Food. Recipes. Fire bad, tree pretty.

[rustydog]

Just got back from the farm after a difficult, dark, stormy drive, and I'm feeling drained from the whole week. But food makes things better, right? When it's for other people, most definitely.

For caerwynx:

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[donutsweeper]

Bacon chocolate-chip cookies. Bacon chocolate-chip cookies. Bacon chocolate-chip cookies!?!

I think my brain just broke a little at that.

[rustydog]

That's why I made Louis and Chuck try them before I told them why they were "special." (And not *that* kind of special.) I think pairing bacon with chocolate is a bit of a fad right now. I guess if enough people like it, it could stick around. I know my parents were very impressed with the candied bacon on its own.

[donutsweeper]

I've seen the bacon chocolate bars in the store (they are very expensive btw, like $6 for a smallish bar) although I can not fathom why.

I mentioned the bacon cookies to my kids. Daughter is horrified although son is begging for them

[rustydog]

I certainly wouldn't have thought of the combination, but upon reflection, I decided I wasn't opposed to it -- back when I ate meat, I was one of those folks who liked to drag the breakfast sausage through the pancake gravy syrup, and I figure the bacon-chocolate must be along the same lines.

(Whoops, I say "sausage" and I immediately think "gravy.")

[donutsweeper]

salt + sweet can be good. Like chocolate covered pretzels. My brain just rebels at the meat+chocolate aspect to it

[rustydog]

That's fine. I'm not trying to sell you on the idea. I was just surprised at how inoffensive the finished product seemed to be, even to my parents who saw me making them and were very unsure about it. Apparently the cookie doesn't really taste like it has meat in it.

[donutsweeper]

I can see it working. Sort of. I think I'll stick to regular chocolate chip cookies though.

Or Peanut butter chocolate chip. Yummmm peanut butter chocolate chip cookies...