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August 27, 2006
Bacon-Wrapped Anything is Good, Really
...At least the bacon part is. One of our upstate activities involved grilling outdoors, naturally, and because we had fantastic local peaches and untold amounts of bacon in the house (my family is addicted), I decided that we really needed to try bacon-wrapped peaches. I announced this to guests and family members and got disgusted looks in return. Fine, I said, I'll just make a few and you don't have to have any. Derek says he supported me all along, but I don't believe him. I also don't know what the problem is -- bacon-wrapped fruit is not a foreign concept -- bacon-wrapped dates, after all, are not unheard of. Peaches are also sweet and delicious, so isn't this a natural progression? I have a friend who believes that you can throw just about anything in some bacon and it'll work out. And really, doesn't there seem an urgent need for bacon-wrapped things in today's culinary scene?
So I packed a bunch of peach halves with strips of bacon wrapped around them and secured with toothpicks. Then, at the lean-to where our friend John had built a banquet-worthy fire, I quietly slipped in a rack of the bacon-wrapped peaches. Actually, I don't think it was quiet -- I think someone said, "What is that, anyway, and why is it near the steak?" I had a little trouble getting prime space, but the things got cooked, and eventually I took one specimen over to the picnic table to cool off so I could try it.
Five minutes later, it was nowhere to be found, and my previously-disgusted-by-the-concept mother announced that it was delicious. A protracted discussion about who ate what and who was entitled to the small number of remaining peaches ensued. I was inclined to favor those who gave pre-dinner endorsement to the project. Suffice it to say that they were goooood. And because we still had about three pounds of bacon in the house, I got to experiment indoors, too -- I tried again with peaches, but unless you have really ripe, sweet peaches, it's not as good. We had "donut" or "saturn" peaches the first time. Those are the flat-looking peaches that are wonderfully sweet and usually horrendously overpriced in the city. I also tried it with dates, and was hooked. The salty-sweet, cripsy-soft combination is heavenly.
Posted by csageday at August 27, 2006 04:47 PM
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Bacon-wrapped figs are also yummy. I want to try slipping an almond into the date or fig, then wrapping with bacon. For the antioxidants, of course.
Posted by: melissa at August 29, 2006 01:39 PM
Yes, yes, bacon EVERYTHING. Sounds FANTASTIC. I love bacon, and to me the ultimate meal has as much pork as possible - Jeff's infamous ham stuffed with chorizo, pork chop-n-egg with bacon for breakfast...
Peaches with bacon? Good call, Cindy, good call.
Posted by: Amber at September 6, 2006 02:59 PM