Gross Food
July 10, 2011 - 10:45pm
To kick off I saw a plate of maraschino cherries wrapped in bacon with toothpicks.
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Recently I had a high end designer smoked beer that tasted like guiness soaked bacon. Yuck.
Going with the bacon theme:
Denny's Maple Bacon Sundae. (not available in Canada. Awwwww.) For a limited time only. I assume the "limited time" is because after you have one you either drop dead from artery clogging or sue them for grossness.
May the bun be with you: Special Darth Vader burger goes on sale
jones has a bacon soda. vomit in a bottle.Any fast food meat has to be pretty high on the list.
And for my money, thrills gum and those chocolate oranges are disgusting!
A couple of birthdays ago, for rr's birthday, his "real gift" was a planned weekend away together, but I also wanted to get him a bit of chocolate as a romantic gesture. I stopped at this place because it was on my way home from work, and I figured they might have something interesting.
Well, there were no prices on the chocolate display, but there were all these weird types of chocolate, and I thought that could be interesting. They had chocolate bars with all sorts of strange food in them, but the most memorable one was the bacon chocolate (chocolate with bits of real, crisp bacon inside).
I got to the cash, had no idea what it cost, but figured it would probably be maybe a little more expensive than the usual box of chocolates since I was in this yuppie foodie gourmet grocery store. Well, when the cashier rang it up, I just about had a heart attack. But I was too embarrassed to say forget it with a couple of Bridal Path neighbourhood types behind me in line (who else could afford a whole grocery cart full of stuff from that place?), and I didn't really have time to stop somewhere else and go through the whole choosy thing again, so I sucked it up and paid.
Surprisingly enough, the chocolate covered bacon was SO VERY, VERY GOOD. Seriously. If you get a chance to try it, do.
... this place ...
I got to the cash, had no idea what it cost, but figured it would probably be maybe a little more expensive than the usual box of chocolates ... when the cashier rang it up, I just about had a heart attack.
You shouldn't have been surprised. That's Mark McEwan's store so it's a given that things are seriously expensive. If you check out the [url=www.mcewanfoods.com]store's website[/url] you'll see that everything is either "market price" or "call store for pricing" which is a fancy way of saying "if you have to ask how much it costs you can't afford to shop here".
BTW, he's got a couple of restaurants that rank among the top tables in Toronto (all in the "bring money" category).
North 44 is definitely one of the top half dozen tables in the city but isn't exactly bargain fare.
Any sort of high game, and I'm out. Blech!
ETA: And death dogs now that i know what's in them. If I want lips and arseholes on a bun, I'll ask for them. No ta.
Well, I sure know that now, abnormal. :) I had no idea what the store was even while I was in there. I mean, I got that it was a gourmet grocery store, but I had no idea what the prices would be like until I got to the cash. It was only when I got home and googled the store that I realized what it was.
It was in the Shops at Don Mills which I pass every day on my way home from work, and I was riding my e-bike that day, so I thought I'd wander in there to see if there was any place I could quickly run in and find a box of chocolates. I probably should have gone to the Metro, which is also in the same shopping area there, but I figured I'd be forever in line, and I was curious about a grocery store I hadn't heard of before. That'll teach me! :)
Anyhow, while it hurt the pocketbook, it was kind of an interesting little birthday treat.
(cross-posted with another thread)
I haven't had a can of SPAM in more than 30 years. I've never had any but the regular basic stuff. I can't even imagine what SPAM and cheese is like, nor do I want to.
By the way, you can order 6-packs of SPAM from Amazon. They also have 15-packs of Kraft Dinner - probably sell a lot of those to university students.
jones has a bacon soda. vomit in a bottle.
How about a head
ofon lettuce:@ abnormal
I could see using one of those to cook a coke can chicken (put into an aluminum can, of course), but really, I just have to ask why.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/roasted-soda-can-chicken/
I can only assume it is a gag product (in more ways than one).
In a similar vein anyone who wonders about flavouring meat with cola should go buy a bottle of angostura bitters and find out.
And this topic is quite timely seeing as we are crawling up on the day that is to sheep what thanksgiving is to turkeys - Burns Day.
A couple of other bacon themed items
If anyone wants the recipe it's here.
One more bacon dish (hate to admit it but I made this once - even though I doubt my cholesterol levels have returned to normal yet it was really good)
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@ abnormal
I could see using one of those to cook a coke can chicken (put into an aluminum can, of course), but really, I just have to ask why.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/roasted-soda-can-chicken/
I can only assume it is a gag product (in more ways than one).
