In my book, bacon is the perfect food. Smells great. Tastes even better. And there’s that hilarious dog treat commercial:
“Bacon, bacon, bacon! I can’t READ!!!”
Ah, bacon, (said the Sticky Egg). But today I learned two things about bacon that I did not know.
1. There’s a website dedicated to this porkiest of delights: BaconToday.com
(I’ll be bookmarking that one before my next breakfast.)
2. Graphic designer Neil Caldwell has created bacon in the colors of the rainbow.
Does bacon need to be in bright colors? No. Will they make it taste better? Probably not. But ya gotta admit — it’s pretty amazing looking. And the colors maintain their brightness post-cooking.
BaconToday.com points out that the bright colors will almost guarantee kids will eat their bacon…something I’m sure every mother worries about each morning. My first thought was home decor. Now you can match your meat to your kitchen colors…or the holiday you’re celebrating…or that color that suits your personality best.
That rainbow rasher in the photo would make a great centerpiece in and of itself. You don’t even have to eat bacon to appreciate it.
Caldwell is keeping mum about how he makes his bacon bright, but I have a feeling food companies will pay him big bucks for his secret. Bacon isn’t the only food even more attractive in living color.
Wowie! I would have never thought of making bacon any colour other then it’s yummy crispy brown colour hehe does it come in neon pink too? lol
I LOVE bacon but think I will stick to no special colors for my favorite breakfast side dish.
Great blog,
Marti
A+ for the effort.
It is visually appealing in the photo posted above (raw and marinating in food coloring) but the after photo is somewhat disturbing.
Disclaimer: Bacon is perfect the way it is.
Um. yummy? I wonder if it’ll color my intestines, too? Some things are better kept as art. Please… save the art! DON’T EAT ART!
I definitely thought these were those colored iced pops! But bacon is also exciting
That bacon might be a good way to get kids interested in learning the colors of the rainbow. I think most kids nowadays would rather eat bacon than sing a song.
The Codger
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In the Chicago airport, I found chocolate covered bacon. Proof that there is a God, and he wants to meet us all very soon.
bacon is a little hug from God, you know.
i live in tanzania, where bacon is just a tad harder to come by. so i eat it on special occasions. but when i eat it, i eat it. we’re talking about me, 3 pancakes, and a pound of bacon.
bacon is the reason pigs exist.
Hey I didn’t think God wanted us to eat pig, since it says in the Bible that pig is unclean meat. seriously?
If you take the Bible literally, that’s true. FYI — you also shouldn’t cut your hair.
But He gave us the ingenuity to make its meat glow in the dark. Amen!
I do love bacon a lot, but my preference too would be to avoid any special colors for my favorite breakfast dish
Wow. That bacon reminds me of the McDonald’s World Cup Contour Glass promotion they had recently (just ended). I was still sulking about the fact that I had missed out on two of the six coloured cups… I feel much better now I know I can make up for it by buying and consuming multi-coloured bacon.
Im not the biggiest bacon fan no matter what colour it comes in, Unless… You have a muti-coloured one?
That sounds like an idea for Bacon 2.0 to me!
I want rainbow bacon! That’s amazing!
mom never had a problem getting me to eat my bacon.
whoa! looked more like cute expanded gummy worms to me! haha
make a rainbow bacon roll!
http://foodproof.com/photos/full/bacon-cheese-roll-1290
Okay, that looks seriously yummy! I would be interested to see how it looks like in color, too.
oh my goodness! this is crazy.. not sure if I would want to try it…
Hilarious, yet intriguingly pretty!!!
Great post!
Very interesting!!!
Cheers, Niconica
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Bacon’s an all time favorite. But this one’s gotta be seen now, and fast. Who knew bacon would look so good in rectangular transparent boxes soaked in colored water? Fantastic idea. Truly an eye catcher.
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