This is the name for a subscription
service that delivers grilled cheese sandwiches to your
door. The company was started by
Dave Rotheroe of London, UK who has
a background in IT project management. It
will begin shipping at the beginning of September.
Subscribers will be presented with a series of questions
including ‘Sweet or savory?’ and ‘Are you vegetarian or
gluten free?’ Cheese Posties will then determine which
gourmet grilled sandwich to ship to them that week.
The
actual sandwich will be delivered in a box, inside a
vacuum-sealed pack with two slices of bread, cheese and, the
condiments required to put together that particular
creation. The package will also include a Teflon toaster
bag. Prices were not listed. Sandwiches can be shipped to the US,
UK, and Europe. Sounds like a fun idea and a great way send a unique gift to
friends. Hey Dave, why not offer to substitute bacon weaves instead of bread.
Showing posts with label Bacon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bacon. Show all posts
Aug 15, 2015
Jul 3, 2015
Robots and Games
Rock-paper-scissors is a game that tends
to get very frustrating when you lose. Now think about losing to a
machine and every time. The rock-paper-scissors robot is called
Janken robot and was developed by the Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory
in Japan.
As for how the robot is able to beat its human opponent every time, the Janken robot cheats. The main purpose is not that of beating people at rock-paper-scissors. The robot uses visual feedback to respond to the actions of a human hand in a matter of milliseconds. This technology opens the door to potential applications that involve precise cooperation between a human and a robot. The robot can be used remotely as the sensors responsible for recording the signals of a human do not need to be in the immediate vicinity of the machine.
The Janken robot is able to respond so fast to human movements that it can potentially be used to help out in a wide variety of fields. Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory says that the robot can also be programmed to have a delayed response to human actions if needed, which might make it even more useful depending on the situation. Incidentally, they used to play rock, paper, scissors, bacon. They took out bacon because it always won.
As for how the robot is able to beat its human opponent every time, the Janken robot cheats. The main purpose is not that of beating people at rock-paper-scissors. The robot uses visual feedback to respond to the actions of a human hand in a matter of milliseconds. This technology opens the door to potential applications that involve precise cooperation between a human and a robot. The robot can be used remotely as the sensors responsible for recording the signals of a human do not need to be in the immediate vicinity of the machine.
The Janken robot is able to respond so fast to human movements that it can potentially be used to help out in a wide variety of fields. Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory says that the robot can also be programmed to have a delayed response to human actions if needed, which might make it even more useful depending on the situation. Incidentally, they used to play rock, paper, scissors, bacon. They took out bacon because it always won.
May 15, 2015
Bacon Vitamins and Minerals
Bacon provides substantial
amounts of important, necessary vitamins and minerals our bodies
need to function healthfully. From bacon, we receive: 65% of our
Recommended Daily Intake of Thiamin (Vitamin B1) as well as 47% of
Niacin (Vitamin B3), 38% of Vitamin B12, 36% of Zinc, 24% of Vitamin
B6, 22% of Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), 22% of Phosphorus, 10% of
Pantothenate, 10% of Magnesium, 9% of Iron. The Protein to fat
balance in bacon is actually 4 to 1, which is one of the highest
protein to fat balances found in any meat, fish, or fowl.
I apologize ahead of time, but cannot get this silly diddy out of my head, bacon pancakes by Hugh Jackman, Wolverine LINK - and the original LINK.
I apologize ahead of time, but cannot get this silly diddy out of my head, bacon pancakes by Hugh Jackman, Wolverine LINK - and the original LINK.
May 8, 2015
Bacon, Pancetta, and Prosciutto
Bacon and pancetta have the
most in common. They are both typically made from pork belly and
both are cured for a certain length of time. Both are also
considered raw and need to be cooked before eating.
The process for making the two is slightly different. Pancetta is simply cured with salt, but spices and other aromatics are often added to infuse the pancetta with other flavors. Pancetta is sometimes sold sliced paper thin, or cubed. The thin slices can be wrapped around vegetables or meat before cooking. The pancetta cubes are often used like bacon, sautéed with onions or garlic to form the base of a soup, pasta, or risotto.
Bacon is also cured, like pancetta, but the meat is smoked after it has been cured. This is usually a cold-smoking process, meaning that the bacon isn't actually heated or cooked during smoking and remains raw. Smoking can be done with a wide range of woods, from apple to maple, which each give their own distinctive flavors to the meat.
So pancetta is cured and unsmoked, while bacon is cured and smoked, but both need to be cooked before being eaten. They can be used interchangeably in dishes.
