Portland Baconfest 2010

This weekend pdx.fm organized a 'baconfest' and I knew I had to be there. I grabbed my two cans of food for the Oregon Food Bank and made my way though the gates right after they opened. Let's begin:

I expected some fucking huge ass neighborhood bacon festival but the site was only a block long. That chick is like "Oh my God, there is so much bacon!"

The first booth I came across was skillet bacon jam. They served it on little crostinis with brie and arugula (I think). This crap was fucking awesome. I would totally have purchased one if it was not an exorbitant $13 for 11oz. Instead, I will just figure out how to make it my damn self. Stay tuned.

The next table was Bakon Vodka. I love booze and I love bacon but this shit is totally stupid. They suggested mixing it in a Bloody Mary. Right, so then you can't taste it at all and you might as well use regular vodka. I tasted it straight and it sucked. The only thing this vodka has going for it is the idiocy of the common man. I am sure their business will do just fine.

Here is a picture of some dumbass loser in a wooden pig cut-out.

The East Burn is the bar that was adjacent to the festival site and they sold these "bacon pops" for $1. The sauce was good but it was conservatively applied rendering the pop almost flavorless. But for $1 I can't complain too much.

I was getting disillusioned after all these flops so I grabbed a beer and found this table which made it all worth it. The Cookie Pedalers' cookies were fucking badass and they were exactly what I was looking for. Nothing else at the festival was as experimental, which is not saying too much, and they were really good. I like regular bacon and all but where are the risk takers doing crazy shit? That's what I want. Plus these chicks deliver cookies. Can't beat that.

Here is a close up of the two cookies I got for $1. If I recall correctly they were maple, bacon, and caramel, on shortbread. Too fucking good.

This booth was pretty funny so I figured I would take a picture of it but really? This is just fucking weird. I had to check out their website and they have some funny pictures of their bacon creations all across the country which is pretty cool.

Those masks creeped me the fuck out.

Here is the live music setup. I only saw this band but they didn't totally suck. There were also events throughout the day like the bacon eating contest, bacon toss, and bacon dance off. I made my rounds and left disappointed that they didn't have wilder shit. I enjoyed myself immensely but I wanted to see some crazy ass bacon concoctions and, other than the Cookie Pedalers, that aspect was painfully absent. Maybe next year I will have to get my own booth and show these people how it's done. Eat it.