It's not a joke - I've done "beer can chicken" before using real beer. I've also used ginger beer (well spiked with additional ginger).
As for flavouring meat with soda there are plenty of recipes for cola flavoured pot roast - do a google - never tried one.
No, I know soda can cooking is a great way to keep the meat moist.
And yes, angostura bitters is a meat sauce, an additive for gin and tonic, and if you try a few splashes of it with tonic water you will never want to drink a commercial cola again
The gag I was talking about was the bacon soda.
There is only one rival to Canadian bacon, and that's Danish bacon. It's vvvery good.
I have a real problem, though, with gross food - it diverts us from healthy eating and healthy food choices, and most of these products feed the corporate coffers.
Oh, abnormal, a friend sent me a recipe for a BBQ'd bacon-wrapped pork thingy when I sent him Boom Boom's meat nativity picture before Christmas. Similar to yours because of the bacon weave wrap, except you wrap it around - you guessed it - more pork! It looks to die for (quite literally).
Bacon Explosion
What's with you people - have you never heard of kosher, or halal? Bacon, pork, jeez.
Ok, now for some BBQ pulled-pork ice cream parfaits:
My problem is that some of these are starting to look good...
OMG!!!
Unionist, someone in the comments after that Bacon Explosion recipe suggested using turkey bacon and turkey Italian sausages when having Jewish friends over.
So, if you ever come to Toronto... ;)
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... I accept!
Awesome. Just let us know ahead of time so we can get a bbq. We've been procrastinating for the last two summers on getting one to replace the rusting montrosity sitting in the back yard. :)
Haaa! Rusting monstrostity! Been there, still doing that. Got a perfectly good replacement ready to go. Holding off on replacement. Need more friends over...so cheap...so practical...#whatwouldyoudo?
I'm a cook, trying to get over to the chili thread because I love me some chili.
I made enough chili this weekend to kill a small army, if you know what I mean...
I saw this on Facebook and had to share.
Food that's fun, non-nutritious AND disgusting!
How about a head
ofon lettuce:Allow me:
I saw this on Facebook and had to share.
Food that's fun, non-nutritious AND disgusting!
Wow.
I think I have seen that before, but thanks for the reminder. I have to cook that for the kids, as it is absolutely brillient.
The bacon trainwreck continues...
ps: I don't eat bacon (or pizza) and longer on nurse's orders due to heartburn.
After reading a wiki entry on the stuff...I may very well be an anti-vegemite.
My dad had vegemite or marmite (I don't remember which - he had been stationed in England during WWII and became addicted to the stuff there) on toast in the mornings in the 1950s. I never developed a taste for the stuff. On another group I used to belong to, we had three years or so of debates on vegemite versus marmite - and those debates were hilarious.
No one has mentioned durian yet.
Think of the Alien movie. Turn it into food. Durian.
Recipe: Bacon Jam
Boom Boom, thanks for the Bacon Jam recipe - I'm batching it so that gives me a Sunday project that my wife can't complain about.
Just don't ask me to sample it for you.
Just don't ask me to sample it for you.
I'll get back to you after I finish breakfast
A friend in the US South writes: "I just bought bacon dill pickles at the store today."
ps: LOL @ abnormal!!!
OMG! This thread is absolutely extraordinary! Abnormal, are you sure you have enough bacon there? I have found bacon sammiches are good with Dijon mustard!
OMG! This thread is absolutely extraordinary! Abnormal, are you sure you have enough bacon there? I have found bacon sammiches are good with Dijon mustard!
Define "enough"
Um, excuse me, but that is not gross food, that looks like MOUTH-WATERING food!
I'll get back to you after I finish breakfast
Is the cardiac resuscitation included in price?
I'll get back to you after I finish breakfast
Is the cardiac resuscitation included in price?
No - for that you've got to go to the Heart Attack Grill.
Wow, just looking at that photo gave me palpitations. I move that the ad be pulled or banned.
ETA: (American, but relevant)
President Barack Obama has officially proclaimed February to be American Heart Month, just as every president has done before him, dating back to a 1963 resolution passed by Congress to draw attention to the leading cause of death among U.S. adults.