Prosciutto is very different from either bacon or pancetta. Prosciutto is made from the hind leg of a pig (ie, the ham), and outside Italy, calling it prosciutto indicates a ham that has been cured.
The quality of prosciutto depends on the curing process. The outside of the ham is usually rubbed with just salt and sometimes a mix of spices. This draws out moisture and concentrates the flavor while the ham slowly air-dries. This process can take from a few months to a several years depending on the desired result. Once cured, prosciutto is usually thinly sliced and eaten as is, uncooked. Sometimes prosciutto gets lightly cooked as a finishing touch to a pasta sauce or other dish, but this is more to bring out the aroma and merge flavors.
The process for making the two is slightly different. Pancetta is simply cured with salt, but spices and other aromatics are often added to infuse the pancetta with other flavors. Pancetta is sometimes sold sliced paper thin, or cubed. The thin slices can be wrapped around vegetables or meat before cooking. The pancetta cubes are often used like bacon, sautéed with onions or garlic to form the base of a soup, pasta, or risotto.
Bacon is also cured, like pancetta, but the meat is smoked after it has been cured. This is usually a cold-smoking process, meaning that the bacon isn't actually heated or cooked during smoking and remains raw. Smoking can be done with a wide range of woods, from apple to maple, which each give their own distinctive flavors to the meat.
So pancetta is cured and unsmoked, while bacon is cured and smoked, but both need to be cooked before being eaten. They can be used interchangeably in dishes.
Prosciutto is very different from either bacon or pancetta. Prosciutto is made from the hind leg of a pig (ie, the ham), and outside Italy, calling it prosciutto indicates a ham that has been cured.
The quality of prosciutto depends on the curing process. The outside of the ham is usually rubbed with just salt and sometimes a mix of spices. This draws out moisture and concentrates the flavor while the ham slowly air-dries. This process can take from a few months to a several years depending on the desired result. Once cured, prosciutto is usually thinly sliced and eaten as is, uncooked. Sometimes prosciutto gets lightly cooked as a finishing touch to a pasta sauce or other dish, but this is more to bring out the aroma and merge flavors.
Apr 24, 2015
Bacon, Vitamins and Minerals
Bacon provides us with
substantial amounts of the important, necessary vitamins and
minerals our bodies need to function healthfully. From bacon, we
receive: 65% of our Recommended Daily Intake of Thiamin (Vitamin B1)
as well as 47% of our Niacin (Vitamin B3), 38% of our Vitamin B12,
36% of our Zinc, 24% of our Vitamin B6, 22% of our Riboflavin
(Vitamin B2), 22% of our Phosphorus, 10% of our Pantothenate, 10% of
our Magnesium, 9% of our Iron and the Protein to fat balance in
bacon is actually 4 to 1, which is one of the highest protein to fat
balances found in any meat, fish, or fowl found on Earth.
Apr 17, 2015
Effective Mood Elevator
Bacon makes us feel
happy, satisfied, and blissful, which greatly reduces stress in our
lives and effectively relieves the negative effects of frustration,
self deprivation, and sense of lack in our existence.
Mar 13, 2015
Flushing Fat With Flavor
People have heard horror stories for years that bacon is full of harmful fat, but facts show the opposite, as bacon helps to fully satiate appetite with high protein, low carb energy, helping the body lose weight, raise metabolism, and build leaner, stronger muscles. Bacon actually has less total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol than many cuts of beef and chicken. Some fish have less fat and cholesterol than bacon, but bacon has more protein and does not contain mercury toxin. One strip of bacon has 43 calories and .1g carbohydrates.
Feb 27, 2015
Nitrates and Nitrites
While it is true that nitrates and
nitrites are unhealthy for your body, what most pro-veggie, chicken,
and fish nutritionists fail to tell us is that we can easily avoid
nitrates and nitrites by simply not burning, charring, and over
cooking bacon. It can also be avoided by baking bacon in the oven.
If you include some dairy and citrus with your bacon meal, vitamins A, D and E work to effectively prevent conversion of nitrates and nitrites into toxic nitrosamines in the stomach, rendering them harmless to the body.
If you include some dairy and citrus with your bacon meal, vitamins A, D and E work to effectively prevent conversion of nitrates and nitrites into toxic nitrosamines in the stomach, rendering them harmless to the body.
Feb 13, 2015
Feb 6, 2015
Bacon’s Brain Building Business
Bacon is full of a very
important nutrient called choline, which helps increase our
intelligence and memory and has been shown in University studies to
help fight off the debilitating effects of Alzheimer’s Disease and
other chronic mental impairments.
