Isn’t it apropos that the gateway meat has it’s own day? And that day is today. So to help you get your pork on we’ve compiled a list of the piggy-licious, the pork-tastic, and well, some things that just made us snort (and not in a good way)…

• Bacon Haikus (giggle!)
• Bacon Salt, the never ending quest to make everything taste like bacon
• Bacon Cupcakes from Buzz Bakery on Cupcakes Take The Cake
• Hardening of the arteries via Paula Deen: Lady’s Brunch Burger (snort!)
• The Bacon Show: One bacon recipe per day, every day, forever (bless you, Bacon Show, bless you)
• Homemade Bacon Vodka
• The Bacon Cocktail
• David Lebovitz’s Candied Bacon Ice Cream
• The Bacon Cookbook: More Than 150 Recipes from Around the World for Everyone’s Favorite Food
• Seduced By Bacon: Recipes and Lore about America’s Favorite Indulgence
• Forget that new car smell! Now there’s Bacon Air Freshener (snort!)
• But nothing beats a good old B.L.T

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What better way to wrap up Tomato Week than with a B.L.T.? Since all the tomato recipes this week have been vegetarian or vegan, I thought I’d end with a carnivorous bang! Bacon.

Nothing goes better with tomato than bacon. Well, actually many things go well with tomato, it’s just a really good excuse to eat bacon! The way I like to figure it is this: a serving each of fruit and veggie is sure to cancel out the badness of the bacon, so really, it’s kinda of a healthy meal. Right? Ok, I know that’s a crock, at least I tried.

The best B.L.T., in my opinion, consists of thick-sliced bacon, tender lettuce, and plump and juicy fresh-from-your-garden tomatoes – not the poor anemic ones found in big supermarkets. If you’re going to do it right, you gotta do it right. I also like mine on a good artisan bread, such as ciabatta (shown), then lightly toasted just enough to shred the top of your mouth.

Thank you, tomato, for being perfect in about everything! And thank you, bacon, for…well, for being bacon.

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