Wednesday, January 28, 2009

the bacon explosion


which is what your arteries will do after a bite or two of this dish comprised of bacon and sausage wrapped in a bacon mat)
Take Bacon. Add Sausage. Blog.
By DAMON DARLIN
FOR a nation seeking unity, a recipe has swept the Internet that seems to unite conservatives and liberals, gun owners and foodies, carnivores and ... well, not vegetarians and health fanatics. Certainly not the vegetarians and health fanatics.

This recipe is the Bacon Explosion, modestly called by its inventors “the BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes.” The instructions for constructing this massive torpedo-shaped amalgamation of two pounds of bacon woven through and around two pounds of sausage and slathered in barbecue sauce first appeared last month on the Web site of a team of Kansas City competition barbecuers. They say a diverse collection of well over 16,000 Web sites have linked to the recipe, celebrating, or sometimes scolding, its excessiveness. A fresh audience could be ready to discover it on Super Bowl Sunday. ............

bacon explosion slideshow

the boys website: bbq addicts
photos: Photo: Don Ipock for The New York Times

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