Bringing home the bacon isn\’t only about being a breadwinner.

Bacon seems to be very popular these days. There\’s just plain bacon. I\’ve seen doughnuts with maple frosting and crumbled bacon on top. I\’ve even found chocolate with bacon! What, then,  happened to Maple & Bacon GU-Gel?

I tried it last year, and thought it was pretty good; but now I can\’t find it. Maybe it wasn\’t popular enough; and I hope that Salted Caramel and Chocolate Outrage don\’t suffer the same fate!

It may sound as if I\’m a big-time bacon fan. I\’ll get a side serving of bacon in the cafeteria at work now and then; but I don\’t cook bacon at home. I remember frying it as a kid, and wasn\’t really much fun. It meant hot fat spitting all over the place; and at the time I was puzzled at how sticky the bacon pan felt when I cleaned it; but I know now that sugar is used to cure bacon. I\’ve never enjoyed cleaning up grease, so I almost never cook meat.

The Feed Zone Cookbook includes some recipes that use bacon, such as Angel Hair with Bacon and Sweet Corn (p. 140-141). If you happen to be vegetarian or vegan, I see no reason why you couldn\’t make this recipe and omit the bacon. Or perhaps substitute a half-cup or so of some kind of legume. I bet black beans would be good.

Maybe I\’ll try it some day. Meanwhile, I hope GU brings back Maple & Bacon; then I\’ll be bringing home the bacon again.