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by BS

Feed Us Back: Comments of the Week

– Belmontmedina has an important addition to Bliz’ list of the Top 10 Tailgating foods:

And let us not forget the most important tailgating accessory- the red Dixie cup. (That’s a solo cup for you northerners.)

– Which has Leah out on the investigative trail:

Speaking of solo cups..has anyone noticed they changed them? They took out the interior line. I mean seriously, how am I supposed to measure now…from mixed drinks to beer pong..not cool.

– Nick is getting into Ted Allen’s new gig:

After watching a bunch of episodes… I actually think Chopped is maybe the hardest of the cooking reality TV shows to win.

I’m really surprised that more contestants don’t completely botch the meals.

My favorite botch now that I’m on the subject was when a guy was making some sort of cake and got the salt and sugar mixed up… never tasted the batter… OOPS.

What about the rest of you? Are you liking Chopped or still dedicated to Top Chef?

– Oh, and a big thanks to everyone who has been dropping their bonus bacon recipes on our 100 ways to use a stick of bacon post. Check out the new additions, and keep ’em coming!

by Maids

Iowa Doesn’t Have Squat on Minnesota

A week or so ago, BS shared with us the best the Iowa State Fair has to offer. Well, as many of the comments on BS’s post suggested, when you’re talking state fairs and you’re talking food, the Minnesota State Fair is really where it’s at.

Now I really am not one to toot Minnesota’s horn without cause.

I’m an East Coast gal (not born but bred), and I have a sufficiently obnoxious amount of regional and state pride. I attended undergrad in Saint Paul, Minnesota and I was routinely disappointed with a lot of its food: cheese, bagels, pizza, Chinese. I was lactose tolerant then and had to school those MNers about the travesty that is Wisconsin cheddar; the closest thing to a sharp Vermont Cabot was Canadian Black Diamond cheddar.

However, Minnesota has the State Fair food superiority on lock down.

Exhibit 1

Check out the video above by Minnesota Public Radio’s Curtis Gilbert. The dude only eats MN fair food and then visits a doctor to measure the presumptively deleterious effects on his health.

At the fair Gilbert gorged himself on scotch eggs on a stick, big fat bacon on a stick, deep fried gator, deep fried twinkies and pork chops among other foodstuffs (I hope he didn’t forget the fried cheese curds!)

Surprisingly Gilbert finds that binging on the fair food, for one day, actually brings his bad cholesterol level down…Could it be that MN State Fair food is actually good for us? Well the deep fried twinkies most certainly are.

More proof after the jump…

Top 10 Food Finds at the Iowa State Fair

This Sunday marked the conclusion of the 157th annual Iowa State Fair, known to downscale gourmands far and wide as the annual pinnacle of American eating. From cupcakes to astronauts, if it exists, you can bet the folks at the Iowa State Fair can grow it to an obscene size, deep-fry it and eat it off a stick, or of course, sculpt it out of butter.

10. The Butter Cow

A classic. Look at the detailed carving in that butter udder. Masterful work.

9. Frozen S’more on a Stick

Mmmm…a new era for desserts on a stick. Genius.

8. Giant Gourds

Anyone else think there’s something really creepy about this photo?

7. Rodent Cake

Another creepy one! Who wants a rodent on top of their cake? And this was a blue ribbon winner! What did the losing cakes look like??

6. Mystery Cake

Oh right. This is what the losing cakes looked like. Can anyone even begin to explain what is going on here??? Are those jalapenos? Chocolate covered hot dogs? Deep fried garbage?

Next: Top 5 Food Finds at the Iowa State Fair

in Desserts / Endless Cupcakes / Featured / Fowl / Lists / Pig / Top 10 Lists 22 comments

by BS

Feed Us Back: Comments of the Week

– Everyone loves bacon (duh). But maybe a little too much. FS:

ok i thought you were joking bs, but i really tried to hump my phone when i saw this post. why would you make me suffer knowing that these things are out there and the chances of me eating them are slim?

Brittania:

I have this post link as my Gchat status, a friend writes me asking: “if i click on your status message, is it going to be work friendly?”

Who knew bacon would have NSFW connotations to it.

