Bacon Wednesday

In this edition of Bacon Wednesday, Stephanie issues a challenge for me to help her recreate our bacon vodka fiasco. I am alarmed.

-Emily

Bacon Wednesday #35

Faith, Restored.

After Emily's and my brief dalliance in boutique liquor, I eased up on my bacon Bloody Mary fervor for a while. But then I started noticing them everywhere, especially after Bakon made it onto Conan O'Brien. Suddenly, the bacon Bloody Mary was the mojito of summer 2009.

I didn't sample one. The suspense of waiting three weeks to see how the vodka turned out, added to the disappointment of our lukewarm, iceless attempt at a cocktail, left me burned out on the whole topic. But then!

This past Sunday, some of my college friends and I took a walk through the U of M campus to get all nostalgic. We stopped at Blarney's in Dinkytown for lunch, and they were still serving brunch as well. And on their drink menu was a bacon Bloody Mary. Still a little gun shy after my last experience, I let my roommate order one so I could have a sip. And friend, this was a beautiful Bloody Mary. Instead of sundry skewered meats and cheeses, it came with a piece of bacon for a stir stick. It was gorgeous! And the taste did not disappoint. It was a tasty Bloody Mary regardless, but after a few seconds the bacon flavor emerged, just as a little smoky kick of a finishing note. In short, it was all Emily and I hoped to achieve but didn't.

All in all, this was a very positive experience, for two reasons. One, I have tasted a delicious bacon Bloody Mary and know it can be done. Two, I now have a metric against which to measure our future efforts. And there will be future efforts, because I must have more. Emily, you game?


Like what you've seen here? You can read what Stephanie thinks about things that are not bacon over at How Does She Do It?