# I await your jealousy -- Madison to host this year's Bacon Festival **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-await-your-jealousy-madison-to-host-this-years-bacon-festival/688540 "2014-05-15T18:32:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-await-your-jealousy-madison-to-host-this-years-bacon-festival/688540/1 "2014-05-15T18:32:25Z")
[There is a brief description here.](http://www.alliantenergycenter.com/upcoming-events.aspx?ctl=Details&Mid=447&ItemID=2103) [A very slightly more informative press release here (pdf warning)](http://www.alliantenergycenter.com/Portals/0/docs/pressReleases/2014%20Madison%20Bacon%20Festival%20Announcement.pdf). From what I understand it’s much like Christianity. You eat what you worship. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-await-your-jealousy-madison-to-host-this-years-bacon-festival/688540/2 "2014-05-15T19:31:51Z")
Don’t have time to read the links. Francis, John or Kevin? ---
**Author:** ![delsina363](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@delsina363](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delsina363)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-await-your-jealousy-madison-to-host-this-years-bacon-festival/688540/3 "2014-05-15T19:37:06Z")
Bacon is the one of the few foods I cannot get crazy over. I only like it with breakfast, or when used for a BLT, nothing more, and in small quantities. I love festivals of any kind, I think to celebrate something a particular group loves is great. No matter what is, certain foods, flowers, movies, etc. Festivals are almost always a happy place with happy people. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-await-your-jealousy-madison-to-host-this-years-bacon-festival/688540/4 "2014-05-15T19:43:10Z")
> [@D18](#): > > Don’t have time to read the links. Francis, John or Kevin? Oscar Meyer, among others. ---
**Author:** ![Dustin\_the\_Wind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@Dustin\_the\_Wind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dustin_the_Wind)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-await-your-jealousy-madison-to-host-this-years-bacon-festival/688540/5 "2014-05-15T20:18:24Z")
So do we get to have samples? I hope they get some from Lodi Sausage Kitchen. That stuff is like crack to me. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-await-your-jealousy-madison-to-host-this-years-bacon-festival/688540/6 "2014-05-15T23:24:31Z")
> [@Dustin\_the\_Wind](#): > > So do we get to have samples? I hope they get some from Lodi Sausage Kitchen. That stuff is like crack to me. I’m sure there will be samples, and I even dream of free _samples_. FYI, there is a Bakery called Lanes in Madison that sells a [bacon longjohn](http://www.goglazed.com/doughnut/maple-bacon-long-john/). ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-await-your-jealousy-madison-to-host-this-years-bacon-festival/688540/7 "2014-05-15T23:51:37Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Oscar Meyer, among others. To my eternal shame as a bacon lover, I misspelled Oscar M **a** yer! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-await-your-jealousy-madison-to-host-this-years-bacon-festival/688540/8 "2014-05-15T23:56:16Z")
Brat Fest not enough for ya, Madison? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-await-your-jealousy-madison-to-host-this-years-bacon-festival/688540/9 "2014-05-16T00:05:56Z")
I spit on your filthy brats! Brats are the Courtney Loves of luncheon meats! ---
**Author:** ![Dustin\_the\_Wind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@Dustin\_the\_Wind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dustin_the_Wind)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-await-your-jealousy-madison-to-host-this-years-bacon-festival/688540/10 "2014-05-16T12:55:21Z")
We took our 2-year-old granddaughter to the brat fest last year. We had fun, though it was cold, and the brats were overcooked and kinda gross. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-await-your-jealousy-madison-to-host-this-years-bacon-festival/688540/11 "2014-05-16T23:45:15Z")
Ooooh, mmmmmm! November 1st… I may have to make the drive down to Madison this fall… …and now I’m all hungry for bacon! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-await-your-jealousy-madison-to-host-this-years-bacon-festival/688540/12 "2014-05-17T01:23:50Z")
Go to Sheboygan for Bratwurst Days, July 31 thru August 2. There you’ll find decent brats. Too many crappy ones out there, even in Wisconsin. I hope the baconfest will feature many combos of bacon with chocolate… ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-await-your-jealousy-madison-to-host-this-years-bacon-festival/688540/13 "2014-05-17T13:51:47Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m sure there will be samples, and I even dream of free _samples_. > > FYI, there is a Bakery called Lanes in Madison that sells a [bacon longjohn](http://www.goglazed.com/doughnut/maple-bacon-long-john/). Oo ooh Lanes Bakery…continue on… ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-await-your-jealousy-madison-to-host-this-years-bacon-festival/688540/14 "2014-05-17T21:06:54Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Go to Sheboygan for Bratwurst Days, July 31 thru August 2. There you’ll find decent brats. Too many crappy ones out there, even in Wisconsin. > > I hope the baconfest will feature many combos of bacon with chocolate… Love me some brats! 🙂 I get mine up in Hayward at a little butcher shop that makes them - VERY good. As for bacon and chocolate - I’ve done that. Taken crispy fried bacon and dunked it in melted dark chocolate. Place on wax paper to cool. Eat it all at once. Happiness overload. 😃