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What we ate!!!

1 whole 60lb Lechon pig ( filipino style) ( not applicable for entry by host )
Stuffed jalapenos wrapped in bacon
Pretzels covered in white chocolate and bacon bits
Bacon Jam Empanadas
Peanut butter bacon brownies
Bacon dip with pita chips ( third place tie )
Grilled pork tenderloin stuffed with prosciutto & fontina, crusted in rosemary and garlic ( not applicable for entry by host )
Maple bacon glazed donuts
Bacon meatballs with sauce
Water chestnuts wrapped in bacon
Bacon with white chocolate & Heath bits
FIFTY/FIFTY burgers ( first place )
Bacon with chocolate & caramel ( third place tie )
Bacon potato hash
Bacon wrapped chicken & dates ( second place )
Baked bacon beans
Bacon tomato dip with toast
Bacon dip
Potato bacon casserole ( third place tie )
Tri-color pasta surprise
Pigs in a blanket
Potato-bacon tart
Bacon croquetas
Maple chili bacon glazed chicken wings


That's a ton of bacon!!!

3 words about what happened at Baconfest 2011

OH.

MY.

GOD.



Pics and stuff to follow. I'm still hungover and can't type.

Lock & Load!!!

Tomorrow, we dine on swine, rain or shine!

The weather is gonna be awesome!


Let's do this thing, bitches.



See y'all there!!

(* remember: $5 donation. No fighting. No guns. No knives unless it's used on the pig. NO explosives. Designated drivers are loved and appreciated. BYOB...good stuff. NO Bud or Miller. Any questions about directions, etc. send it to thejc3@gmail.com and I'll get back to you within the hour. )

Hog Butcher! KNOW IT! LIVE IT!

CHICAGO

HOG Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders:

They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I
have seen your painted women under the gas lamps
luring the farm boys.
And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it
is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to
kill again.
And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the
faces of women and children I have seen the marks
of wanton hunger.
And having answered so I turn once more to those who
sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer
and say to them:
Come and show me another city with lifted head singing
so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.
Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on
job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the
little soft cities;

Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning
as a savage pitted against the wilderness,
Bareheaded,
Shoveling,
Wrecking,
Planning,
Building, breaking, rebuilding,
Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with
white teeth,
Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young
man laughs,
Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has
never lost a battle,
Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse.
and under his ribs the heart of the people,
Laughing!
Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of
Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog
Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with
Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.

- Carl Sandburg-


WORD, CARL!!! WORD!!

NOW LETS GO KICK SOME ASS AND EAT SOME BACON!

BEACUSE WE CAN, DAMN IT! WE ARE CHICAGO!

LET'S GET IT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

directions and rules

Need directions??
Send me an email
thejc3@gmail.com
And I'll give you the map.
Reminder: This is a BYOB. $5 per person at the door to cover costs. Children are free.
Please no weapons. No explosives. No rowdies(Security will be present).
We encourage that you bring a FINE craftbrew ( no Bud or Miller please). We recommend, Two Brothers, Three Floyds, Founders, Goose Island, Smuttynose, Stone, Boulder Brewing and Lagunitas.
While we encourage choice libations, we also encourage designated drivers as well as sleeping-it-off-in-a-chair if need be. Please be responsible.
We intend for this to be as fun as last year, with good charcuterie and fine brews highlighted.
Let's get our swine on!!!!
Thanks
BACONFEST MANAGEMENT

COMING THIS SATURDAY 4-30-11...HEAVEN!!

IT'S ALMOST TIME TO DINE ON SWINE, RAIN OR SHINE!!!!

Will YOU be there???

The real deal in squeal!!!

Word is that from a frou-frou foodie-hipster point of view, this bacon party was ok.

But..again..that's if you like frou-frou stuff made by chefs that are this close to being narcissistic a-holes in their own universes. ( Calm down..I was raised in a kitchen I can call them assholes if I want to.)

BACONFEST™ 4-30-11 featuring Logcano™ is the exact opposite of frou-frou "I wanna be on Top Chef someday" micro-portion charcuterie. As those who were there last year can tell you, it's bacon explosion goodness with piles of bacon ice cream, topped with bottle upon bottles of the finest craftbrews and a touch of bonfire with gunpowder.