Heart disease accounts for 2,200 deaths in the U.S. every day, or one in every three, according to the CDC. Luckily, simple diet and lifestyle changes can greatly reduce your risk. Maintaining a healthy weight, quitting smoking and keeping stress levels under control are all great places to start. Another powerful way to take control of your ticker is to watch what you eat.
Wow, just looking at that photo gave me palpitations. I move that the ad be pulled or banned.
That's from a place called the Heart Attack Grill the home of 8,000 calorie burgers.
but if you want someplace closer to home, there's Dangerous Dan's Diner in Toronto. If you look at their menu you'll find things like this:
2 8oz Patties, 4 Slices of Bacon, 2 Slices of Cheddar and a Fried Egg on top. Served w/ Fries and Gravy, Can of Pop and Mayo as a garnish for sure!
Only $ 15.25
and that's not even their masterpiece. That title is reserved for
"Collosal Colon Clogger Combo"
24oz burger served with a quarter pound of cheese, a quarter pound of bacon, and 2 fried eggs. Also comes with a large shake and a small poutine.
Only $ 24.45
I suppose the purchase of a Quadruple C "Collosal Colon Clogger Combo" as in the photo could be justified if it was shared with about ten to twelve people. Otherwise, it's culinary suicide.
Boom Boom, have to admit that today I couldn't make a dent in that. In my serious jock days I'd have been looking for the second course. (No joke.)
I have to be careful because of health issues. No bacon or pizza, ever again. I gave up cigarettes 40 years ago, booze - except for the occasional beer or glass of wine - in the 1990s. I would consider a pure veggie diet, butwe don't get enough variety here in the boondocks.
I'm becoming unnerved by this string of gentile food bashing.
Speaking of a good punch to the heart...
Man suffers heart attack while eating at Heart Attack Grill
I seen this place on the Discovery Channel.
Now for the "Fatty Melt"
That's right - It's a burger with two grilled cheese sandwiches as its bun.
http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2008/10/the-hamburger-fatty-melt-a-b...
Of course the reason it qualifies as gross food is that it's missing the all essential ingredient:
That's right - the first version is missing bacon!
http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2008/10/the-bacon-hamburger-fatty-me...
I've heard of this terrible "sandwich" (boy does that word seem inadequte), but when it was related to me it was a double-decker hamburger (with bacon, natch). How does one even eat this thing?
With difficulty. I tried it once - tasted great but it was incredibly awkward to eat - the multiple layers kept sliding around whenever I bit into it.
I saw this on Facebook and had to share.
Food that's fun, non-nutritious AND disgusting!
Wow.
I think I have seen that before, but thanks for the reminder. I have to cook that for the kids, as it is absolutely brillient.
Just showed this to my 10 year old. "Gross", was her reaction. "Totally gross", was my response, "but wouldn't it be cool at a Halloween party?"
"Collosal Colon Clogger Combo"
24oz burger served with a quarter pound of cheese, a quarter pound of bacon, and 2 fried eggs. Also comes with a large shake and a small poutine.
Only $ 24.45
Followed with a nice bowl of:
http://www.globaltv.com/saturdaynightlive/video/monthly+special++fauxmercials/colon+blow/video.html?v=1539179024#saturdaynightlive/video/monthly+special++fauxmercials
abnormal, you reminded me of a food show I saw years ago featuring burgers with Krispy Kreme donuts as buns.
One more bacon dish (hate to admit it but I made this once - even though I doubt my cholesterol levels have returned to normal yet it was really good)
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What...No GRAVY?
There is only one rival to Canadian bacon, and that's Danish bacon. It's vvvery good.
abnormal, you reminded me of a food show I saw years ago featuring burgers with Krispy Kreme donuts as buns.
Paula Deen takes ludes and makes food
There is only one rival to Canadian bacon, and that's Danish bacon. It's vvvery good.
We don't. What is up with you, Fidel? It's BACK BACON! ;)
The 174th element:
Just showed this to my 10 year old. "Gross", was her reaction. "Totally gross", was my response, "but wouldn't it be cool at a Halloween party?"
I'm impressed that someone was actually able to make it. = P
You could probably actually make a tasty version of that spaghetti stuck in weiners thing if you were to use chunks of yummy Italian sausage, whole wheat spaghetti, etc. It would still look weird and wonderful, but at least it would taste better.
You could probably actually make a tasty version of that spaghetti stuck in weiners thing if you were to use chunks of yummy Italian sausage, whole wheat spaghetti, etc. It would still look weird and wonderful, but at least it would taste better.
hmm...speaking of gross foods.
