Bacon Saves Lives

From the article:

Cured salted pork crafted as a nasal tampon and packed within the nasal vaults successfully stopped nasal hemorrhage promptly, effectively, and without sequelae … To our knowledge, this represents the first description of nasal packing with strips of cured pork for treatment of life-threatening hemorrhage in a patient with Glanzmann thrombasthenia.

Is there anything that bacon can't do?

Spaghetti alla Carbonara

Spaghetti alla Carbonara

This has been one of my favorite pasta dishes for years.  I know that classically speaking, you're supposed to use Pancetta instead of bacon, but how can I say no to bacon?  This has lots of great flavor, and it's fast and cheap to make.

Uncooked Sauce

It's important that the sauce is mixed and ready before the pasta is strained.  The residual heat in the pot and pasta are the only thing that cook the egg, so you want to ready to move quickly when the pasta is strained.

Bread Crumb Mixture

We were in a hurry tonight, so we didn't toast the bread crumbs like the recipe suggests.  We did use the Buddha Hand though, which makes the mixture even tastier. A little of this goes a long way, but bring the bowl to the table to allow people to add more if they like.