I have been thinking all day today about bacon—it’s not just for breakfast anymore, you know. I made it through the state fair without eating the much talked about deep-fried, bacon-wrapped, cheese-filled jalapeño pepper-poppers on a stick. Dip it in chocolate and you have just added your dessert, making it a completely balanced meal. You could even wash it down with a Bacon Smoothie. The Village Inn recently introduced a Chocolate Caramel Bacon Cream Pie on its featured pie list.
The speculation that there might be a bacon shortage due to the drought in the mid-west briefly caused the price of bacon to go up recently. We love our bacon. I believe it is the sweet saltiness that makes the difference. That is what Jesus asked of His followers—be salt, flavor the world with God’s love. (Matthew 5:13-16) This all brought me to thinking about my friend Jan Laub. A few hours later our paths crossed at the Recycling Center, of all places. I asked her to tell me again her bacon story.
Jan wanted to make a gumbo from an old cookbook. The recipe called for “one cup of bacon grease.” As a busy young adult, she did not have that much bacon grease, nor did she want to cook that much bacon to make a whole cup of bacon drippings. Thus Granny’s Good Ol’ Fashion Bacon Drippings was born. She put together a business plan, experimented with some recipes, and developed a way to purify, package and place her product in local grocery stores. Demand has grown to the point that she is about to go nation-wide with her bacon drippings. (Go to http://twinfoods.com to learn more.) I love her homemade chocolate chip cookies—the ones where she replaces the butter with an equal amount of bacon drippings.
Keep healthy. Pray mightily. Enjoy your life today. Be sweet and salty. And let’s experience the love and power of God together.
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