the bacon candle: pure genius
this was originally posted on the orkut "bacon community" boards, but since i no longer frequent orkut and have since started this blog, i'm re-posting it here (too bad i did this pre-camera phone, or else i'd have a picture of it, too):
Innovative Uses of Bacon By-Products 5/5/2004 9:50 AM
after making an entire package of bacon last week, i drained the fat into one of those little 7 oz. green chile salsa cans and put it into the freezer to solidify. then my friend jimmy came along with the brilliant idea of inserting a wick into the bacon fat can to make a bacon fat candle.
now, whenever we light it, people ask: is someone cooking bacon in here???
Innovative Uses of Bacon By-Products 5/5/2004 9:50 AM
after making an entire package of bacon last week, i drained the fat into one of those little 7 oz. green chile salsa cans and put it into the freezer to solidify. then my friend jimmy came along with the brilliant idea of inserting a wick into the bacon fat can to make a bacon fat candle.
now, whenever we light it, people ask: is someone cooking bacon in here???
posted by illewminator at 1/03/2006 10:33:00 AM
5 Comments:
That is pure genius. Does it still exist today?
unfortunately, when chong moved to his new apt, i don't think he bothered to take the bacon candle with him.
but the beauty of the bacon candle is you can always make a new one. all you need is a pack of bacon, a small can, and a piece of string (or a tightly rolled up napkin or paper towel will also suffice).
I found a bacon candle online.
http://mgrsti5395q.seamlesstech.biz/Merchant/2005TGP/Gift%20Pages/artisangifts.html
that sounds dangerous. you could have a little grease fire.
when I was a kid back in the early fifties, a bacon fat candle was our main sorce of lighting for years, in our tiny house, we had no electricity.
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