A bacon experience exposé
Regina Murphy
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Dear readers, this is not for the faint of heart. Friends, if you are on a low-carb diet you are going to love this. But your cardiologist probably won’t. What happens at Smokestock stays at Smokestock!
It’s the Bacon Explosion. By one measure, 5,000 calories and 500 grams of fat in a 3-pound grilled tube of meat.
To make it, you create a 10-inch square lattice of thick-slice bacon and then cover it with two pounds of mild ground Italian sausage. The final layer is a half pound of hard-fried and crumbled bacon. This is then rolled up, with the crumbled bacon winding up in the center of the sausage, which is entirely wrapped by the bacon lattice work. Grill it “low and slow” until done, and you have the Bacon Explosion.
The Bacon Explosion was born in Jason Day’s Roeland Park kitchen shortly before Christmas. He and Aaron Chronister, who anchor a barbecue team called Burnt Finger BBQ, were discussing a challenge that had been e-mailed to them: What could a barbecuer do with bacon?
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madpoet (anonymous) says...
I can feel my arteries hardening just reading about it! I like bacon but that doesn't even sound good.
June 10, 2009 at 3:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
Over 50% of the voting population of Emporia is very very concerned about their health so this SMOKEstock will probably fail.
I myself like the color of bacon.
June 10, 2009 at 6:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
madpoet (anonymous) says...
We'll have to hope that the non-smokers who pitched a fit stay upwind of Smokestock, won't we? We may not get another one otherwise. :)
June 11, 2009 at 3:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
Since this is a cooking column, this question relates. Am I the only one or does anyone else smell the distinct odor of burning toast every morning around 7:10 in the area of Merchant and 6th?
June 15, 2009 at 7:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
cheryl (anonymous) says...
Well, now I have to wait until 7:10 a.m. tomorrow to go stand at 6th and Merchant to sniff around! :-)
Maybe one of the folks in Broadview prefers his/her toast black?
June 15, 2009 at 9:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...
create
Sounds like you're talking about SHS, better stay away and call EPD ASAP and PDQ. You can give me an IOU for the suggestion.
Seriously R. Folks
June 15, 2009 at 9:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mythoughts (anonymous) says...
I believe that burning smell is roasting coffee beans, possibly from Evco?
June 15, 2009 at 3:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
I didn't know that EVCO still roasts coffee beans. Really? I might be willing to buy that, but I've smelled roasting coffee before on the Big Island where they grow and roast Kona coffee. This sure smells like nearly burnt toast. Have you smelled it too, mythoughts?
June 16, 2009 at 5:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )