Joel Veitch made a real working rocket out of bacon, sausage, toast, and, um, some kind of rocket fuel. Awesome! Alas, he couldn't resist singing about it.

(via b3ta)

I don't understand much French, but apparently these geeks are paying tribute to Sir Francis Bacon by wrapping a dude in bacon. No word on whether he turned out crispy or chewy.

(via about:blank)

Bacon has been getting a little less coverage around here for the past few months, but that doesn't mean we haven't stopped looking for new and delicious bacon related things.

Thankfully Loyal 77 member Chad sent this video to me along with some Happy New Year's wishes.

Good on ya, Chad. I'll start cooking these tonight.

According to this report from Gothamist:

Diners at David Burke's Primehouse in Chicago can enjoy their bacon candle smell and eat it, too. Primehouse chef Rick Gresh's bacon candle reportedly smells as good as it tastes, and the in-house butcher shop sells it to guests.

The candle is made with real bacon fat, it smells like bacon when you light it, and its "wax" can be drizzled over your favorite dish.

(Via Evan Almighty)

Get this... it turns out fat kids like bacon. What's next, we'll find out Paula Abdul is actually crazy and her random mumblings make about as much sense as an REM song circa 1992?

This video has a few great things going for it.

1. It references bacon
2. The kid refers to a grown woman as a "smart lil' girl"
3. I did some research and couldn't find a definition for "sorry people"

It's videos like these that make me pray someone does a "Where Are They Now: YouTube Version" in ten years.

I'm not the first to write about Bacon Jam.
I'm not the first one to be obsessed with it.
I'm just the latest in a long line of excited bacon lovers who want a taste.

Here's how it's made: Take really good bacon, render it down, add spices, simmer for 6 hours, puree, blast chill it and...Bacon Jam!

Imagine the possibilities.

Skillet sells it. Just $10 for 8oz Mason jar.

On a candy binge through the Upper East Side on Saturday I spotted this bacon inspired artifact at the Wonka like Dylan's Candy Bar.

Gummy Bacon.

While the packaging is enticing and the BACON caught my eye, I agree, it's something that should never be gummi.

Thankfully it does have a warning for idiots, "Do not attempt to fry or microwave" Gummy Bacon.

Maybe tonight, I'll try just that.

This must be from one of those reality shows, either the one where they swap wives or the one where they act like they are swapping wives to prank someone. Regardless of how staged it is, this kid is a hoot! I'm just glad he's not mine...

It looks like someone took the recipe Scaramouch posted here and expects to make a killing. They just might do it. I'm knee-deep in garden fresh tomatoes right now, and just had a delicious BLT salad. The thought of a Bloody Mary with a hint of bacon sounds yummy! Bakon Vodka will run you about $30 a bottle.

Reddit has created custom soap. In bacon flavor. yes, it makes no sense, and yet, in a bizarre way, it's the most logical thing I've heard all day. Bacon Reddit Soap - when you think about it, what other flavor COULD it come in?

I have tried unsuccessfully for a year or more to find a vendor who'd create bacon-scented scratch n sniff T shirts but no luck yet.

Want a quick and tasty way to die? This may be the best way to go out with a bang. (And by "bang" I mean the sound of your heart exploding through your ribcage as you run four pounds of sludge through it.) Not content with just eating bacon, this chef created the ultimate in pork-centric dining. Pork, bacon, and hotdogs are only a few of the ingredients in this caloric concoction. And what better way to eat pork than in pig form?

(Via Porktopia. Thanks HelloBrownEyes!)

If you've been shy about eating bacon given the news about pigs lately, this will help.

Wrapped inside this delicious bacon creation are eggs, hash browns, cheese, country gravy and biscuits.

The Bacone requires a strainer, a fryer, a stapler, wire, aluminum foil and a Leatherman to bake. It does looks mighty tasty though. If Burger King or Denny's buys the rights to this, they'll make millions.

Learn more at Bacon Camp.

It's all chemistry. Figures. They explained love and sex as a chemical reaction and managed to take the fun out of it for, oh, a few minutes. Now scientists have explained why we love bacon.

The reaction between amino acids in the bacon and reducing sugars in the fat is what provides the simple snack with its appeal, according to Elin Roberts, science communications manager at the Centre for Life education centre in Newcastle.

She explained that the chemical changes that take place when the bacon is heated are more important than other variables such as brown sauce distribution or toaster settings.

At the centre of it all is the Maillard reaction, a chemical reaction between an amino acid and a reducing sugar which often requires heat. The acid and sugar react to release a huge amount of smells and flavours.

Whatever. I prefer to forget the chemistry and dream of a fine July day when I can fry up some bacon and add a freshly ripened tomato from the backyard garden.

(via J-Walk Blog)

If I didn't know better, I'd think the ad agency behind this clip reads YBNBY regularly, because this kind of pornographic mashup of bacon and Padma Lakshmi plays perfectly to my tastebuds. Now I have a craving for a burger like you wouldn't believe.

Update: Added the Extended Version to make you more extended.

We've got a fascination for all things bacon. And after a recent meal downtown the other night, I realized another reason to love bacon is because of lardon.

Lardon is a fancy word for fat. It's strips or cubes of fat bacon used mostly in cooking.

Lardon is the reason only 100% bacon will do. It's why lean, turkey, lamb or other bacon varieties don't stack up to the real thing. Without the fat, bacon just doesn't have that melt in your mouth, gimme more, heart-attack-coming-on feeling.

Lardon. You eat a piece and your body gets a lardon.

When I saw it on the menu the other night I had to have them.
$25 be damned. (crappy photo I know)