# OK, bacon lovers, I have found the ultimate Super Bowl snack

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-bacon-lovers-i-have-found-the-ultimate-super-bowl-snack/483562>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 29, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-bacon-lovers-i-have-found-the-ultimate-super-bowl-snack/483562 "2009-01-29T16:11:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-bacon-lovers-i-have-found-the-ultimate-super-bowl-snack/483562/41 "2009-01-30T00:38:59Z")

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Hey, that’s all great, but you got the date wrong! Ground Hog Day is February 2!

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-bacon-lovers-i-have-found-the-ultimate-super-bowl-snack/483562/43 "2009-01-30T01:34:33Z")

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> [@Professor\_X](#):
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> Ground hog goes great with bacon.

[Mmmmmmm] bacon-wrapped Ground Hog[/Mmmmmmm}

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-bacon-lovers-i-have-found-the-ultimate-super-bowl-snack/483562/44 "2009-01-30T02:17:31Z")

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[The **all** bacon, bacon burger.](http://www.peppersandsmoke.com/bbq/burgers/)

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-bacon-lovers-i-have-found-the-ultimate-super-bowl-snack/483562/45 "2009-01-30T12:44:31Z")

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> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#):
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> When I posted, the link in the OP wasn’t working. Now I can see it and although it certainly isn’t oozing, there _are_ faster ways to kill yourself than meat on top of meat on top of meat. Just sayin

There may be _faster_ ways to kill yourself. But are they _tastier_?? 😛

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-bacon-lovers-i-have-found-the-ultimate-super-bowl-snack/483562/46 "2009-01-30T14:21:09Z")

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> [@Tuckerfan](#):
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> [The **all** bacon, bacon burger.](http://www.peppersandsmoke.com/bbq/burgers/)

“patted on a paper towel to remove some grease”??? Amateur! 😛

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**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-bacon-lovers-i-have-found-the-ultimate-super-bowl-snack/483562/47 "2009-01-30T14:21:58Z")

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> [@Sarahfeena](#):
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> [Bacon Explosion!](http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/) Basically, it’s bacon wrapped around Italian sausage, seasoned liberally with BBQ rub and sauce, and smoked. When it’s cooked through, you slice and eat.
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> I think my husband and I are going to be giving this a try on Sunday.

> [@brownie55](#):
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> Dopers are so Bacon aware we did this already, not that a bacon explosion should not be mentioned at every opportunity.
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> [Bacon Explosion! - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=499355)

Damn, I thought there was an echo in here. 😃

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**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-bacon-lovers-i-have-found-the-ultimate-super-bowl-snack/483562/48 "2009-01-30T14:25:37Z")

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> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> Bacon burger dogs
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> [BBQ Recipes - Spices, Seasonings, Rubs](http://www.dizzypigbbq.com/recipesBurgerDogs.html)
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> A few weeks ago, I was walking past a coworker who had 6 or so slices of bacon in his hand.
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> “Hey bacon! Where’d you get the bacon?” I asked excitedly.
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> He replied “Oh I found it.”
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> Found bacon?
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> As big of a fan of bacon as I am, I’m not so hot on the idea of found bacon. It could have been sitting in a street somewhere for all I know.
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> I’m also a little jealous that he found it first.

Mmm . . . unexplained bacon.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-bacon-lovers-i-have-found-the-ultimate-super-bowl-snack/483562/49 "2009-01-31T14:50:42Z")

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And no, I have no idea if it goes well with Bacon Salt.

[Bacon Explosion](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/dining/28bacon.html?_r=1)

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> “FOR a nation seeking unity, a recipe has swept the Internet that seems to unite conservatives and liberals, gun owners and foodies, carnivores and … well, not vegetarians and health fanatics.”

…you even get to jam a finger in the eye of Vegans!

Sure, it’ll blow apart your arteries like the bridge over the river Kwai, but what a way to go. Now of only McDonalds could slap it on a muffin with egg and call it the Mc-Splosion…

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**Author:** ![Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rascal_s_Mom)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-bacon-lovers-i-have-found-the-ultimate-super-bowl-snack/483562/50 "2009-01-31T16:25:42Z")

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I saw this too and was wondering how long before it showed up here. I tried reading the recipe but suffered from shortness of breath and chest pains, so I had to quit.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-bacon-lovers-i-have-found-the-ultimate-super-bowl-snack/483562/51 "2009-01-31T16:31:53Z")

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Merged another thread in here. I know people love bacon, but… wow.

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**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-bacon-lovers-i-have-found-the-ultimate-super-bowl-snack/483562/52 "2009-01-31T16:36:59Z")

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One of the guys on the rugby club forwarded this via our email list about a week ago. One of the responses?

> [@](#):
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> I came in my pants and had a heart attack just _looking_ at that thing. I can’t imagine what eating that would do to a man!

I think all of us would be doing the country a disservice if we _don’t_ try it tomorrow.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-bacon-lovers-i-have-found-the-ultimate-super-bowl-snack/483562/53 "2009-01-31T17:15:26Z")

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A cow-orker (pig-orker?) just brought one of those things into the office. “I wanted to try making one before my Super Bowl party tomorrow.”

I am a vegetarian…I am a vegetarian…I am a vegetarian…

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