love thursday: bringing home the bacon
You know that saying about bringing home the bacon*?
Well, in Calabria that often happens quite literally.
Here is my amore holding the leg of a certain swine, parts of which were later marinated in red wine vinegar, olive oil, garlic, and rosemary, and then grilled. Yum!
Who could ask for more in a man?
Happy Love Thursday everyone!
Note that Love Thursday is now back at its original Chookooloonks home. Yay!
P.S. The history of this phrase from About.com Guide to Home Cooking: “In the twelfth century, a church in the English town of Dunmow promised a side of bacon to any married man who could swear before the congregation and God that he had not quarreled with his wife for a year and a day. A husband who could bring home the bacon was held in high esteem by the community for his forebearance.”
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Michelle Kaminsky is an American attorney-turned-freelance writer who lived in her family's ancestral village in Calabria, Italy for 15 years. This blog is now archived.
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Are you going to fry it up in a pan? (wait, you might be too young remember that commercial) ha
Happy Love Thursday.
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I *do* remember it! Only it was the woman supposed to bringing home the bacon too, right? I mean, not that I don’t *figuratively* but this kind of bacon–not unless it’s in a neatly wrapped package 😉
Hey, how can I get mine to do that?
(Haha, nyc/caribbean ragazza! I remember that commercial!)
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I think they have to be born that way….
sounds like a yummy dinner for you guys! i so wish i was more motivated to cook.
p.s. so, P is not camera-shy anymore? 🙂
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As you can tell, he wasn’t looking at me for this photo. I’m very sly (and he never looks at the blog) 😉
Is leg from a full size swine? It looks small. What you did to it sounds as if the finished product will be good eating!
Nah, this wasn’t very big; still lots of meat though. And yes, it was delicious 🙂
Finally! Something I can eat on your blog! LOL! 😉
Yes, but the vegetarians and vegans will have to wait just a *bit* longer 😉
Very caveman-ish! haha
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At least he doesn’t do the whole dragging-by-the-hair thing 😉
Love the story of how the phrase was born!!
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Interesting, huh?! I love stuff like that 🙂
I too was going to compliment you on getting P’s photo again!
Cool story on the origin of bringing home the bacon. That ad . . .it was for perfume, wasn’t it??
Seems the answer to your question is below 🙂 Glad you enjoyed!
Happy Love Thursday!
Interesting story on bringing home the bacon, and that dinner sounds wonderful!
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Was delicious indeed, BusyMomma; thanks for coming by!
That is so not what I thought Paolo was holding when I fist saw that pic.
Did you guys really make bacon? Logan (oh, crap, sorry – “Mister Pants”) has the whole recipe over at Boots.
Loved the “bringing home the bacon” story, too. Extra points to anyone who can remember what that was a commercial for…
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Nah, we don’t do bacon. As it was, this one was split among a few people, so we got a few pasta dinners and a grilling night out of it. I’ve seen that bacon tutorial though, and YUM.
Makes me think of that *Enjoli* perfume commercial years ago. I can just see you singing….
I can bring home the bacon….
Fry it up in a pan….
And never, never let you forget your a man….
Cause I a woooooman, Enjoli!!!
Happy Love Thrusday!! And just be thankful you were not *here* to witness me singing this today.
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In any event, I thank you for that lovely rendition, Robin 🙂
Oh, just read through the other comments and the one previous to mine giving something away to whomever knew the commercial!
Did I just win???? Really???!!!
God, I hope the prize isn’t a pig leg 😉
My vegetarian BF wouldn’t know WHAT to do with it!
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I doubt Paul will be delivering a pig leg, but he is full of surprises, so….
Was it wild swine? Did he (P) go out into the woods and hunt?
I bet it was delicious (sorry no vegetarians here). We are big into roasting chestnuts here at the moment they would make a great side dish maybe with some cavolo nero and some roast potatoes, a big glass and vino rosso and … I’m coming round to your house for supper tonight!
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‘Twas wild, but P doesn’t hunt. Master cleaner, though 😉
I just read the story and if that would mean we would never have bacon in my house!!! But we do have a package of Canadian Bacon in the freezer, maybe I’ll make bacon, tomato and cheese sandwiches for dinner…hmmmm……Happy Love Thursday
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Oh that sound *wonderful* Lucy. I’m jealous.
if he really loves you, maybe he could make it look a little more like bacon, you can have an espresso while you wait.
Margie, so long as he does all the butchering (and he always does), I’m happy 🙂
That sounds just delicious!
Indeed it was, Sabine 🙂
Love the photo! And whatever you’re going to make with it sounds yummy (olive oil, pork, rosemary — how can you go wrong??)
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I don’t believe you can with those ingredients, Bonggamom 🙂
Mmm…bacon.
Happy LT 🙂
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I’m with you Jessi. Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Cool picture! Happy LT!
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Thanks, and thanks for stopping by Julia 🙂
Aww – a perfect man in so many ways! Happy Love Thursday!
Same to you, Shalet 🙂
See, that’s the kind of picture men should put in their want ads. Pork fat rules!! You two are going to have beautiful children!
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Hah, and thank you 🙂
I think I would swoon if my husband brought home the swine like that!
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Hah, I hope you’ll get the chance Mrs. L 🙂
Seriously? That’s where that phrase came from? I had no idea!
I didn’t either, so when I found it, I knew I *had* to share 🙂
I don’t think that pig feels very loved just now…
Well, no, and I won’t get into a debate about eating meat, but I can tell you that in these economic times, free food is very much appreciated in my house.
mmmmmm, bacon.
I’m with you, Clem 🙂
When I lived in Spain we used to eat it smoked…called jamon (even though it was pretty much bacon as far as I could tell)
On a side note, I saw a post on Uncrate the other day about baconaise…bacon flavored mayonnaise and am very intrigued…I might have to up my saturated fat intake and order some up 😀
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Wow, now *that* is interesting, Jeremy. Please let me know if you try it; would love to hear a review!
Oh — heh — I was so not going there, I swear. (I eat meat, too, you know; it just comes in shiny, hygienic, little packages.) I was startled by something in this image, though, not your usual Love Thursday fare. Makes me wonder about the book you’ve been writing. 🙂
Just love for P this week as far as I know, but now you have *me* wonder what I’ve been writing….
Wow… I love the background of that phrase. My DH never would earn that – we BOTH love to argue too much. 😉
We have a gourmet deli/food place/phenomenon in our city called Zingerman’s. They have these things where you run around to all their businesses and learn about a specific food. D and C are both bacon fanatics, so they took the “tour de bacon” last summer and earned t-shirts.
The Zingerman’s site is fun to explore:
http://www.zingermans.com
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Ooh thanks Jen! Fun indeed 🙂