"Pig candy." It sounds like it might be a piece of chocolate shaped like an adorably chubby porker. Perhaps made from spun sugar?
In this week's LA Weekly, a reader asked food writer Jonathon Gold about the stuff. Gold's reply was that pig candy is, indeed, made of...pig. It is thick-cut bacon baked with brown sugar until, pretty much, it's candied, I guess.
The craze for the dish started in Washington, D.C., however, in LA the only place to get pig candy is at a Hollywood wine bar, Lou (724 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA (323) 962-6369). Not sure about its availability anywhere else.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-24-2006 @ 2:54PM
Joshua Ozersky said...
you can get bacon candy from the Grateful Palate, home of the Bacon of the Month Club.
Mr. Cutlets
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3-24-2006 @ 4:35PM
Chewbaca said...
oh man, that sounds so good. now if they could only make pig gristle gum that held onto its flavor for a long time.
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3-27-2006 @ 10:17PM
Rasta Dawit said...
What a horror in babylon...No surprise at all really, we've used/abused these poor creatures for so long and now this? Cosidering none of these careless babylonians ever cared what they put in they're bodies anyway,Just add 13 parts gung-ho-''Hey Im a man because I devour animals'',mixed with zero enlightenment past your front door,and you've got the purfect recipe for extended global attrocity..how sad.
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