We need a moderator over here ... Michelle is offering a tasty option in the gross foods thread.
ETA: Ii agree, Brachina ... Whole wheat pasta -eew. The only thing worse is brown rice pasta. Bleeck.
Sorry, folks. I started eating whole wheat pasta on one of my millions of attempts at dieting, but then found I actually liked it!
But since no one else does, then technically I'm on topic, and your complaint to the moderators about me posting off-topic will go nowhere! Nowhere! Mwa ha ha!
;)
Could you take on the biggest full English breakfast in the world?
And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint. Bon appetit.
Sorry, folks. I started eating whole wheat pasta on one of my millions of attempts at dieting, but then found I actually liked it!
I tend not to like pasta in general, whole wheat or otherwise. I just can't stand the sauce, and have since I was a little kid. But I think I'm in the minority on that.
I sometimes have cravings for pasta. Spaghetti for breakfast even. I love anything with tomatoes and lots of garlic.
And a wafer-thin mint.
Mr Creosote: Oh fuck off I'm full. Well go on then...
Quote from Python's mega puke scene.
"Pink slime," the mixture of connective tissue and beef scraps also known as "Lean Beef Trimmings," made news last month when McDonald's announced it would no longer use the controversial product. However, a report March 5 shows that the U.S. Department of Agriculture thinks it is still a suitable product for the nation's children, as it is going to purchase millions of pounds of the product for the national school lunch program.
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"Pink slime," the mixture of connective tissue and beef scraps also known as "Lean Beef Trimmings," made news last month when McDonald's announced it would no longer use the controversial product. However, a report March 5 shows that the U.S. Department of Agriculture thinks it is still a suitable product for the nation's children, as it is going to purchase millions of pounds of the product for the national school lunch program.
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M. Spector wins.
Ya blech! i justa bout puked.
It look like meat-flavored "soft-serve".
The weirdest part of that is...if they just listed it as "pink slime" on the school lunch menus, a lot of kids would LOVE to eat that stuff.
"Pink slime," the mixture of connective tissue and beef scraps also known as "Lean Beef Trimmings," made news last month when McDonald's announced it would no longer use the controversial product. However, a report March 5 shows that the U.S. Department of Agriculture thinks it is still a suitable product for the nation's children, as it is going to purchase millions of pounds of the product for the national school lunch program.
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That picture reminds me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=008BPUdQ1XA
Just saw an advertisement on CNN for "Flat Jacks" - chicken that has been pressed flat and breaded in order to fit in your kitchen toaster. Only in America, thank God.
Do you mean PIECES of chicken...or are they taking whole Rhode Island Reds and running a steamroller over them?
I'm not sure, actually.
Pizza Hut hot dog stuffed crust pizza:
Pizza Hut restaurants in the U.K. will now offer a "Hot Dog Stuffed Crust" pizza with a mustard drizzle. Sorry America, you won't see it on this side of the Atlantic any time soon.
"The Hot Dog Stuffed Crust pizza is only available in the UK and there are no plans to introduce this product in the U.S.," Lisa Beachy, a spokesperson for Pizza Hut, told HealthPop in an email.
ABC News reports that a slice of plain stuffed crust pizza contains about 265 calories with 11.6 grams of fat and a hot dog contains about 170 calories and 15 grams of fat, although an official calorie count for the pizza was not listed.
1. That ad should have a NSFW tag on it.
2. That's the first time I've ever seen the words "succulent" and "hot dog" in the same sentence.
You know, pared with the mustard drizzle, I gotta say that looks yum. But how do they package wieners that resemble hula hoops?
I can't eat hot dogs except on the rare occasion and only if the weiners are boiled and the oily fat drained off. However, I can eat weiners cooked in water and then added to beans to make beans'n weiners, especially if they're beans with maple syrup added. But, generally, the smell of weiners - and the taste of all that spiced fat - makes them difficult for me to swallow.
Speaking of beans from a can, occasionally here in Quebec - especially at Mike's restaurant chain - you can order breakfast (toast, eggs, bacon or ham, hash browns and coffee) with beans. Is this done anywhere else? (that's a meal, by the way, that should hold you until a late supper)
ETA: whenever I cook beans from a can, I always add a couple of spoonfuls of pure Quebec maple syrup.
One of these is probably enough food for one person for an entire day:
Are you up to the bacon challenge?