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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Food Swine Flu Gave Me Bacon Fever

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:50 PM

I haven't eaten bacon in nine years but in the past few days all anyone has been able to talk about is pig pig pig. And today swine flu struck Oregon. It's made me feverish. Bacon feverish.

Just minutes ago I stopped for lunch at Meat Cheese Bread, fully intending to deny my bacon lust and purchase a just fine mushroom sandwich. But when I opened the door, the smell of swine was thick and rich. I could almost taste it. At the counter, I slipped into some sort of delirious craze and ordered the beet, bacon and aioli sandwich. And then, just as feverishly, ate it all. The beets were sweet, the aioli smooth and the bacon an undeniably fleshy blend of delicious salt, smoke and grease.

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I don't know what happened but I need to quarantine myself at Portobello until the swine flu departs and my bacon fever breaks.

 

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1
Maybe next there can be a lamb flu. Yum.
Posted by iwouldprefernotto on April 30, 2009 at 2:07 PM · Report
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: D
Posted by Will Radik on April 30, 2009 at 2:44 PM · Report
3
As long as mad cow disease doesn't give you burger fever, you'll be fine.
Posted by Matthew D on April 30, 2009 at 2:47 PM · Report
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How strange. I was there today for the first time at around 2:30 pm. I ordered three sandwiches, and all three of them were some of the worst excuses for food I've had in Portland ever. Granted, the beet and bacon one was the least offensive of the three. That spicy steak one was a total joke, and the ham one was literally just ham on a bun with nothing else for $8. Yuck.
Posted by martin on April 30, 2009 at 6:58 PM · Report
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All this post is, is "What Sarah Ate for lunch", wrapped in a bad joke. Not that I mind, but Graham, aren't you supposed to be throwing a fit right now?
Posted by Matthew D on May 1, 2009 at 8:18 PM · Report
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After Matt's classic "my cheesecake was too expensive" diatribe, this isn't terrifically rage-able, even for the rage brigade.
Posted by A CAT, probably on May 2, 2009 at 3:47 PM · Report

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