And God Saw Everything He Made, and Behold, It Was Very Good. And Then He Added Bacon and Made It Better.
Bacon November 9th, 2013
My husband Dave and I made our pilgrimage to BaconFest in Easton, PA today and it did not disappoint!
We went just as it opened and ate breakfast, lunch and dinner in the span of two hours.
Come with me on a tour, won’t you?
Before I got all filled up and bloated, I thought I should have the obligatory pose with the fest’s maple syrup-toting mascot. Oink!
Everywhere you turned – piglets and bacon!
The fest wasn’t all about the food, but yeah, mostly about the food. There were a few oddball gifts you could buy for the bacon lover in your life.
And there were silly little things like vegetables and non-artery-clogging items. Who let them in here?
I’ve got to say these mushrooms looked amazing, though.
Today I learned that bacon knows how to move. These were just some of the many food trucks dotting center square.
For breakfast we headed over to the waffle truck.
We picked Door #1, a waffle topped with caramelized onions, Belgium sugar crystals, maple syrup and BACON. Lots and lots of delicious bacon.
For a snack, we shared large and toasty garlic knots topped with bacon.
For lunch, we split a mind-blowing Nutella, strawberries and bacon crepe, so good I went back for another to take home. A sweet and savory delight!
This thing. My God. This thing. Dave knew right away he had to have the Smoked Pork Parfait: Smoked pork layered between cheesy mashed potatoes and collard greens, then drizzled with BBQ sauce, cheese and bacon!
It put him over the top. He called it dinner and a day. He won’t be eating again until tomorrow. *Meal was larger than it appears.
To satisfy your sweet tooth, there were maple bacon cupcakes, baklava, chocolate-covered bacon strips and jams and jellies of all kinds. I also found bacon biscuits and bacon mini-quiche that I brought home for later.
Before we left for the long, unbuttoned-pants ride home, we stopped and had our glucose and cholesterol checked. Actually, we didn’t. Rather, we laughed like hyenas, took a picture and kept walking. Limping, really.
Incidentally, only the coolest dogs attend BaconFest.
I’ll end our tour with video of one of the many piglet races scheduled throughout the day. Those poor little piggies, running around sweatin’ like, well, you know. (Sorry, couldn’t get this to embed.)
And they went wee, wee, wee, all the way home!
Hope you enjoyed my bacony tour. If you can get to the fest next year or any year, you must.
Long live bacon!
Stumble it!
November 9th, 2013 at 2:33 pm
This post needs more bacon.
Seriously, I just ate a huge, bacon-less lunch and thought I was stuffed, but somehow I am hungry. For piglets. I mean bacon. Specifically that bacon sundae thing. Or all bacon things. It looks really fun, and I’m jealous we don’t have Bacon Fest OR food trucks. Thanks for eating bacon so I didn’t have to. Sob.
November 9th, 2013 at 2:56 pm
With each photo I felt more nauseous. I’m afraid most of us Brits eat savoury and sweet foods separately. I don’t think I could stomach bacon with maple syrup or strawberries and definitely not covered in chocolate 🙂
I’m glad you had a great time and enjoyed your tasty treats though.
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November 9th, 2013 at 3:07 pm
Drat ! I’m sorry I missed it – I’ll have to go next year and I’m sure you’ll remind me when. What an awesome assortment of artery-clogging delectables. Thanks for the tour.
November 9th, 2013 at 3:10 pm
WHAAAAATTT??!!!! I think I need to make a trip out for your next Baconnalia. Bacontastic. Bacontabulous. Baconmazing. Baconfest. Or maybe I’ll just do my own. In my kitchen. Right now. haha.
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November 9th, 2013 at 4:05 pm
A bit over the bacony top, but looks like fun. Babes, have you never had bacon with your French toast or waffles or pancakes? Let that syrup flow. Here’s a thought, scrapple, from the same pig, and wonderful with maple syrup. Kathy, I hope this has fulfilled your bacon cravings. Just looking at it has me getting some out for dinner.
November 9th, 2013 at 5:16 pm
My wife just got back from Bethlehem, PA.
Bad timing.
BaconFest looks great!
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November 9th, 2013 at 5:50 pm
The perfect festival for you! Was that cholesterol screening at that festival? I would like to see that video. Can I find it on YouTube?
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November 9th, 2013 at 6:14 pm
JD at I Do Things — I wonder how many times I wrote the word “bacon” in this post. Probably going to wind up first in Google search results now. The bacon sundae was cool. And I can’t believe Dave didn’t spill half of it on himself. It took skill to finish.
Babs — Oh, noes! Sorry this made you sick, Babs. Even the cupcakes? Say it ain’t so! Everything was delicious, and I’m glad I bought stuff to bring home. Been munching on it all afternoon.
Marlene — Yes, I’ll remind you! You would have liked it. An endless assortment of treats, savory and sweet. If you couldn’t find something you liked, there’s no hope for you.
Heather — You’ll think I’m kidding, but there’s an event in town tomorrow called Bacontopia. $35 gets you a limitless array of bacon items. I want to do it, but even I can’t do back-to-back bacon extravaganzas. Nope, can’t.
Cora — I love that people put this together. The Lehigh Valley needed this. p.s. I put maple syrup on everything I eat for breakfast except cereal. Eggs, bacon, sausage, the list goes on and on. Love it!