Dec 5, 2014
Bacon’s Blood Balancing Bounty
Several university and
medical center studies have shown that including bacon as a regular,
moderate part of one’s diet, naturally works to lower the body's
blood pressure and blood sugar levels, helping to prevent and / or
alleviate the effects of diabetes, as well as heart disease, and
stroke.
Nov 28, 2014
Pig Squeals
Experts have determined that the average pig
squeals at a level of 100-115 decibels. A jet’s engine only
reaches about 112 decibels at takeoff. Bacon does not squeal,
it sizzles.
Nov 14, 2014
Bacon and the N Words
Most discussions of eggs are followed
by bacon and vice versa. Nitrates and nitrites may be unhealthy for
your body, but what most nutritionists fail to tell you is that you
can easily avoid nitrates and nitrites by simply not burning,
charring, or over cooking your bacon or by baking your bacon in the
oven.
By including some dairy and citrus with a bacon meal, the vitamins A, D and E work to effectively prevent conversion of “nitrates and nitrites into nitrosamines in the stomach, rendering them harmless to the body. Yea!
#bacon
By including some dairy and citrus with a bacon meal, the vitamins A, D and E work to effectively prevent conversion of “nitrates and nitrites into nitrosamines in the stomach, rendering them harmless to the body. Yea!
#bacon
Nov 7, 2014
Bacon Elevator
Bacon is an effective mood elevator. Bacon
makes us feel happy, satisfied, and blissful, which greatly reduces
stress and effectively relieves the negative effects of frustration.
Oct 17, 2014
Bacon Brain Building
Bacon is full of an important
nutrient called choline, which helps increase intelligence and
memory and has been shown in University studies to help fight off
the debilitating effects of Alzheimer’s Disease and other chronic
mental impairments. Bacon helps me to remember to eat more #bacon.
Oct 10, 2014
Bacon's Blood Balancing Bounty
Several university and
medical center studies have shown that including bacon as a regular,
moderate part of one’s diet naturally works to lower the body's
blood pressure and blood sugar levels, helping to prevent and / or
alleviate the effects of diabetes, as well as heart disease, stroke,
and heart attack.
Aug 30, 2014
International Bacon Day
August 30th, 2014 is International
Bacon Day. (Homer Simpson: I’ll have the smiley face breakfast
special. Uhh, but could you add a bacon nose? Plus bacon hair, bacon
mustache, five o’clock shadow made of bacon bits and a bacon body.
Waitress: How about I just shove a pig down your throat? (Homer
looks excited) Waitress: I was kidding. Homer: Fine, but the bacon
man lives in a bacon house.) Enjoy!
More Egg Facts
Since it is the day before International
Bacon Day, thought it would be appropriate to discuss eggs. Hens lay
eggs whether they have mated with a rooster or not. Eggs produced
without help from a rooster will never become a chicken. These
become our breakfast eggs.
A hen must mate with a rooster in order for her egg to contain both the male and female genetic material necessary to create an embryo inside the egg. An egg laid after mating may or may not become a chicken.
Chickens develop only from eggs that have been incubated (heated). When a fertile egg is incubated under precise, steady temperatures and humidity levels for 21 days, a chick may be developed.
A fertile egg that is never incubated will never contain an embryo and will never look like anything other than common breakfast food. In fact, we all likely have eaten fertilized eggs. There is no harm and we cannot tell the difference between fertilized and unfertilized eggs, unless the fertilized eggs have been properly incubated. There is no difference in look, taste, or nutritional value between fertilized and unfertilized eggs. All foods, including eggs go well with bacon.
A hen must mate with a rooster in order for her egg to contain both the male and female genetic material necessary to create an embryo inside the egg. An egg laid after mating may or may not become a chicken.
Chickens develop only from eggs that have been incubated (heated). When a fertile egg is incubated under precise, steady temperatures and humidity levels for 21 days, a chick may be developed.
A fertile egg that is never incubated will never contain an embryo and will never look like anything other than common breakfast food. In fact, we all likely have eaten fertilized eggs. There is no harm and we cannot tell the difference between fertilized and unfertilized eggs, unless the fertilized eggs have been properly incubated. There is no difference in look, taste, or nutritional value between fertilized and unfertilized eggs. All foods, including eggs go well with bacon.
Aug 15, 2014
Bacon Fueled Motorcycle
Hormel created a motorcycle that is
fueled by bacon grease and is sending it on a journey from Minnesota
to the San Diego Bacon Fest just in time for International Bacon
Day, August 30, 2014. Should be some interesting exhaust fumes
coming from the bike.
Aug 8, 2014
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