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Monday, February 9, 2009

Chow Today in Bacon

Posted by on Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:27 AM

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hand modeling by Slog's favorite bacon fan, Lara

Maple Bacon ice cream, courtesy of Molly Moon's in Wallingford. The bacon bits melt into the sweet ice cream like pecans—salty, fatty, and chewily crispy—so the result fishtails around "gross" and speeds right into "mmmnnmmblfffunnnghgimmemore."

This flavor, along with Rosemary Meyer Lemon and Blood Orange Sorbet, debuted days ago at the shop, assumedly to attract eaters during this year's never-ending snowpocalypse. Good call, Molly. You know what they say about bacon.

 

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1
I know where that hand has been.
Posted by Joh on February 9, 2009 at 11:35 AM
2
I am so over and through with the bacon-fad of the last 6 months or so. It's jumped the shark, it's not cool or hip to put bacon in everything you eat, get over it. You can leave all your bacon-cupcake and bacon-icecream recipes right next to your Atkins book in the dumpster.
Posted by TfFaP on February 9, 2009 at 11:36 AM
3
@2, get over yourself. Bacon has been delicious for more than 6 months.
Posted by @ on February 9, 2009 at 11:40 AM
4
I'm wondering if the people that follow Bacon and the novelty of Bacon actually have the ability to cook Bacon. Once you cook Bacon, the novelty of it wears out quickly.
Posted by The use of Bacon Grease does not wear out on February 9, 2009 at 11:41 AM
5
@ 4

Sir or madam, you are very clearly doin' it rong.
Posted by Collin on February 9, 2009 at 11:45 AM
6
@4,

Especially if you live in a studio apartment.
Posted by My underwear smells like bacon on February 9, 2009 at 11:45 AM
7
I am so over people who are so over bacon.
Posted by COMTE on February 9, 2009 at 11:46 AM
8
I was just there for the first time the other day and sampled that flavor. It is pretty good, but I agree that the bacon fad has gotten a little silly. But I still like bacon.
Posted by Amnt on February 9, 2009 at 11:47 AM
9
Bacon as fashion: stupid.

Bacon as obsession: gross.

Bacon as dietary staple: obesity.

Bacon as a sometimes food: delicious since time immemorial!
Posted by john on February 9, 2009 at 11:58 AM
10
I was at mollys on saturday night.

I was not going to have bacon ice cream though. Salted caramel on top of the maple walnut=YUM.
Posted by wisepunk on February 9, 2009 at 12:04 PM
11
"Bacon is a Sometimes Food" should be the next hit single by the Bacon Monster.
Posted by Julie in Eugene on February 9, 2009 at 12:04 PM
12
Seriously, enough with the bacon.

Remember kids: Eating meat means fueling your body like an SUV. It's bad for the planet.
Posted by Why is that so hard to understand? on February 9, 2009 at 12:04 PM
13
Oh man. I think I would drive five hours right now to get some salted caramel ice cream...
Posted by Julie in Eugene on February 9, 2009 at 12:07 PM
14
I wonder what the carbon impact is of driving to that store for bacon ice cream?

During rush hour?

Compared to someone who walks to the store and makes bacon with a microwave powered by hydro electricity from a nearby organic farm?
Posted by Will in Seattle on February 9, 2009 at 12:13 PM
15
So when's the NARN protest?
Posted by Finger my Fois on February 9, 2009 at 12:20 PM
16
People who cook bacon in the microwave deserve whatever nastiness they have coming, especially if said bacon-torturing microwave is in the office. Shot in the face. Seriously.
Posted by lily on February 9, 2009 at 12:20 PM
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@15, I know, don't you know the cruel things they do to those sweet little pigs they get the bacon from!?!?!? How fucking BARBARIC eating bacon. You may as well rape a 4 year old child; it would almost be less violent!!