Karen — It was the perfect fest for me. Had my name written all over it. Yes, the screening was right there. Cracked us up. I mean, I guess it makes sense, but thanks for buzzkilling the event, health professionals! You can watch the video by way of the last link on the post. Sorry I didn’t make that very clear.
November 9th, 2013 at 6:40 pm
I can only imagine the smell of this place…I’m glad it was outside–I gag at the smell of bacon in the house.
Did they sell bacon jewelry and t-shirts and stuff?
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November 9th, 2013 at 7:16 pm
Lin — Oh no! You and Babs. What gives? It smelled like bacon everywhere. Couldn’t escape it. They sold some “natural fiber” types of things, hats and scarves. Only occasional trinkets like fridge magnets. Pig noses were popular, because you know it’s a pig nose and not everybody has one. A good friend gave me a giant slice of bacon magnet once. That’s all I need. Hee.
November 9th, 2013 at 8:29 pm
The bacon mini-quiche looks fine. The only food I can mix sweet with savoury is Chinese food. Strangely enough, I love that.
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November 9th, 2013 at 8:54 pm
OMG, Kathy…this looked like SO MUCH FUN! I so wish I could have gone with you and Dave today. And it was the perfect weather for an outside festival!
I’m loving that photo of you and the pig – how CUTE! And I also love those pink stuffed pigs – adorable – I want one!!!
The cholesterol screening made me HOWL!
I clicked over and watched the video clip and my favorite thing was the girl (on the lower right-hand side) using her iPhone to take pictures and it had a pink pig phone cover!
Fun post, Kathy!
X
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November 10th, 2013 at 4:20 am
Wow. That’s like the heavenliest heaven I’ve ever seen. Mmmm… bacon.
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November 10th, 2013 at 8:26 am
That mini quiche looks so yummy!
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November 10th, 2013 at 9:01 am
Definitely not a Halaal event. But I’m disappointed that Middle America (similar to Middle Earth) didn’t have any carnival games, such as “Dunk the Muslim in bacon grease” and “funnel feed pork to OBL” or recitations of the Koran, replacing “Allah” and “Mohammed” with “bacon” and “swine” with “bacon be upon them”. I mean what’s the point of holding a bacon Fest if you don’t take the opportunity to deeply offend enemies of the American Way?
Personally, I think the consumption and outright enjoyment of bacon should be the number 1 criteria for being an American. We must do away with these bacon terrorists!
LOL
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November 10th, 2013 at 10:33 am
LOL – Tears in my eyes!
What a great event!!!
Loved the pics!
I must add this to my bucket list of things to do before I die, or when I want to die of a quick cardiac arrest!
What fun!! 😀
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November 10th, 2013 at 5:42 pm
Okay – this is only THE COOLEST EVENT EVER!
Can you please tell me when it will be next year – because I would LOVE to join you guys!
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November 11th, 2013 at 5:26 am
Babs — The quiche was delicious. Ate that the day after. I too like sweet and savory in my Chinese food. The only thing that was a miss was the chocolate-covered bacon. It has to be done just right and they didn’t get it right.
Ron — Don’t be surprised if I invite you to join us next year. Meleah also expressed interest in going. It would be the perfect place to meet up. I noticed that girl’s phone case too and thought it was a pig. I thought maybe it was Hello Kitty (your favorite), but it did look like pig ears, didn’t it?
Alice — It was delicious. Sometimes I buy quiche and they’re too dry, but this was perfect in every way. Eggs were tender and the crust was perfect.
Richard Catto — No, definitely not! I do think bacon should be added to apple pie, hot dogs and baseball and a true sign of the American Way. Its time has come.
Ferd — Glad you liked the post. It was such a great event, a nice mix of good food, music and wacky fun. They also had weiner dog races. Everyone went nuts! And believe it or not, the health tent was well attended. I thought it odd they were there, but people really did want to know how their cholesterol was.
Meleah — Yes! I’ll let you know. Probably always the 1st or 2nd weekend of November. Put it on your calendar!
November 11th, 2013 at 3:37 pm
I agree with the Brit who can’t handle sweets and savory mixed so there’s no doubt in my mind that Dave was on the right track. I would have ordered a six pack of the Smoked Pork Parfaits.
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November 11th, 2013 at 9:48 pm
This looks magical.
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November 12th, 2013 at 9:41 pm
Food every where, i think i should take a tour in Easton..
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November 15th, 2013 at 10:20 am
I’m glad to read you again. Thanks for this post.
Best for you Buddy!
November 16th, 2013 at 9:30 pm
It all looks entirely too tempting. I hope there were paramedics standing by. 😉
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November 25th, 2013 at 8:12 pm
Best for you Buddy
November 27th, 2013 at 12:50 am
I was there that day and wanted so bad to eat all that bacon stuff. I had flown up there to have some dental work done and saw all the commotion going on and had some time to kill, so I spent about an hour seeing all the cute food trucks and thangs. I did eat me some mashed potatoes out of one a them parfaits though.
November 29th, 2013 at 3:19 am
America, the land of milk and honey … and bacon.
My bucket list has just been extended.
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November 30th, 2013 at 12:19 pm
Testing.
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December 3rd, 2013 at 5:39 am
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