# Bacon? Bacon jam! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-bacon-jam/614807 "2012-03-05T12:21:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-bacon-jam/614807/1 "2012-03-05T12:21:51Z")
[Here you go…](http://www.foodiewithfamily.com/2011/01/17/bacon-jam-a-k-a-oooh-mommy-jam/) ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-bacon-jam/614807/2 "2012-03-05T17:49:31Z")
I will put words in here, as I didn’t realize this link, in another thread, lead to a new thread! I made this a couple of weeks ago, used half the onions, and it was still very, very SWEET oniony flavor. To be honest, I don’t really taste bacon; to me it tastes like sweet onion jam, though all the underlying umami flavors are DEFINITELY there. The whole thing gels into something else that is more than the sum of it’s parts; which is the idea, I know. I just wish it tasted more like bacon!! Still, very yummy, and if you like it \ you are going to get addicted to it. 🙂 Also, the smell…OMG!! We live in a condo, so it’s not a big place. But…holy cow. The whole neighborhood just smelled AMAZING the whole day and night after simmering this on the stove, which I did for about 3 hours. ANd…AND!!!..my sweetie, who has been smell-less for a month and a half due to some lingering cold-crap…not only could he smell it, BUT…apparantly our toilet paper, which he’s had to his nose every five minutes for the last month… THE TOILET PAPER SMELLED LIKE BACON FOR 2 DAYS AFTERWARD!! Now that, my friends, is a concept I need to figure out how to market. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-bacon-jam/614807/3 "2012-03-05T20:14:06Z")
Off to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-bacon-jam/614807/4 "2012-03-05T20:18:42Z")
Dang, that sounds good! I’ve made something similar a few times: -Cook some bacon until crispy. Remove, leaving some fat in the pan. -Cook some sliced onions in the fat until caramelized. -Add figs (I’ve used fresh and dried–both work great) and cook until they’re very soft (takes longer for the dried ones; you may want to mince them first). -Add some bourbon, and maybe some salt and pepper. -Crumble the bacon and return to the pan. We’ve served it with chevre and crackers for holiday parties, and it’s been a big hit. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-bacon-jam/614807/5 "2012-03-06T00:21:51Z")
OMG, Left Hand, that sounds so good! I’m going to bookmark this so that the next time I have a party to attend I’ll have something that Really. Stands. Out. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-bacon-jam/614807/6 "2012-03-06T01:59:28Z")
[A blog post](http://www.evilchefmom.com/search?q=bacon+jam) about that blog post - - with pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-bacon-jam/614807/7 "2012-03-06T12:42:50Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > OMG, Left Hand, that sounds so good! I’m going to bookmark this so that the next time I have a party to attend I’ll have something that Really. Stands. Out. > > Thank you! You’re welcome–enjoy! (On rereading the recipe, I’m thinking that I cooked things down a little after adding the bourbon–otherwise you wouldn’t get the good effect of alcohol in the food, as it dissolves things nad helps the flavors blend.)