For shame, Oh the HUMANITY!!! The HUMANITY!!!
Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on February 9, 2009 at 12:23 PM
18
Am I the only one that thinks Molly Moon's is overhyped? Mallard in Bellingham has been doing the "unusual gourmet ice cream flavor" thing for years, I'm surprised it wasn't done in Seattle until now.
Posted by w7ngman on February 9, 2009 at 12:27 PM
19
Molly Moon needs to get on the bandwagon and make some brussel sprout ice cream.
Posted by food fad of the week on February 9, 2009 at 12:37 PM
20
Only in America can you find people willing to spend $5 on bacon ice cream or an espresso while simultaneously drowning in credit card debt with their primary residence in foreclosure after being laid off from the minimum-wage Wal-Mart greeter position.
Posted by was it worth it? on February 9, 2009 at 12:41 PM
21
@18: who wants to go to Bellingham? Wallingford is far enough...
Posted by Abby on February 9, 2009 at 12:53 PM
22
Jesus, who makes bacon in a microwave?
Posted by Gloria on February 9, 2009 at 12:59 PM
23
@18: Seattle has less pot than Bellingham per capita, so we only have so many munchie places we can realistically support.
Posted by Collin on February 9, 2009 at 12:59 PM
24
No, here's what's stupid, gross, and obese (well, actually the opposite, grossly skinny sometimes): Cigarettes. That definately falls in that catagory.

Bacon on the other hand, never goes out of fashion, is beautiful not gross, and since I mostly eat turkey bacon, yummy and healthy. It sure makes boring salads much better.
Posted by No Stank You....But Thank You Bacon on February 9, 2009 at 1:00 PM
25
@1: In a threshing machine, or maybe a cartoon studio?
Posted by Only 4 fingers! on February 9, 2009 at 1:00 PM
26
Meat is murder.
Posted by Go veg. on February 9, 2009 at 1:08 PM
27
@16 - just use recycled term papers to line the microwave tray, absorb the organic grease, and then put said papers in the compost bin with the yard waste.

Yum, carbon-almost-neutral bacon!

(your slumlord mileage may vary)
Posted by Will in Seattle on February 9, 2009 at 1:09 PM
28
Question. How many vegetarians/vegans are pro-choice? Just wondering.
Posted by E. Steven on February 9, 2009 at 1:12 PM
29
Oh, good grief!
Posted by No Stank You....But Thank You Bacon on February 9, 2009 at 1:21 PM
30
I like ice cream.

I like bacon.

But I'm sorry, those two flavors should never, ever, be in my mouth at the same time. Gross!
Posted by Reverse Polarity on February 9, 2009 at 1:24 PM
31
http://bacolicio.us/http://slog.thestran…
Posted by mmmm... Bacon. on February 9, 2009 at 1:32 PM
32
@28: Better question: How many vegetarians or vegans make that choice based solely on the idea that it's wrong to kill an animal? Answer: not many. It's a stupid comparison and you don't look clever for bringing it up. There are many reasons not to eat meat that have nothing to do with the "meat is murder" mentality.
Posted by Aislinn on February 9, 2009 at 1:32 PM
33
molly moons is great. they have a strawberry balsamic reduction ice cream that is to die for.
Posted by workethic on February 9, 2009 at 1:40 PM
34
Bacon grease does not belong in compost.

Abortion does not belong in threads on meat and foie gras.
Posted by Julie in Eugene on February 9, 2009 at 1:42 PM
35
bacon does belong in everything. i eat bacon everyday. breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, sprinkled on my popcorn, in my ice cream, on nachos, wrapped around my steak. i would use bacon shampoo if i could find any. i have bacon bandages, a bacon pillow, and i'm saving up to buy the bacon scarf (it comes wrapped in meat paper). bacon is life jesus. it saved my life and never goes of style. . . and i'm skinny.
Posted by the baconator! on February 9, 2009 at 2:26 PM
36
there are a lot of ho-made words in the article and the thread. bacon tastes good to most human's and animals, too. it's scrumdilliicious!
Posted by scrumdilly on February 9, 2009 at 2:56 PM
37
If you eat bacon, you are irresponsible. Period.
Posted by Stop eating meat. on February 9, 2009 at 3:00 PM
38
@37

And?
Posted by What is your point? on February 9, 2009 at 3:16 PM
39
@34 - why not? unless it's on top of the pile, it mixes well even in colder climes than this?