– In other ambiguously dirty food news, Summer stands up for chicken boob jobs:

100 Ways to Use a Strip of Bacon

Long-time readers know that, like most of the western world, I’m obsessed with bacon. There’s just something about this salty, smoky, crispy, fatty, forbidden treat that elicits a drool factor no other food can equal. In recent years, food bloggers have taken bacon to new heights, helping us see how this beloved breakfast meat can be incorporated into nearly every dish imaginable. It’s been bacon for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinks.

However, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend creeping up in the blogosphere: the bacon backlash. “Bacon has jumped the shark” opines Grub Street. “Bacon is Dead,” says J-Walk. “BLAME BACON,” yells So Good. I have four words for all you bacon haters: Bacon. Will. Never. Die. Fine, the bacon lube and bacon bras are a little creepy. Maybe we’ve gone too far when we’re literally trying to screw bacon. But I steadfastly refuse to stop eating it in every form imaginable.

So to celebrate the endless survival of bacon, I’ve compiled this handy chart of 100 Ways to Use a Strip of Bacon. From bacon apple pie to bacon guacamole, bacon pickles, bacon marshmallows, and yes, even bacon-wrapped tofu, here are the 100 most glorious ways to enjoy god’s greatest gift to tastebuds. But please, folks — try not to hump the computer screen. The bacon haters are watching.

Click on the photos for full recipes.

PS – What did we miss? Have a recipe that does right by bacon? Drop your link in the comments. If your photo makes us drool, we’ll add it to the list.

Also on ES: 100 Ways to Cook an Egg
100 Ways to Cook with Guinness
100 Ways to Cook with Sriracha

More Bacon: Recipes, raves and other bacon bits in Endless Bacon.

Update! Thanks for all your tips – even more ways to love your bacon:

in 100 Ways / Bacon / Endless Bacon / Featured / Personal / Pig 109 comments

by tvff

Top 10 Food Terms That Sound Dirty But Aren’t

They’re just lemons…get your mind out of the gutter.

It’s no big secret that Endless Simmer is run by people with dirty, filthy minds. Sure, we appreciate high-brow humor and witty satire, but we’re also more than happy to giggle our heads off at something crude and lewd.

Fortunately, we’re in the right business, because the world of food offers plenty of terms, phrases and techniques which — if you possess the sense of humor of a seventh grader like we do — can sound very, very dirty. And so we’ve taken it upon ourselves to catalog the top ten food terms that sound dirty but actually aren’t.

10. Tossing Salad

An easy get.

9. Weinerschnitzel

Hehehehehe. Weiner.

8. Lady Fingers

I bet she does!

7. Shucking

I take personal pride in my ability to shuck. All it takes is a little coaxing and I can get it to open up in no time. I’m talking about oysters…what were you thinking?

6. Frosting a Cake

The application of any sugar- or dairy-based substance to a baked good is inherently dirty. For more evidence of this, see #5.

Next: Top 5 Food Terms That Sound Dirty But Aren’t

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by ML

Give Me My Man Meat

This weekend I was flipping through the channels and stopped at Next Food Network Star. I’d never seen the show, never really wanted to, but since people seem to be talking about it I figured why the hell not. On this particular episode, the nine finalists were to create a recipe for Esquire magazine’s “Recipe for Men” section. Seems normal. But here’s my beef:

Most of the contestants went off on these rants about how “manly meals”= big slabs of meat. Apparently to some of these people, men only like meat and in a “man” recipe the main focus has to be a huge piece of meat. Hello, I’m a woman, and I like meat just as much as any guy out there. Now I don’t go walking around every day munching on giant turkey legs (well, I did just that one time) , and some days I even go meatless. However, I often eat entire bags of beef jerkey in one sitting, and I’d die without sausage on my Dunkin Donuts sandwiches. I know I cannot be some woman anomaly. One of my grandmother’s favorite meals was rack of lamb, and she was a woman so feminine she never even wore pants.

Why the hell do “man” recipes even exist anyway? I mean, I eat the same things as my boyfriend and my father, although sometimes they eat larger quantities. If meat is a manly meal, what is a womanly meal? Vegetables?

(Pic: Steak with Red Wine Reduction)

in Pig / Rants & Raves / Red Meat 7 comments

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