ZOMBIE THREADSPOTTING: Bacon Salt

[Alan_Smithee]

@Drain Bead

The Bacon Salt is indeed delicious…and it appears I may be allergic to something in it. Every time I have a lot of it, I break out in the itchy.

I’m still hoping it’s something else and I can continue with my bacony goodness.

::rubs eyes:: Drain Bead? Is that really you?

Welcome back!!

Is there a Drain Bead returns thread?

[Rick]

@EddyTeddyFreddy

I feel your pain. I ordered on August 7th and got notice of shipping yesterday. It’s going out Priority Mail, I’m informed, estimated two to three days to get here. BUT! The tracking number leads me to this Postal Service message, today on the 17th:

*The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on August 16, 2007 to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date. Delivery status information will be provided if / when available. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later. *

Since the package is going out as part of PayPal MultiOrder Shipping, I’m wondering whether the poor guy bearing mass quantities of orders hasn’t yet made it to the post office.

Don’t sweat it, I had the same message. The moment my package arrived, I went to the computer and it still had the does not indicate receipt message. About 12 hours later, I got the email that I had received my bacony goodness.

[Queen_Tonya]

@Captain_C

A buddy of mine is in charge of what products are stocked at the supermarket chain Meijer. (Popular in Michigan and the surrounding states). He says he’ll look into getting it stocked in Meijer stores, no promises. He’s worried that they wouldn’t be able to produce enough for 225 shopping centers, and too little product is worse than no product. And his boss has to OK it, as does the guy specifically in charge of “spices and confections”

So there’s hope for us Michigan dopers that sweet sweet fake bacony goodness could be had from the store. I’ll keep you guys posted.

Oh happy day!

Especially since I’ve been preaching the gloriousness of bacon salt to everyone in my path. People at work are sure I must own stock in the company or something, but nope, I’m just sharing for the sheer bacony joy of it.

[Hazle_Weatherfield]

I got the three pack just under a month ago and the jar of original is almost GONE! Can anyone beat my consumption rate?

[EddyTeddyFreddy]

I got mine at last!

It’s good, very good. I especially like the Hickory. Only tried it on an omelet so far, but wider horizons beckon…

[Dijon_Warlock]

ETF, I got the same message today. I should probably get mine at the first of next week, I hope.

Oh, and I echo Alan Smithee: DRAIN BEAD??? Are you KIDDING us???

[want2know]

Made this at the Las Vegas DopeFest barbecue:

Mixed olive oil, garlic powder and Peppered Bacon Salt. Brushed liberally on portobello mushroom caps. Grilled on upper rack of BBQ.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMbacon bacon baconMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!

[Drain_Bead]

@Hazle Weatherfield

I got the three pack just under a month ago and the jar of original is almost GONE! Can anyone beat my consumption rate?

Yes. I just got mine a couple of weeks ago and I’ve used 3/4 of the hickory. I’m pretty sure it’s subtly altering my DNA.

[Tuckerfan]

Just thought I’d direct everyone to Epicurious.com’s latest podcast.

WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH FLAVORED SALTS?
Bacon makes (almost) everything taste better! Watch how to make bacon salt and learn about the trend to use flavored salts in cooking with Bon Appétit Restaurant Editor Andrew Knowlton and Bellagio Executive Chef Wolfgang von Wieser (Bellagio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV).

[ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies]

I got mine today!!!

I savored each of the 3 flavors on alternating spoonfulls of a perfectly ripe California hass avocado. I’m very happy with it.

[Wile_E]

In order to go out and spread the word about Bacon Salt, we made need this

[Fish]

Instant yummy chip dip: bacon salt with sour cream.

[Hunter_Hawk]

I went down to City Fish today to pick up some bacon salt.

They had the hickory and peppered flavor.

They didn’t have the original flavor. Bastards.

I decided that, in the interests of science, it would be inappropriate fo me to get only two flavors instead of three, as that would result in invalid comparisons of data and the need to rerun the test passes once I got the original flavor at a later date.

I hope y’all are proud of me.

