h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

OK... I've never had this, I've just read about it on the internet but I have to share.

http://www.bbqaddicts.com/bacon-explosion.html

Basically, it's two lbs. of sausage stuffed and wrapped in two lbs. of thick bacon smoked and glazed with BBQ sauce.

And you know what would go great with that? More bacon!

Chicken Fried Bacon!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfbTO0GlONU

This restaurant isn't that far from me. A friend told me about it and one of these days we're going to ride our motorcycles out there and try it. My arteries are hardening just thinking about it.

I suppose the chicken and bacon combination has always been with us, but it's only recently that I've noticed it in supermarkets' prepared meals, frequently topped with grated cheese in case your cholestrol isn't trying hard enough. I think cheese is the ultimate sin-inducing ingredient, mainly because it's so underhand. It feels dry, smooth and healthy - until you get on the scales.

What about afters? Banoffee pie seems to tick everywhere, but chocolate is my favourite. I allow myself one small chocolate biscuit per week: how can a 10gm biscuit weigh a kilo when it's inside you? Have you tried those meringue rolls with great lumps of the stuff....? Well, the body needs energy, doesn't it?

There's no chicken involved. The term "chicken fried" describes the method of batter frying in Southern U.S. cooking.

It's actually a pretty humorous progression. First there was "fried chicken". Then came "chicken fried steak". Now we've actually got something called "chicken fried chicken". This is different than "fried chicken" in that it is usually boneless chicken breasts or "strips".

BTW... we also fry things like dill pickle chips and Snickers candy bars. Seriously... if anything sits still for more than 10 seconds it's likely to get fried here in the South.

I have to confess I've been quite tempted to try the bacon explosion.

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OK... this is just freaky synchronicity.

This was on the front page of the main local paper's website this morning.

http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/07/templates/listpop.html?bcpid=823433113&bctid=10520634001

And what's really freaky is that I know this guy through a friend.

'There's no chicken involved. The term "chicken fried" describes the method of batter frying in Southern U.S. cooking.'

Gosh, I feel so stupid! Thanks for putting me right! But please try real chicken(!) breasts wrapped in bacon rashers and either sprinkled with grated cheese (I know you don't say 'grated' but I'm sure you know what I mean) or with a cheese sauce poured over. Very bad for you, I'm certain.

Crawls back into cupboard.
Dig

>>Opens cupboard<< C'mon out. It's OK... it is confusing. Some places have resorted to referring to it as "Country fried steak" to avoid the confusion but it's more authentic and Southern to say chicken fried.

But yea, we do call it grated cheese. Of course, it's usually just Kraft brand "cheddar". None of that fancy stuff we find in that one little refrigerated bin in the produce section of the nicer grocers with all the little samplers on toothpicks that they use to get our saliva flowing so we'll buy more stuff on impulse.

Sorry, the bacon explosion is something else. It's not just food, it's arts and crafts. I mean...who thought 'Look at that bacon...it must be woven!'? Isn't it Japanese food that's as much about texture as taste? Either way, this one must be a winner. (Or am I confusing texture with textiles again?)

It appeals to me as I remember knitting liquorice as a child (come on, it was up North).

I've been trying not to post about the bacon explosion since I first saw this thread, but this is an attempt to stop it entering my dreams, since the image now dominates my waking hours.

But your unphased by the deep fried bacon?

I know... it needs to be braided into ropes first, THEN deep fried. That would be excellent.

I'm just *awestruck* by the deep-fried bacon.

Yes, ropes! Or perhaps a bacon cardigan? (Deep fried of course - otherwise you might as well just have a salad).

Did you fry the knitted liquorice?

What a great idea! No I didn't - shall we do it before Heston Blumenthal sees this thread?