Bacon Cheeseball

November 11, 2008 by Marianne

November 11, 2008 • Filed Under: Bacon Recipes , , , ,

I have never in my life considered making a cheeseball. Until now. My memories of cheeseballs include unnaturally orange Wisconsin “cheddar” rolled in chopped nuts of some sort. Probably walnuts. Gross. This looked to be the same type of cheese you could find in a crock. And crock cheese is not, in my estimation, cheese at all. I love cheese, maybe more than I love bacon, so I’ve got very strong opinions on these matters.

That said, my friend Christine has once again given me reason to reconsider a classic. This holiday cheeseball recipe from the Houston Chronicle encourages you to use cheddar and blue cheese, but I feel confident I could pick any 2 of my favorite cheeses from the local cheese shop and be pretty happy about it. To make things even better, you add cream cheese and sour cream. It’s a dairy-goods heaven. And of course, the piece de resistance, you roll that bad boy in fresh crumbled bacon. Or smoked almonds, but which do you think I’m going to choose here?

The article that accompanies the recipe is great, particularly if you’re a fan of 1960’s cocktail party history. And who isn’t? Remember rumaki? That must have come from the same minds that brought us the cheeseball. Just last weekend, my sister and I ran into some fabulous 60’s cookbooks in my mom’s library and decided to make our next holiday get-together 100% retro. Turkey aspic. Deep-fried beef livers. Fondue. And now, the cheeseball with Ritz crackers.

It’s going to be a wonderful Christmas.

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Bacon & Cheese Snausages

October 16, 2008 by Brutus

October 16, 2008 • Filed Under: Bacon Pet Products , , ,

Hey Internet, I’m back! I’ve spent the last few months cataloging each and every blade of grass in my front and back yards. It was a long process, but totally worth it. If there was a PhD for dogs, my dissertation would be on the Native and Non-Native Grasses of Santa Barbara, and How They are Affected by Dog Poop, Cat Urine and Skunk Dander. Exciting stuff.

While this whirlwind of activity was going on, our regular grocery store stopped stocking pretty much every decent dog treat, and I was reduced to eating crunchy, bone-shaped cookies. Those things are alright and make my teeth feel good, but I missed the chewy, steak or bacon-shaped snacks I’m used to. To make matters worse, Marianne’s male counterpart went away on business, and my treat intake dropped dramatically. If I’m not getting quality, I should at least get quantity!

After many long and mopey looks on my part, we finally went to the pet store just for treats. In addition to my regular meat-shaped snacks, we found Bacon & Cheese flavored Snausages! Not that I don’t love the usual yellow-wrapped red snausages, but this flavor is far superior. First of all, what is that yellow and red thing? Pig in a blanket? And what is the blanket made of? Second, hello…bacon! And cheese! Literally my two favorite things, I’ll eat anything wrapped in either of these two items.

So my rating: Two paws up and a tail wag. And now I must be off. There are trees in both yards that need “watering.” A dog’s work is never done.

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