I'm blaming Martha Stewart for putting bacon on my radar this week. She did a segment on candied bacon -- a mixture of brown sugar and black pepper sprinkled liberally onto bacon, and then baked. I've had these once at a party thrown by Mark and Audrey. They were oddly addictive.
Now I hear about bacon ginger cookies!? The bacon ginger cookies use bacon fat instead of butter. What?! I think one stick of butter is required for a dozen cookies. I wonder how much bacon fat are we talking about here? They're serving these cookies at the Purple Cafe and Wine Bar. There's one in downtown Seattle, so I'll have to give it a try. Stay tuned for an update.
Now that I think about it. Shirley is to blame for the bacon/pork on my mind. We had a honey-baked ham Saturday night, and bacon for Sunday brunch. She also gave Jim the bone from the ham so Jim could make black bean soup (which we had last night -- YUM).
