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Bacon Pro Review

We don’t need to tell you how fantastic bacon is.  It’s delicious, smells amazing, and makes a great fashion accessory.  The only thing that isn’t so fantastic about bacon is the preparation and clean up. The Bacon Pro eliminates all the hassle of cooking bacon. No more dirty dishes, lengthy cleanup or having to constantly watch the bacon so it doesn’t burn. The Bacon Pro makes cooking bacon so much better!

The nice folks at Bacon Pro sent us a sample to test, review and cherish forever.  It’s an easy, healthy alternative to cooking bacon in the pan or in the oven.  It’s made in the USA and is BPA-free. It can cook up to twenty slices of thin or thick cut bacon in the microwave and gets them nice and crisp.  And it doesn’t cover your microwave in grease.

Step 1: Setup.

Hang the bacon around the rims of the cooker.  The package we used contained 13 thick slices and barely needed more room than the center rack.  There is definitely space for 20+ strips.

Step 2: Wrap the bacon. 

Using 3 paper towels, wrap the outer layer of the Bacon Pro between the drip pan and the outside ring of bacon.

Step 3: Fold in the paper towels.

This keeps the bacon grease from splattering all over the inside of your microwave and helps to guide it into the drip tray.

Step 4: Microwave. 

The Bacon Pro website has a handy-dandy calculator to determine cooking time based on the wattage of your microwave, thickness of bacon and how many strips you want.  Cooking 13 thick strips in a 1,000 watt microwave took 13 min.  Don’t worry about missing out on that delicious bacon smell cuz it filled the kitchen. Woot!

Step 5: Cleanup

Cleanup is a cinch with the Bacon Pro.  The drip tray has a spout that is used to pour the bacon grease into a cup, tin can, plastic bag or heat-proof glass container if you want to keep it in your fridge.  Hand wash the Bacon Pro or just put in the dishwasher. Easy, peasy, bacon squeezy!

Because all the grease goes into the drip tray, bacon cooked with the Bacon Pro is healthier than cooking in a pan or oven.  Our fingers remained miraculously clean while we were eating.  And the flavor?  Phenomenal!  Our bacon retained its smoky, hickory flavor.  It was crispy and didn’t have any weird chewiness that you often get from microwaved food.

The Bacon Pro definitely lives up to all its claims.  It minimizes mess and cooking time and collects all the grease for easy disposal or easy saving.  The Bacon Pro is an essential item for every bacon lover’s kitchen. Follow them on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for more info.

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Bacon-Wrapped Honey Mustard Pretzel Rods

Crispy crunchy salty sweet bacony pretzel rods! Oh boy! These are sooo easy to make and sooo delicious! All you need is 3 ingredients to reach sweet and savory heaven. We used Jack Daniels honey Dijon mustard in this pretzel rod recipe. Because whiskey makes everything better, even mustard. If you don’t have this particular mustard, you can just mix some Dijon and honey together and use that. Or if you don’t like mustard, you could make these with candied bacon made with brown sugar and it will be just as good. It’s the perfect recipe to celebrate National Pretzel Day on April 26th.

1 pack of bacon
Pretzel rods (about 12)
¾ cup Jack Daniels Honey Dijon Mustard

Heat oven to 350° F. Coat the bacon strips with the honey Dijon mustard. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with non-stick coating. Place the bacon strips on the sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes until cooked, but not crispy and still pliable. Remove from oven and allow to cool until bacon can be handled.

Wrap the pretzel rods with one bacon strip and place down on a clean baking sheet. Make sure the tail end of the bacon is tucked under the pretzel rod. Bake for 4-6 more minutes until the bacon is crispy. Remove from oven and allow to cool before serving.

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This past week marked the 35th anniversary of gaming’s first international superstar, Pac-Man. The arcade cabinet hit the Japanese gaming scene on May 22, 1980, and it dominated the American market later that year in October.

True, Americans had Pong by that point in history, and Japan was overrun by Space Invaders. However, Pac-Man was the first mascot both countries could share, leading to an incredible entertainment alliance which led to 35 years of excellence. Everything from Donkey Kong and Final Fantasy to Monster Hunter and Metal Gear Solid, all because some pizza faced weirdo chomped down on blue ghosts.

To celebrate 35 years of existence, Bandai Namco has announced plans to launch a free-to-play smartphone game called Pac-Man 256, developed by Hipster Whale of Crossy Road fame. Its name comes from an infamous kill screen glitch which will end every game of Pac-Man on the 256th level.

“The gaming industry keeps on growing massively on a daily basis and we, at Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe, are proud to be pioneers of this with some of the biggest licenses out there!” says Head of Mobile & Web Gaming at Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe Tatsuya Kubota.

“This year, we are celebrating Pac-Man’s 35th Anniversary and we couldn’t miss such an opportunity: we decided to create a brand new exciting game with Hipster Whale and Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver. This results in a stirring game based on some elements that made history. Join us in celebrating Pac-Man’s anniversary!”

