Swineitiative
Jan 5, 2010 St. Louis, groceries, missouri
As Anthony Bourdain once noted, “If you want to make people happy, give them bacon.” Apparently having had a great deal of success with their temporarily carrying Benton’s bacon last year, in addition to always stocking Nueske’s, The Wine and Cheese place has taken note of Bourdain’s words dubbing 2010, “the year of bacon.” As their newsletter today stated, the existing plan is to feature one new artisanal bacon per month sourced from throughout the country. The first featured will be Vande Rose’s highly acclaimed Duroc bacon which Momofuku’s David Chang called, “one of the best bacons ever.”
Two questions:
- 1. Who wants to start a blind bacon-tasting club?
- 2. Who do I beg to bring in Scott’s Country Jowl Bacon?
Tags: anthony bourdain, bacon, Benton's, David Chang, Nueske's, Vande Rose
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January 5th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
at $3/lb that’s not a bad deal for the scott’s country jowl bacon.
January 6th, 2010 at 12:51 am
i’m bringing in different country ham’s, as needed. we started with Burger’s attic aged, now on to Benton’s. I was going to go for Colonel Newsom’s next or a double smoked from Paducah. I’ll pick up bacon each time if you are interested.
January 6th, 2010 at 9:38 am
I will contact Scott’s and we will give it a try.
January 6th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
I can donate bacon from Greenwood Farms Berkshire pigs.
January 9th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Is it beer 30, yet? I’m ready to crack open a nice bottle of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale!
January 12th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
We’ll start production on some different bacons over the next month, the bellies (pork & lamb) are just starting to come in and the new smoker is getting properly seasoned. I’ll be posting the varieties as they’re available, if you all want to try some, let me know and I’ll donate it to the bacon cause.
January 15th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Bill,
Next week our featured bacon will be Scott’s Jowl Bacon….should arrive on Wednesday.
January 22nd, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Bacon….Ham….
Wine and Cheese Places’ website has Syrah and Scotch listed under bacon.? ok.
Middendorf carries Nueske slabs
The Johnston County Ham aged 3 years was outstanding.
Col Newsom is on Publican’s menu, as is Quercia…really fun doing a side by side tasting. they served it with goat butter.
Side by side tasting is a great way of picking up differences.
January 23rd, 2010 at 5:25 pm
While not actually in St. Louis, the best bacon I’ve had without question is a Sugar Cured, Hickory Smoked Peppered Bacon in Swiss, MO (a place south of Hermann, MO). We stop there everytime we head to the wineries. Maybe you could give them a try? Swiss Meats
January 25th, 2010 at 12:20 am
Fox River Carries some Bacon from Washington,Mo. it may be Swiss….anyway that means it’s readily available.