I want my lolly!

First bacon salt, now maple-bacon lollipops:

Week 11: Standings

The century mark has been achieved. Nicely done, Tracey!

Tracey - 106
Bob - 94
Tom - 93
WJR - 93
Tedd - 92
Christine - 72
Meg - 66
Mike - 57
Destiny - 57
Jess - 56
Lori - 50
Matt - 50
Paul - 42
Michelle - 32
Ball - 28
Michael - 13
Dave - 11
Andrew - 10
Gary - 9
Christopher - 7

Bowl Me Over

A co-worker of mine who is not a Bacon Challenge participant, but hears about it aplenty, sent me a link to some strips of bacon multi-tasking like we all wish we could: http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2008/02/27/bacon-cups/

They're bowls. They're a meal. They're delicious.

Week 10: Standings

Week 10, or X as the Romans might say.

Bob - 91
Tracey - 88
Tom - 87
WJR - 84
Tedd - 83
Meg - 64
Christine - 57
Jess - 56
Destiny - 51
Lori - 50
Mike - 47
Matt - 46
Paul - 42
Michelle - 32
Ball - 28
Michael - 13
Dave - 11
Andrew - 10
Gary - 9
Christopher - 7

Notes:

1. Jess? One word: irresponsible
2. I know this is a challenge, not a race, but you bottom five? Come on. You're better than this.

Move Over Orange Juice, There's A New Breakfast Beverage In Town

I received this nice e-mail the other day from a fan of the Bacon Challenge:

As an avid follower of the Bacon Challenge I thought I would send you this link...enjoy..

http://tastybooze.com/2008/03/bacon-vodka-nutricious-and-delicious

-DCD (Derik)

At first glance I thought that yet another company is trying to make a quick buck by preying on people's love of bacon with a product that will probably suck. But then I read on and realized that rather than just some pre-packaged bacon flavored vodka, it's actually a recipe for making your own vodka infused with bacon's porkly goodness.

Thanks for that, Derik. A stranger, yet looking out for everyone's best interest. You can't complain about that! I'll be sure to make some of this for my half-year bacon party that I am planning in my head. Maybe some bacon vodka martinis? Or bacon vodka bloody marys? I don't know really. The possibilities seem pretty vast.

I'll be sure to write up an update if I (or anyone else I know) actually makes this happen.

Week 9: Standings

Just in case you are wondering where you fall in the one slice a day pace department, we're 64 days into this thing. Get baconing!

And check it out ... Bob is approaching the century mark:

Bob - 91
Tracey - 88
Tom - 87
Tedd - 77
WJR - 74
Christine - 57
Jess - 56
Lori - 50
Meg - 47
Mike - 47
Destiny - 43
Matt - 38
Paul - 34
Michelle - 32
Ball - 19
Michael - 13
Dave - 11
Andrew - 10
Gary - 9
Christopher - 7

How did I miss this?

It appears that there is a bacon eating contest today at the following bar located at Inman Square in Cambridge, MA:

Atwood's Tavern

Here's an listing in Boston.com "Things To Do": Bacon Contest

Too bad registration is closed, cause I would have put on my snow shoes and hiked down the Pike to get some tastey hot bacon.