Exciting news of an iconic character’s birthday, but I’ve never been that huge of a Pac-Man fan. I’m just a little too young, I suppose. I played the original on the NES as a kid, but quickly moved on to bigger games like Castlevania and Mario after getting a single Game Over. I’ve never played Ms. Pac-Man, and the only times I can genuinely say I’ve liked a Pac-Man game are Pac-Man Vs. on the GameCube and the undeniable king of the franchise, Pac-Man Championship Edition.

How about yourself? Any positive Pac-Man memories? Are you a natural Billy Mitchell, and can you get a perfect game?

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I suspect many of you will be thrilled to learn that Season 1 of Bill Nye, the Science Guy (the TV show from the 1990s, for those of you too young to experience quality television) is now available on Netflix:

Lots of high-caliber Nye in there. But only if you live in the U.S. apparently…

It all started on May 11, 2005, when this video was first unleashed upon the world. So began the tale of Leeroy Jenkins.

A lone warrior, ignorant of the meticulous plans of his comrades, struck out on his own. His battlecry was only his namesake: LEEEROOOOYYY JJJEEEEENNNKKIINNNSS!!!

Though his actions proved disastrous for the group, many saw this man as a hero. Soon his name was emblazoned throughout the information superhighway. Though unrelated, these images maintained the indomitable fighting spirit of Leeroy Jenkins.

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We already knew FBI agents Mulder and Scully were returning to FOX in an events series, and now we have a premiere date. FOX on Monday announced the famous sci-fi thriller will make its triumphant return on Jan. 24 at 10 p.m. EST, right after the NFC Championship Game that Sunday. The timing is no accident; The X-Files already has its own fervent fanbase, and airing the show right after a major sporting event will surely grab a few outliers.

Back in March when the show’s return was announced, series creator Chris Carter said to look at the long X-Files absence as a 13-year commercial break. For a lot of people, the X-Files will be completely new, which means it’ll have to build a lot of hype on reputation and word of mouth before it airs. It certainly helps that a lot of the original members and show runners are on board. But nostalgia sometimes isn’t enough.

With the premiere date set for early next year, you have plenty of time to see what all the fuss is about by catching up on the show’s previous nine seasons.

The most wonderful time of the year…

Survive! Mola Mola is a funny game. I loved all the random and hilarious deaths of the poor fish.

heroineimages:

quicksilver-ink:

cosplayblog:

Lady Thor from Marvel Universe

Cosplayer: Miley Romero
Photographer: York In A Box

The most adorable tiny cosplayer I’ve seen in a while.

Excellent combination of formidable and adorable.

I'll run headfirst into a train station column, and I'll try getting into this toilet. Anything for a chance to live in the Harry Potter universe. 

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gifak-net:

Goalkeeper cat 

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Earlier today, at the official National Day of Prayer breakfast in Washington, D.C., GOP Presidential candidate Ben Carson — a neurosurgeon by trade — explained how he passed his chemistry final during his first semester at Yale University:

… My grades were so bad that, even if I had gotten an A on the final, I still would’ve failed. That’s how bad it was. But the professor was either very compassionate or very sadistic. I’m not sure which one. Because he had a rule. He said, “Anyone who’s failing, I’ll give them double credit on their final!” So you had, like, that one last burst of hope before you went down.

So there I was, night before, thinking about my life. I said, Lord, medicine is the only thing I ever wanted to do. I always thought that’s what you wanted from me. And yet, it looks like I’m gonna fail chemistry. I’m not gonna go to medical school.

I said, would you please tell me what it is you really want me to do? Or, alternatively and preferably, work a miracle?

I picked up that big chemistry book. I was gonna learn the whole thing that night. And, of course, I fell asleep. Dreamed I was in this large auditorium, just me and a nebulous figure working out chemistry problems.

And I awakened early that morning. That dream was so vivid in my mind. I picked up my book. I started looking up the stuff I dreamed about. And when I went to take the test the next morning, it was like “The Twilight Zone.” I opened that book and I recognized the first problem as one of the ones I dreamed about. And the next, and the next, and the next, and I aced the exam and, you know, got a good mark in chemistry. It worked out okay. And I promised the Lord he would never have to do that for me again.

Amazing isn’t it? God will give Carson all the answers to a final in a dream… and yet Carson has no idea that he’s going to lose the Republican nomination by a landslide.

That God sure works in mysterious ways.

On a side note, it would be great to see a reporter track down his Yale chemistry professor and find out if that double-credit-on-the-final policy was actually legit. We know how Christians love exaggerating their Godly anecdotes.

(via Right Wing Watch)

Lithuanian developer Svajūnas Žemaitis (not even sure if that name will appear in most browsers) has gotten a lot of attention with this low-poly high-concept trailer for his project Garbage Day. If released, you will play as an everyman caught in a Groundhog Day Bill Murray time loop in which you're free to explore, investigate, or... murder literally everybody. 
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