Makes sense to me

[patgund]

When I was in Doha, I joked that the first thing I wanted to do food-wise back in the US was go to a Denny's and say "Bacon, keep it coming, I'll tell you when to stop".

And found myself on more than one occasion eating BacO's from the bottle while still there.

So this makes PERFECT sense to me.

Special salt from Seattle cures soldiers' craving for bacon

"As they serve in Iraq, U.S. troops have begun to rely more upon a powerful sensory-enhancing creation devised in Seattle. It's a condiment of mass consumption.

Bacon Salt.

U.S. troops in Muslim nations where pig-eating is a religious no-no, have been requesting the local startup's product, dreamed up by two guys who stayed up late into the night brainstorming in 2006, to sprinkle on their MREs and anything else edible overseas."

(Snip)

"The product, sold on QFC and Albertsons store shelves in Seattle, isn't contraband but, astonishingly, is called kosher bacon and acceptable for consumption in the Middle East. Founders Dave Lefkow and Justin Esch sought and received inspection and approval from a local rabbi for the vegetarian product that has sea salt as its main ingredient along with garlic, onion and other flavorings.

Advertising has been word-of-mouth and a few tongue-in-cheek pseudo-cults have sprung up online, along with a mock religion in St. Louis, the Church of Holy Bacon Salt.

"We're hoping that people will now know Seattle for grunge, coffee, software and Bacon Salt," Lefkow says, chuckling."

Comments

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

I need some of that! Goldwyn used to have his Florida family ship him bottles of a smoky salt that they didn't sell in California, I'll try to remember what that was. Possibly McCormick.

There's a product well known to the Kosher called "Beef Bacon," which is brisket or something, salted and cured as for bacon. It's alright as long as I don't think of it as "bacon" but as its own Thing.

[patgund.livejournal.com]

I've had kosher Beef Bacon before, it's pretty good.

Most of what was sold as "beef bacon" in Qatar was strips of fried veal. Ignoring the ethics of veal for a moment, it just was NOT good, and usually very stringy to boot

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

Oh and Icon Love for the Won Ton. True true!

One time we baked big hams with sausage meat around them and then with decorated pie paste over all. "Meat wrapped in Meat, wrapped in Pie!" That made a lot of friends at the Darach Black Oak Lodge.

[patgund.livejournal.com]

*Laugh* Kawaii Not (http://kawaiinot.com/) is pretty good. And the artist usually does icon versions of her work as well.

Case in Point:

[aeddie.livejournal.com]

I thought there was another layer of meat in those.


btw-Fine Living Network is brining back original Iron Chef.

[karenbynight.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's so awesome. I've just gone vegetarian, and bacon will be one of the things I miss most, of course. It's good to remember that there are veggie options.

[patgund.livejournal.com]

I liked it when I tried it at a fair. seattlejo wasn't as impressed, but I thought it was good.

[solcita.livejournal.com]

I've got a bottle of each of the three flavors. It's also on the shelf at the QFC a block from here, in case anyone wants it. ;)