Picture A Day – 25 June 2009

I saw this the other day at Cost Plus World Market and I immediately thought of Wirecutter.  Wirecutter writes a (mostly NOT SAFE FOR WORK) blog known as KNUCKLEDRAGGIN MY LIFE AWAY.  Fair warning, it’s not for children, those who might be easily offended, those who don’t have a sufficiently twisted sense of humor, or those who have a thin skin.

I like it

A recurring theme over at KNUCKLEDRAGGIN is bacon.  Bacon lip balm, bacon vodka, wild turkey and bacon sandwich, even a couple of bacon recipes.  Of course, it’s not all bacon – there’s plenty of girls, guns, and anti-Obama stuff too

Yeah, you know I like it

25 June 2009 - Chocolate and BACON!!!

From the box we read:

BACON+CHOCOLATE?

I becan experimenting with bacon+chocolate at the tender age of 6, while eating chocolate chip pancakes drenched in Aunt Jemima® syrup, as children often do.  Beside my chocolate-laden cakes lay 3 strips of sizzlin’ bacon, just barely touching a sweet pool of maple syrup.  And then, the magic – just a bite of the bacon was too salty and I yearned for the sweet kiss of chocolate and syrup, so I combined the two.  This was a turning point: on that plate something magical happened, the beginnings of a combination so etherial and delicious that it would haunt my thoughts until I found the medium to express it – chocolate.

From there, it was just a matter of time… and what began as a love of salt and sweet quickly unraveled into an obsession.  No longer could I wait to unveil the royal coupling in solid bar form, a deep milk chocolate with bits and pieces of applewood smoked bacon and just a sprinkling of Alder salt.  Really, what doesn’t taste better than bacon?

Peace, love, and chocolate, Katrina

Now, I know everyone but Wirecutter is probably thinking that this just is not right.  I tried some a few minutes ago and was very pleasantly surprised – it really is good  I didn’t expect much, but the apple wood smoke flavoring of the bacon actually complements the dark chocolate very well

This one’s for you, Wirecutter