damn

it really does taste better when you store it in glass!

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This bottle was absolutely made for savoring on a perfect springtime afternoon. Even the texture of the paper is meant to mindlessly graze with my fingers.

Happy Easter.

curious cravings

Today I made myself chocolate covered bacon: thick cut smoked bacon baked to crispiness, then crumbled and smoothered in melted bittersweet Sharffenberger chocolate and cooled back down to firmness. The chocolate was left over from some holiday baking: Thomas Keller's ad hoc brownies. I never thought I'd enjoy it, but it is really such a fine balance: the bitter richness of the gourmet chocolate, with the smokiness of the crispy bacon bits. Think of it as similar to the salty crunch that nuts add, bumped up a few notches.

So much better than store bought. In fact, if the only chocolate covered bacon you've had is the store bought packaged kind, then yes, that was pretty disgusting - but would you buy bacon in any form all packaged up like that? Obviously not.

Anyway. I was not disappointed by the results of my efforts, or by the quality of ingredients I could have wasted with my little experiment (though calories are cheap!). I almost wish I'd never discovered this curiously amazing combination.