This evening, Mike decided to make me BLT's (bacon, lettuce and tomato for him; bacon, lettuce and turkey for me). Because he doesn't like getting popped by the grease of the bacon...cooking the bacon naturally falls to me. After cooking 9 pieces of beautiful, thick cut bacon, I was trying to do the smart thing and dump the bacon grease without pouring it down my drain and garbage disposal. I took a glass out of the sink and poured the bacon grease straight from the stove into a nice cool glass.
.... thirty seconds later... POP! The glass split the entire way around the circumference just above the bacon grease line. Needless to say...if you're cooking bacon (or anything that creates grease) wait until the grease cools a bit before pouring it into a container to dispose of.
Since I'm talking about cooking bacon for BLT's, I thought I'd publish Mike's awesome recipe for BLT's
Ingredients:
Bread
Roma Tomatoes
Thick Cut Bacon (enough for 2 pieces per sandwich)
Arugula
Mayonnaise
Fresh Basil leaves
Slice the tomatoes 1/4 inch thick. Cook the bacon until crispy. Mix 1/2 cup mayonnaise with 8 or 9 finely chopped basil leaves. Spread the mayonnaise on one side of the bread. Place 2 pieces of bacon on the bread. Layer with the tomato slices, arugula, and the second slice of bread. Cut in half and serve with your favorite sides.
We used regular white bread, as it was what was in the house, but a stiffer bread like a baguette or ciabatta bread would go well with the sandwich.
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