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Bacon Mat Gallery

Experimentation - the mother of hunger?  That doesn't make sense.

Welcome, everyone, to the world’s first and best Bacon Mat gallery. We first learned of the magnificent idea of weaving meat from instructables.com. Whoever came up with this deserves a knighthood. Send us your photo and we’ll add it!

Lauren’s first mat: I was uncertain about how long to cook it, so it was a little soft. We cut it in triangles because we were just eating it, not making BLTs.
oops


My second and third mats. I wasn’t as fearful this time around.
mmmm..... bacon.....


My brother Mark’s first mat:  NOTE:  He is displeased with the poor quality of this photo, taken with a camera phone.  For a more mouth-watering submission from him, scroll down to the bottom of the page.
So yummy...
Mark wrote:

We made our very first BACON MAT!!!!!! The BLT’s were delicious, but I shoud’ve cooked the bacon a bit longer and also tried to drain more of the fat off as it cooked. Love you (just because, but also because you’ve taught us something new!)!!


My mother’s first mat, made with center-cut bacon:
Beautiful!
From Dad:

The bacon she had was shorter than what she normally buys, so we cut the mat in two and it covered the wider slices of bread we get nicely! Double layer of bacon! Yum! Oh, the lettuce is from her garden. We bought the tomato, though. For Mark: this picture was taken with a mere 7.1 megapixel Canon SD1000.

From Mom:

Dad will probably be sending a picture of my bacon mat. I only use center cut bacon, which is shorter, – so 4 strips across, 4 strips down, – cooked slowly on top of the stove and only flipped once. Cut it in half and we had two sandwiches. Worked great!


Peggy’s individual woven mat, made with four-by-four half-strips:
Dang it.Her comments:

I fried this little mat. It worked just fine. It’s just the right size for the bread (which is underneath in the picture.) I also painted the pig about 10 years ago.


Peggy’s regular baked bacon mat:
so pretty!Her comments:

The regular size mat, with love.


And now Peggy’s just showing off:
C'mon - that's not possible!Peggy’s comments:

A Tiki Hut with wider woven walls & a regular bacon mat roof. (I have a candle inside to try and illuminate it.)


Kristi’s bacon mat and BLT fixin’s, but I don’t know what that ketchup is doing there.
Ketchup???Kristi wrote:

This is farm-fresh bacon. The bacon was butchered in June and was delicious!!!!


Brad and Denis make some bacon art. Here’s Brad’s:
Look at that buttery toast! I gotta get me some toast.Here’s Denis’s:
So cute!  Let's eat him.Brad’s comments:

These bacon mats are made with Center Cut Bacon, so they are smaller. That makes them go well with the tiny Bantam Chicken eggs my neighbor gave me. I chose a more traditional arrangement. Denis was more creative. I think this might be your track to internet fame! A few more pictures and you could submit the link to boingboing or neatorama!


More from Peggy, The Bacon Master! 🙂
That Peggy!A park bench, eh?

I call these: “Lloydering” (that’s suppose to be you & Lloyd on a park bench complete with street light)


Beth’s Bacon Mat
Beth's Bacon
Beth’s Blasphemous comments:

We tried it. And, contrary to popular opinion, we didn’t like it so much. Perhaps it was baking it on a stone instead of a pan; perhaps it was something else; perhaps we just like our bacon in strips. Has anyone else baked it on a stone? Or did you all use pans? The convenience of having sandwich sized pieces was nice, but not worth the variation in baking. Our middle wasn’t crispy enough, though the edges were good. Harold is a “Bacon is bacon” kind of guy, but I’m more selective, I go for the crispy bacon.


Ok, Lloyd’s going to have to fix this format, but we have an unsolicited submission from Crystal.  Welcome, Crystal!  She says:

“I found the bacon mat online awhile ago and fell in love:)  so I made one to test it out, and then the next time I made a quiche and put it on top…”

I think it looks awesome!!”
A quiche with bacon - it's heaven!

Mark & Rachel’s updated photo!

I would respectfully request that the pitiful and unappetizing picture of our first bacon mat, posted in the Bacon Mat Gallery, be removed and replaced with the attached photograph, along with a comment that the camera used makes as much difference as does cooking the mat the right amount of time.

Another comment, I think the next time we’ll try to use thick-cut bacon.  The scrawny little piece all the way on the left was paper thin, and shriveled up to almost nothing.  This one was done on a baking stone, and Beth is right.  The outside gets crispy way before the inside.  It also helps if you cut it into sections before it gets cold, but while its still just a little warm.

bacon.jpg

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I see we’re getting some hits from Reddit, and I thought this might be a good time to share a little bacon-freezing tip I learned.  This is NOT my invention, I learned it from here, and their pictures are much less blurry and more well-lit than mine.   Anyway, if you find yourself with extra bacon on hand and aren’t going to make another mat anytime soon, this is a great way to freeze it so you can pop off individual slices.

Start with your bacon and some waxed paper.

bacon1.jpg

Put one slice a bacon-width from the edge.

bacon2.jpg

Fold the edge over and cover the bacon.

bacon3.jpg

Put another slice beside it.

bacon4.jpg

Fold over.

bacon5.jpg

Another slice, lather rinse repeat until you’re out of slices.  Wrap the whole shebang up in plastic wrap or foil and freeze.  When you need a slice or two, just unroll.  It’s like magic!  Happy Baconing, everyone.  Thanks for stopping by.

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Even though this wasn’t submitted, I StumbledUpon this and it made me spit out my coffee with laughter (always a good thing). Yes, it’s a Bacon-Cheese Roll.

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Comments

  1. David says

    February 4, 2008 at 11:44 am

    This makes me really hungry for a BLT…brilliant!

    Reply
  2. Karla says

    February 8, 2008 at 6:32 pm

    Have you seen one of these? http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9330217

    Reply
    • Lauren says

      February 9, 2008 at 9:48 am

      After you knit me some money, make me one of these, ok?

      Reply
  3. Deanne says

    February 9, 2008 at 5:45 am

    Karla, how did you EVER find such a thing!??!!

    Reply
    • Karla says

      April 1, 2008 at 9:28 pm

      Jeez Deanne, I just saw your question -- my friend Cory actually found it. I thought it was a riot and knew it needed to be mentioned in the BMG (Bacon Mat Gallery). 🙂

      Reply
      • Deanne says

        April 22, 2008 at 2:21 pm

        absolutely, right on.

        Reply
  4. Maggie says

    April 4, 2008 at 3:09 pm

    I have to make a bacon mat now. Thanks for all the pictures!

    Reply
  5. Bacon Heather says

    April 7, 2008 at 10:16 pm

    Thanks for letting me know about this site -- love the bacon mats!

    Reply
  6. Ribs says

    June 22, 2008 at 12:49 am

    You people are just crazy. Love it!

    Reply
  7. Deanne says

    April 15, 2009 at 2:21 pm

    The flaming bacon lance of death: http://www.slashfood.com/2009/04/15/the-flaming-bacon-lance-of-death/

    Reply

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