Can't wait to see you there :)

It's April!! Do you know where your pig is??

OH YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!

FRIGGING genius!!
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In other news:
We have decided that BACONFEST® 2011 FEATURING LOGCANO® is going to be a BYOB event. We considered getting kegs but quite honestly we have no clue who is coming and who isn't. As far as beer choices, we recommend something premium. There are a couple good local sources that have some fine choices ( Hey local sources..be a sponsor and we send everyone there to buy booze! Plus put a 10 foot banner on the fences!)

We ARE, however, supplying a pig done Fillipino lechon style. And if you were there for the Most Interesting Man In The World Party, you know how good it is!

The place where the event is going to be held is Lago Casa in Warrenville. Just like last year.
WE ARE LIMITING IT TO 100 PEOPLE.

We got a few recipes in last week. Looks like a good menu is shaping up.
Stay tuned!

BEER and BACON!!

Does anyone have a good recommended beer pairing for bacon??

Charcuterie Porn!!!

Charcuterie
Learn it.
Know it.
Live it.

Listen up troops! We are opening up the palate to all forms of Charcuterie ( that's the art of cooking pork...but you knew that already, O' Baconholics.)
That includes bacon, pancetta, prosciutto, lechon, tenderloin, hams, sausages, etc.
Example: One recipe being presented is a garlic & rosemary crusted pork tenderloin stuffed with prosciutto and fontina cheese. Grilled, of course.
Another example on the menu is the 50/50 burger. It's a mix of 50% ground beef and 50% ground bacon made into what is arguably the best burger on planet earth.
And word has it that there is a whole pig ( done phillipine LECHON style) if the crowd is sizeable enough to warrant it.

Basically anything on this map goes!!

We ask that menu submissions get to us by April 1st so that we can print the menu.
We also need a head count pretty soon so that we know if we are going to order kegs, a whole pig, etc.

Now, at this point we were going to put up the "Squeal like a pig" scene from Deliverance. But after review...we decided against it.
Instead we'll just leave you with this...

Stay tuned and check back soon!

Good lord!! We see awesomeness that inspires!!

LOOK AT THIS!!!

We are indeed inspired.

4/30/11. The Bacon Train is comin' down the track!

( Credit Chrissy for bringing this to our attention)

The Test Kitchen Is OPEN!

This weekend we tested out one of the many Baconfest 2011 recipes that are gonna roll in.

It's a variation of the legendary 50/50. ( if you're a bacon freak, I need not explain the 50/50.)

We went about 60/40 beef to bacon. Grilled. On a grilled roll. With sauteed ( in Fat Tire beer & Butter) yellow onions. Cheese ( we grabbed a colby jack..but we'll have optionals) And topped in with a smear of Baconaisse.



I'm gonna say it was near perfect.

We'll change it slightly by adding a single bread & butter chip pickle, downsizing, cutting them square, and using a grilled King's Hawiian Roll, while keeping the exact onion method as well as the baconaisse.

I have to pass this by Chef Erich, but I would like to call it " The Moo & Oink!". And if you're from Chicago..you surely get laugh.

The problem with the 1/3 pound version was this: I personally didn't eat for 24 hours due to feeling like Orca washed up on a beach. It's a fatty, salt infused stack of tubby ass goodness. But I wouldn't recommend having more than one per month....hell, I may up that to 3 months. Honestly..even though it's one of the best things I've ever had, I probably wont have another one til BACONFEST on 4/30/11 .

Beer Pairing: Founder's Porter. If you're gonna go heavy on the meal, ya might as well go heavy on the best of the black porters! Go down in a blaze of glory!!

BACONFESTO!! THE WEBPAGE!!

It's almost here! Baconfesto 2011 Featuring Logcano™ happens April 30,2011 at 4pm at a secure location in western Chicagoland! (Invitation only)
We're going to use this site as a sounding board for updates, menu items, happenings, rules & regulations, donations, etc.

So stay tuned!! There's a ton of baconews coming!!