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Bacon-Flavored Donuts? Fine. Vodka? Fine. But Coffee? No!

UK blogger marvels at Americans' love of pork

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(Newser) – Bacon has been popping up everywhere, observes Hattie Garlick for the Times of London. Store shelves teem with chocolate-covered bacon, bacon-flavored vodka, and bacon-flavored donuts, but she almost couldn’t believe the latest culinary staple to get the pig treatment: coffee. “It's a beautiful marriage of two culinary powerhouses—providing an extra kick that'll help you sail into the weekend,” one blogger gushes, to Garlick’s disbelief.

Then, of course, there’s the infamous “Bacon Explosion” a torpedo of interlaced bacon and sausage. In a bacon-induced daze, Garlick challenges the reader to invent a more disgusting meal: “A bacon explosion, washed down with bacon-flavored-vodka, and topped off with a bacon-cheese-burger-flavored-donut and a steaming maple-bacon-latte. Make that a large one.”

A 'Bacon Explosion' about to be cooked.
A 'Bacon Explosion' about to be cooked.   (Wikimedia Commons)
A bacon maple bar. Deelish!
A bacon maple bar. Deelish!   (Wikimedia Commons)
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djferrick
Jul 1, 09 1:17 PM CDT
there has to a joke about cops here somewhere involving a party maybe... or something Reply
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Jul 1, 09 1:37 PM CDT
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Laura
Jul 1, 09 1:45 PM CDT
British bacon is disgusting - it's like not even cooked or something. I'd be grossed out, too, if that's what I found everywhere. Reply
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Jul 1, 09 4:18 PM CDT
anything cooked in Britain is disgusting. Anyone up for a piece of spotted dick?
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paul123
Jul 1, 09 2:04 PM CDT
*said in best Homer Simpson voice* Mmmmmmmmmmmmm......Bacon! Reply
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