As a kid, most of recall various opportunities to go to specialized camps. For some it might be baseball camp, others
band camp, or even bible camp (god forbid). Of course, most of us also remember Space Camp, starring Kate Capshaw, Tom Skerrit, Lea Thompson, Joaquin Phoenix, Kelly Preston, and, of course, Tate Donovan. Jinx played quite a role in that film as well (so did “Lamar” from Revenge of the Nerds). Come to think of it, Space Camp is the Outsiders of its time.
In any event, as an adult, there are now fewer opportunities for fun “camps.” But, there is at least one camp that I’d like to attend: Bacon Camp. According to a recent write-up, Bacon Camp consists of various bacon-related competitions. During brief breaks in the competition, there were bacon-related lectures. A talk on bacon as art was especially fun, as the artists presented two giant eggs sculpt
ed out of strips and showed a Power Point presentation of their Obacon project, a recreation of the famous Obama Hope poster. It was great to see the pork as a muse for something other than eating, although molding all of that stuff certainly must require a strong stomach. The grand prize of the day (again, as decided by the people) went to Heather Lynch for her Maker’s Mark ice cream with a maple caramel swirl and bits of candied bacon. Two of my favorites rolled into one. Swensons’ take note! Unfortunately, however, there was no fashion show.
In any event, the video below contains a brief history of the bacon meme according to the sponsors of Bacon Camp.
BaconCamp – The Internet Bacon Meme in 60 Seconds from Bac’n.com on Vimeo.
Bourbon.Rocks. 10:26 pm on April 28, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I’ve had bacon in four meals in, like, 24 hours. These are the happiest days of my life.