Let me repeat: I gave up bacon salt for the sake of the scientific method.

Jeez, I’d better get some some hot-scientist-babe lovin’ out of this.

[Tuckerfan]

@Hunter Hawk

Let me repeat: I gave up bacon salt for the sake of the scientific method.

I don’t think that Francis Bacon (inventor of the scientific method) would approve.

[Asimovian]

Paging Cervaise (and others)…I just received this in my email:

Bacon Salt Recipe Contest

Thank you for recent purchase of Bacon Salt™!

Today, we’re launching a Bacon Salt Recipe Contest. We already have some great ones on our website, but there are probably some really creative ones out there that other people would enjoy trying.

The prize? A year of free Bacon Salt, delivered to your door* - and first crack at some of the new flavors we’re working on (you’ll drool when you hear them).

To enter, please email your best recipes and uses for Bacon Salt to recipes@baconsalt.com. You can enter as many times as you like and we encourage you to try the recipes on your friends first and send pictures of your entries. Recipes will be judged on taste, originality and presentation (but mostly taste). We’ll post the best ones on our website, our blog, in email updates and in other targeted places.

Thank you again for your support and love (of bacon).

Sincerely,

Justin and Dave (J&D)

Bacontrepreneurs

passthebacon@baconsalt.com

P.S. If you’re in Seattle, Bacon Salt is back on sale at City Fish in Pike Place market. They ran out quickly last time, so get there soon!
*One year of free bacon salt = three bottles per month for 12 months

Lord, what I wouldn’t do for that much Bacon Salt…

[Rick]

RECIPE CONTEST!
I just got the email that the Bacon Boys are having a recipe contest with the first prize being a 1 years supply of free Bacon Salt.
Details on their blog

The honor of the dope is at stake here, we need to win this sucker.

ETA: Shit, too slow.

[Asimovian]

Actually, Rick, I’d say you made a good call here. I wasn’t thinking about this from an SDMB-centric point of view. A Doper needs to bring that trophy home!

As Captain Planet would have said, “Let our powers combine!” (On edit, I realize that one of the kids actually said that, but whatever.)

[Cervaise]

Well. All righty then.

We could do this one of two ways:

We could have an SDMB throwdown, which guarantees only a local victor; or we could pool our resources, post recipes, test one another’s approaches, and refine them here before submitting them, thus improving the odds that it’s an SDMBer who wins.

Re the time frame, though, I note the blog site doesn’t mention a deadline. We probably need more information before proceeding.

(And for the record, I made myself a Bacon Salt frittata for breakfast this morning.)

[Dijon_Warlock]

Here it is, Here It Is, HERE IT IS!!!

I just now went down to get the day’s mail, and I have in my hands a package sent from “J&D’s Down Home Enterprises”!

I HAVE MY BACON SALT!!!

I HAVEN’T OPENED IT YET!!!

YOU ARE ALL WITNESSES!!!

[sub]Hang on a tick, whilst I get the Priority Mail thingy opened.[/sub]

This is LIVE!!!

OMFG! Even sealed, they smell like BACON! I am finding myself rapturously sniffing the bottles and trying to stuff them up my nose. I’ve got to figure which one to open first, as well as what food to put them on. Hot buttered popcorn? Roasted asparagus? Salmon filets? Hamburgers? Chex Party Mix (with cashews)?

::slobber, drool, slobber, drool::

I’m betting this is going to be my Christmas present for every male in my family this year.

I am SO petitioning my local grocer to carry this stuff.

[Tapiotar]

@Cervaise

Well. All righty then.

We could do this one of two ways:

We could have an SDMB throwdown, which guarantees only a local victor; or we could pool our resources, post recipes, test one another’s approaches, and refine them here before submitting them, thus improving the odds that it’s an SDMBer who wins.

Re the time frame, though, I note the blog site doesn’t mention a deadline. We probably need more information before proceeding.

(And for the record, I made myself a Bacon Salt frittata for breakfast this morning.)

Must also find out if the contest submissions need to be previously unpublished, and if SDMB posting counts as publication and thus disqualification.