besides, worms love it!
Posted by Will in Seattle on February 9, 2009 at 3:58 PM
40
As the owner of the pictured bacon cone, I can tell you it was delicious. Period. If you stop thinking about abortion and start enjoying your goddamn ice cream, it tastes a lot better.
Posted by Lara on February 9, 2009 at 11:59 PM
41
@38 And... for a supposedly progressive newspaper in a supposedly progressive town, there's an awful lot of irresponsible meat posts on this blog. Bacon is for people who do not care about the planet.
Posted by NO MORE MEAT on February 10, 2009 at 6:24 AM
42
Just for yucks they should try to have it certified Kosher. I'm sure if you pay some rabbi enough he'd do it. Kosher's all about money for rabbis after all, and after the Maddoff scandal, they probably could all use a little bit of cash.
Posted by kinaidos on February 10, 2009 at 8:19 AM
43
I know bacon is bad for me and the planet but I love the way it makes my farts smell.
Posted by Rob in Baltimore on February 10, 2009 at 8:26 AM
44
Keep Eating Meat! Go Omnivoure!

http://speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/bcb/


Posted by Heather on February 10, 2009 at 8:29 AM
45
Bacon. The gateway drug for vegetarians. (I love Bourdain sometimes).

The only thing that's missing from the bacon ice cream cone is chocolate. So I give you chocolate covered bacon!

http://tampabay.com/features/events/arti…



Posted by heather in tampa on February 10, 2009 at 8:34 AM
46
Molly Moon's has some great flavors (cardamom RIP), and some meh flavors (salted caramel truly does taste like ... well, what it was previously referred to as on Slog). I didn't like the bacon chocolate bar, and I don't think I'd be willing to risk the money on a scoop of bacon ice cream. I'd rather Lara risks it for me so I can try hers.

Hey pissypants "meat is murder" poster: do you walk everywhere in vegan shoes? Compost and recycle everything that passes through your hands? Have energy-efficient bulbs all over your house? Only use three squares per wipe? No? Then get off your damn high horse.
Posted by Jessica on February 10, 2009 at 8:37 AM
47
@41, Pigeon holing people doesn't work very well does it? Supposedly progressive? Who the fuck cares about labels like that? Limp-wristed vegetarians?
Posted by Let me die early, full and happy on February 10, 2009 at 8:59 AM
48
Where is the best bacon in Seattle anyway. And I mean without icecream. I used to go to a custom smoker on the Orting Hwy and buy a pound every onece in a while. They closed and I have never found as good a replacement.
Posted by wl on February 10, 2009 at 9:38 AM
49
I love bacon. I rarely eat it cuz I also love the piglets!
Posted by Papayas on February 10, 2009 at 10:58 AM
50
I'm just tryin' to usurp Dan.
Posted by c to the andice on February 10, 2009 at 11:44 AM
51
Dan's the man!
Posted by A real Dan fan on February 10, 2009 at 12:48 PM
52
Dan usurpin' in full
Posted by tomasyalba on February 10, 2009 at 12:55 PM
53
force and effect
Posted by tomasyalba on February 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM
54
feel like a Nigerian prince
Posted by tomasyalba on February 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM
55
wearing a manfulness extender
Posted by tomasyalba on February 10, 2009 at 12:57 PM
56
waiting to chat w u
Posted by tomasyalba on February 10, 2009 at 12:57 PM
57
Meh.
Posted by Will in Seattle on February 10, 2009 at 4:02 PM
58
killing yourself is still the most "supposedly progressive" thing a human can do.
Posted by living is murder on February 10, 2009 at 4:30 PM
59
@58: And birthing your own children is still incredibly selfish and bad for the environment!
Posted by Aislinn on February 10, 2009 at 11:33 PM
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@59: See Nadya Suleman, mother of octuplets...14 and counting...
Posted by Lara on February 11, 2009 at 12:02 AM
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Every time someone like Nadya Suleman drops a litter of 8 ir more the media just goes gaga and celebrates. Nadya is selfish.
Posted by Speak Not Ill of the Pill on February 11, 2009 at 6:21 AM
62
I punch babies for fun and profit
Posted by Joh on February 11, 2009 at 6:29 AM

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