Distressing News the First: Plans to visit the world’s oldest, largest cured ham in Smithfield, Virginia must be aborted. We’re driving down to North Carolina to spend the holiday with my sister, and the ham – cured in 1902 from a 900 POUND PIG and STILL EDIBLE if you scrape off the not-inconsiderable mold layer, a claim which I am willing to take on faith – is en route. The museum containing it, however, is closed on Mondays. FAIL.
Distressing News the Second: Why would someone do this to innocent strips of bacon? Why?
Originally uploaded, god only knows why, by eatliver.com.
These disappointments follow hard on the heels of the sad fact that Dinosaur Kingdom is too far off our driving route to be a practical pit stop tomorrow. Sigh.
We are a-flutter with packing and cleaning chez TNS – cousins from Italy will be occupying our apartment while we’re in North Carolina, so Brian has been scrubbing every scrubbable surface in the house with a water pik while I’ve been put in charge of “tidying and straightening,” which sounds like it should be no big deal but somehow takes hours and hours. And tomorrow is 8+ hours of driving, so look for another post of questionable content tomorrow night!
Thursday Night Smackdown 
That picture’s my new background. Awesome. Not FAIL. PASS.
But did you see the Bacon Turducken? http://bacontoday.com/turbaconducken-turducken-wrapped-in-bacon/ I was equal parts horrified and delighted to discover the existence of bacontoday.com and actually want to make their bacon cinnamon rolls.
kristie, you frighten me, but that’s also part of your appeal.
ruby, you’ve counteracted my distressing news. yay! and i would totally eat a bacon cinnamon roll.
Wow… that’s…. umm… special. He looks like hitler. Here’s a pork post that might cheer you up: http://www.seriouseats.com/2007/11/bacon-wrapped-turkey-recipe.html
That photo will haunt me for the rest of the day.
Have a great trip.
WTF??
He better EAT that bacon!!!
I don’t think it’s possible to get more distressing than that picture. I simply must pass it on to my father, who will appreciate it as it ought to be appreciated.
And the cured ham trip sounds interesting, in a scary and kind of repulsive kind of way. (It’s the mold.) And we’ll be in Virginia in two weeks. I wonder if I can steer the Spouse in that direction?
You’ll hate me for saying so, but I’m kinda glad the museum is closed… “Layer of mold” barely sounds safe! I get the heebie-jeebies just thinking about it 😛
Maybe you can eat that moldy ham on your way home? That is just too good a tourist trip to miss.
That man should be arrested for crimes against bacon.
I dont know where you’ll be in NC, But there’s a beer festival here in Durham on Black Friday
http://trianglebrewingcompany.blogspot.com/2008/11/black-friday-beer-line-up.html
and overall fucking good food YO
http://carpedurham.wordpress.com/