MAD MEAT GENIUS

MAD MEAT GENIUS
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

JALAPENO BACON


What a surprise when Ms. Goofy told me she picked up some special bacon from our local store. Jalapeno bacon has gone mainstream. Combine two of my favorite ingredients to create possibly a marriage made in heaven. The constantly burning light-bulb above my head was shining bright with this new product. We immediately broke out the black iron for a lashing of fire. When we opened this package a wonderful jalapeno aroma filled the room. The bacon crisped up very nicely. It had a good meat to fat ration. It was crisp, salty and (drum roll please) had a distinct, pleasant, mild, jalapeno flavor. This is when I started to dance, cry and celebrate the wonderfulness of life.


Our first meal was of a juicy bacon burger. This special hamburger was sourced from our butcher friend Angelo. A dollop of home made mustard and all was assembled on a jalapeno cheese roll made to create a fantastic burger. We then made some candied bacon. This is a simple process of baking the bacon with a sprinkling of brown sugar. Bacon candy with a mild jalapeno twist rocked our world. Jalapeno bacon is here and we are happy.


7 comments:

Zoomie said...

I can't imagine anything more perfect for you.

Chilebrown said...

Zoomie, I can. It is big. It is green and it may or may not be shaped like an egg.

Zoomie said...

Oh, right! What was I thinking??

Three Dogs BBQ said...

We never get nice bacon flavors like that around here. I am jealous.

Chilebrown said...

Three Dogs BBQ, The Farmer John brand owned by Hormel started in Southern Ca. I guess this brand is only sold in several west coast states. I was very surprised to see it at our local store.

Greg said...

How do they get the Jalapeno in there? Trying to wrap me head around the concept.

Chilebrown said...

Greg, I do not know how Farmer John does it specifically. When you are curing bacon you can add flavors. I usually use brown sugar or maple sugar. You can also add chili flavoring then. It could be in the form of an extract,putee or dry rub. I may have to try that.