Bacon Freak Blog

As each of you know the economy has been slumping which has forced many of us to eat out less often, in fact I am being told that many of your are preparing gourmet meals for your eating enjoyment at home, So men how are you wooing potential dates if you have less dollars in your wallet?

With that being said guys dating + romance doesn’t = Spending $$. Cooking a romantic meal at home can allow you to keep your social life, while keeping your checking account in balance as well.

As the owner of a gourmet food company I believe that you can enjoy a great home cooked meal and on a budget, take High Liner Foods who just released their newest line of products, Sea Cuisine, which offers restaurant quality seafood at home. These recipes were created by executive chef, Owen Tilley. Recently I spoke to Chef Tilley who has provided me with some meal suggestions and plating techniques to enhance your eating enjoyment and your love life. Chef Owen Tilley, recently signed on as Executive Chef and Director of Culinary at High Liner Foods. Chef Tilley has cooked for big names such as the Kennedy/Shriver family, James Taylor, Lenny Kravitz, Bill Cosby, and the great Julia Childs.

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Recently I had the opportunity to speak with Katie Das, owner of Chicago based Das Foods who has just launched a new company that creates uniquely flavored lollipops. In getting to know Katie and being curious about her lollipop flavors I learned that she draws her inspiration for her artisanal candies from her Ukrainian American heritage. Her India-born husband who has fostered her love for exotic spices and unique flavors of the Far East and her background in working for companies like Kraft Foods and Wrigley Company were the perfect stepping stones into creating lollipops that were both different and unique.

Katie focuses her efforts on sourcing ingredients locally. She ensures that all Das Foods candies are all natural, are corn syrup-free, free of chemical preservatives and additives, and contain no artificial flavors or food coloring.

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Team reddit had some fun with the launch of our newest bacony goodness chocolates called, Boss Hog’s Bacon Chocolates Sueyts. The contest was called 6 degrees of chocolate bacon. The idea was to start with bacon and end with bacon. The winning entry looked like this:

Chocolate is in South America with Cocaine.
Cocaine is in prostitutes with politicians.
Politicians are in Washington with Ron Paul.
Ron Paul is in a religion with Creationists.
Creationists are in the Midwest with Cows.
Cows are in Artiodactyla with Pigs.
Pigs are associated with the Swine Flu.
The Swine Flu is transmitted through BACON.

click here to see the contest at reddit.com

Recently Heather Lauer launched a new book called Bacon: A Love Story, a Salty Survey of Everybody’s Favorite Meat in which she discusses America’s love affair with bacon! She tell us that everything from cooking shows, to restaurant menus, to party snacks, to food blogs, it seems like bacon is getting more buzz than ever. In recent years, bacon has transcended its simple categorization as a salty piece of pork belly, and has now achieved bonafide icon status as “the rock star of all meats.” But times were not always so swine-y. After surviving years on the back burner during the cholesterol-conscious ’90s, the recent pork revival in restaurants has only heightened America’s unyielding affinity for this smoky staple.

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www.BaconFreak.com has once again created some sizzle in the gourmet food world by combining one of their most popular bacons, Boss Hogg Hickory Smoked Bacon, with a boutique quality Swiss chocolate to come up with another taste sensation that has people doing a lot more with their mouths than merely talking about it.

The product is “Boss Hog Bacon Chocolate Sueyts!” The name is yet another clever twist of terms that Bacon Freak has become so widely renowned for, making food fun again. “Suey” is the word that most farmers use to call their pigs to meals. So they simply chose to use the word “Sueyts” instead of Sweets!

The idea of bacon and chocolate combined had been the dream of millions for hundreds of years!,” admits Bacon Freak owner / proprietor Rocco “Boss Hog” Loosbrock, “Bacon and chocolate are the two most passionately beloved “oral obsessions” in society. All we did was take the highest quality, country style, gourmet bacon and perfectly blend it with the world’s finest, premium quality, boutique style chocolate. “

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