I am participating in a meat competition sponsored by The Carnivore Project where bacon will go head to head with other meats to determine which meat is the best. Please check my website regularly and vote when the polls are up because it just wouldn’t be right for bacon not to win. Could you sleep at night knowing bacon didn’t win a “Best of Meat” competition because you didn’t vote? Me either. So vote!
Meat Bracket Round 1: Hot Dog vs Bacon
The Hot Dog. It’s a meat that is as American as apple pie.
The smell of a hot dog can bring back memories of watching a baseball game on a warm summer night, barbecuing at a pool party, or roasting weenies on a stick by the campfire.
And there are many things you can add to a hot dog to enhance your dining experience. Some people like to add mustard, ketchup, relish, onions or pickles, amongst other things.
Naturally, bacon is another one of those things that can make a hot dog better.
Why does bacon make everything better? Well it’s because bacon is the candy of meats. The smell of frying bacon can drive the tastebuds of any carnivore crazy, even those who are compelled to resist its sweet temptation. It is an essential part of a good, hearty breakfast, and breakfast is afterall the most important meal of the day. It comes in many sizes and flavors, but no matter how you slice it there is no meat out there that unites the human race in the way that bacon does.
So if bacon can make a hot dog better, can a hot dog make bacon better? No, mostly because it’s not really physically possible. But under most circumstances, bacon can definitely turn an otherwise dull hot dog into a culinary adventure. Following are a few examples of bacon making a hot dog better.
Exhibit A
First we have a bacon wrapped hot dog (although it came unwrapped while I was staging the photo – oops). Before adding the bacon, this hot dog would have been nice, but dull. But by adding the bacon, this is now a party in your mouth.
Next we have a bacon corndog casserole. I’ve taken the concept of a corndog and turned it into a casserole that is easy enough for anyone to make, and the cornbread has been enhanced with the addition of bacon. This variation on a state fair favorite is now as fun as a ride on the world’s largest rollercoaster.
Exhibit C
And last, to really kick things up a notch as Emeril would say, here is one of his own recipes – the BLT Hot Dog. Without the bacon, this is just a hot dog with some lettuce, tomato, mustard and mayonnaise on it – blah. Add bacon and it’s good enough for Emeril’s website.
In conclusion: I think it’s fair to say that everything tastes better with bacon, including hot dogs.
Now sit back, relax and watch this video with some gratuitous shots of bacon that will demonstrate why it truly is the best meat ever. Enjoy.
Warning: There is some profanity in the song that goes with this video. Because for some people, their love of bacon is so intense that it takes an intense word like the f-bomb to properly convey their feelings.