Bacon Freak Blog

“Meat” Me In The Middle – KC’s 2009 BaconFest!

Around these parts, “BaconFest’ is always as enthusiastically talked and dreamed about as emotionally and excitedly as most people talk and dream about the Holidays or their upcoming vacation.

This year is no exception and everyone here at Bacon Freak knew that BaconFest 2009 was going to be a real humdinger, simply because it was going to be held in Kansa City, MO, home of some of the most outrageous barbecue grills and sauces in the entire country.

Read the rest of this entry →

Truth is, it’s mighty satisfying, if I do say so myself, to finally see something that we here at Bacon Freak www.BaconFreak.com have been telling people “day in and day out” for years, finally get acknowledged; and we actually get much of the credit for the success, which is a fine “howdy do” indeed!

Most long-time “Baconistas” remember back to when we first started telling people about the amazingly delicious culinary combination possible if they set themselves up with the right style of our gourmet bacon and the bottle of our premium quality, boutique style wine.

Read the rest of this entry →

Hello Swine and Wine Fans, we recently received a very friendly write up at Gourmet Girl Magazine discussing our various bacony goodness bacon!

The following is from the website of www.gourmetgirlmagazine.com

September 17, 2009

Bacon Takes Center Stage – Bacon Freak

Back in January of this year I became acquainted with Rocco Loosbrock, founder of Bacon Freak, by chance on twitter (@baconcandy). Except for perhaps vegans, I don’t really know of anyone who doesn’t enjoy a crispy slice of bacon. As a child, sometimes my mom would take me to the ‘pork store’ in town and purchase a slab from the butcher. However, like most middle class families, the majority of our bacon purchases were made when we went grocery shopping. We’d stroll down the refrigerated aisle, stopping where all the pre-packaged bacon was, and begin opening that little trap door on the back to check em out. The goal of course, to find the package with bacon strips that were more meat than fat. Click here to read the full article…

Introducing #8 in our Bacon Freak Top 10 Bacon Recipes, Bacon Quiche Tarts! This is an extremely quick and easy bacony meal that is perfect for when you`re on the run or have surprise visitors show up hungry at the door and manage to successfully snout their way in without having to huff and puff and blow your house down!

This tart recipe was specifically created to be prepared with Boss Hog`s Hickory Smoked Brown Sugar Cured Bacon and then served to your self or collection of unexpected guests served with some slightly chilled glass of Chardonnay.

Try it, I guarantee you`ll like it!

(Serves Prep Time = 15 minutes. / Cooking Time = 20 minutes.

Ingredients:

6 ounces of softened cream cheese
5 teaspoons milk
2 eggs
2/3 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons chopped green pepper
2 tablespoon finely chopped onion
An 8 oz. tube of pre-mixed, refrigerated crescent rolls
1 bottle Gourmet Olive Oil for lubricating your muffin pan.
6 strips of Boss Hog`s Hickory Smoked Brown Sugar Cured Bacon cooked crispy and crumbled into bits.

Read the rest of this entry →

This September 5th was a huge day for bacon Freaks around the entire planet. It’s the one day of the year when all of the fighting and squabbling stop so that we humans can deeply focus on what’s really important: Bacon!

For all of you out there, we here at Bacon Freak with you the most delightfully delicious “International Bacon Day.” What makes this event so “pig gone” exciting this year is the fact that in the year 2009, this all important day of serious universal “Pignificance” will actually be international, as our obsession towards bacon expands all the way across the globe.

For those of who have been out back, behind the barn the past few years, “International Bacon Day” is always held on the Saturday before Labor Day in the United States, which, this year, falls on the 5th of September. Originally celebrated only in small barnyard and backyard gatherings, here and there across the United States, this year there are large events planned for the US, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Switzerland, Brazil, The Netherlands, The Czech Republic and the UK.

Read the rest of this entry →