Bacon Shortage. WTF??!?!

   I have once again realised why I don't watch the news, aparently, in the comming yeah there will be a shortage of not only bacon but pork products in general. And today it was also all over the place today. And people all over the blogosphear are loseing their fucking minds.

Its really not that big  a deal. Trust me.

   As a bacon lover it will be all right.  I have even joined the "Twee hipster" movement, as someone called it, and had a bacon sundae.(picture below) And one time in college partook in bacon infused burbon. (Was amazingly awsome by the way) But back to the subject, The decline in pig harvests this year is due directly to the rise in the cost to raise pigs specificly food.

   Soy and corn which is are huge stapels in what we feed pis has suffered in recent years from record droughts. It is that simple. When you can't afford to feed pigs you get smaller heards which produce smaller ammounts of useable meat. And I don't know about all of you, but when I have been grocery shopping I have noticed the riseing price of pork over the past few years. It just means pork is about to get even more expensive. I am fine with that. Are you?

In the future, what can we do to not have this happen again, not to sound preachy but the word is sustainable local farming. Bring back the neighborhood butcher who can help people make smart food choices, and be less wasteful with their food.

As far as my advice for all of you, there is more to the world then just pork. While I don't reccomend turkey or soy bacon. I am a huge fan of steak and eggs for breakfast. With time we will get thru this and bacon will be back. I promise.

Meatballs

 

 

Once again I have been doing a little thinking and wondering about new content for you, dear constant reader, and it is because of you that I am going to make the commitment to you all to post something at least once a week. I can't make promises about what I will post. But it will be everything from product reviews, restaruant reviews, recipes to random things that pop up in my life, to some of my hobbies and whatever else pops up for me to write about.

 

 

But I need you to give me imput, critiques and help to improve. I am doing this all for you and I want to give you what I can but I need you to tell me what it is you need. With all that out of the way on to the food...

 

 

 

I had a friend request that show him how I make meatballs. Now my recipe is not the only way to do it, and I may eventually do variations on a theme and show you a few other ways. But this one is my favorite generic meatball that you can easily turn into a nice hearty meatloaf.

 

 

On to what you will need.....

1 pound/ 1/2 kilo each of Ground Beef, pork and veal
You can feel free to substitute out all ground beef or ground turkey but you may want to add another egg and some water to keep the turkey from being dry
8 ounces of italian sausage (I used 4 ounces of sweet and 4 of hot)
1 Egg
1 Medium Onion (fine diced)
1 cup of Breadcrumbs
2 cloves of garlic (minced)
1 tablespoons dried basil
1 tablespoon dried oregino (or to taste)
Salt and pepper to taste

That is it. Dice the onion, mince the garlic and add everything to a big bowl and dig in with your hands, the best mixer ever created, and mix everything well and roll into balls. The size depends on what you want to do with them.

I like to roll them fairly small so they cook fast and I just drop them right into the tomato sauce to cook them. But if you like them browned then you can bake or cook them in a frying pan before you add them to your sauce.

Just remember when working with raw meat to wash your hands in warm soapy water, and wash everything down after to prefent cross contamination. No one likes being sick. And always cook ground meats to 165°F/73.8°C

Happy Eating

Hello everyone. I finally answered the question whether or not as an American could I make a proper cup of tea.

I just finished uploading the video to youtube. Tell me what you think. Tea making 101

Also everything in the video except for the kettle comes from a company called Adagio. You can find them online by just clicking their name above. They have good products and I have been ordering from them for almost 10 years now.

I know it has been a while since I have posted anything and it is about due.

Just to give you an update, I started an extra part time job as a line cook at a restaruant to try and make some extra money and pump into my savings.

I worked a total of 4 days and the restaruant has been closed ever since. I am thinking it might be time to quit, but the job is easy, and if the restaruant becomes sueccessful I would like to have contributed to that sucess. Is that a bad thing to want?

I would also like to post this thought to you. As an American do you think I could make a proper cup of tea? I will be uploading a video eventually but I want to know what you all think. So comment shoot me an email. I want to know what you think.