyllo pastry; bake. Notice that two pork products are used in this recipe... porkolicious!!!