Bacon and Bad Grammar

The following statement, "her and I forged an alliance...she is my nemesis" was typed in IRC. Let's look at this gem. I will let slide the lack of initial capital letter and ending punctuation, after all, it is IRC. Even so, it has at least three strikes against it.

Strike one is the use of her as a subject. Strike two is the use of a malformed ellipsis where a semicolon would be appropriate. The third strike is where it really goes all Belgium. The third strike is for using a word which does not mean what the author thinks it means. Who strikes an alliance with a nemesis? If you can ally with them, they are not your nemesis. I am not opposed to using multisyllabic words borrowed from other languages, < insert lame borrowing such as au contraire >, but this really stands out as a non sequitur.

Which brings us to Bacon Candy. Not since the ambrosia which is caramel bugles have I tasted such a delectable mating of salt and sweet. Here is my recipe for the carnal confection:

Lee's Bacon Candy

• 75 grams of light brown sugar
• 2 to 4 tablespoons small pecan pieces
• 5 strips of thick sliced hickory smoked bacon cut in half
  

Set oven to bake at 350 F. I say bake because you use a broiling pan and so you might think you broil it. You don't. The broiling pan is so that the excess fat will drain away leaving only crisp delicious fat. Mix pecans and brown sugar in a shallow baking dish. Coat the bacon in the brown sugar and place gently on the broiling pan not touching any of the other pieces of bacon. I accomplished this by setting a piece of bacon on the brown sugar and pecans and pressing it down with a fork and then carefully turning it over and pressing to coat the other side. The more sugar, the better.

Bake for at 350 F 20 minutes and then turn over each piece and bake at 350 F for another 10 minutes. Do watch closely near the end, the idea is to caramelize the sugar, not to blacken it completely or set it on fire.

It is delicious when eaten while it is still warm. It made a nice appetizer for the four of us before our dinner of teriyaki rib eye, asparagus, and potatoes au gratin.