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Lou's Pig Candy

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A little more than a year ago, I fell all over myself after reading about Pig Candy. No, not those pig-shaped peppermint candies to which you take a tiny mallet and break open. I am talking about "candy" that is made from pork. At the time, the only place in LA that offered this "secret dinner-party hors d'oeuvre" was Lou, a wine bar in Hollywood.

Well, it has taken more than a year, but I finally got to Lou on Vine, and got to try Pig Candy, and friends, it is awesome. Really, it's nothing more than thick-cut bacon that's baked in the oven with brown sugar, but for some reason, popping these gems while sitting in a dark wine bar with a group of friends makes it so absolutely special.

If you want to make it at home, I found a "recipe" for it at the Virtual Weber Bullet.

Filed Under: Raves & Reviews, Ingredients, Chefs & Restaurants, How To, Restaurants
Tags: america, appetizers, bacon, dinner, hors doeuvres, LA, los angeles, lou, lou on vine, lunch, pig candy, PigCandy, pork, sugar, west coast

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chris

5-27-2007 @10:49AM chris said... and for dessert, applecake with piggy - see my daughters artistic rendition:

www.biscuitbaker.com/applecake.html


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nettey

5-27-2007 @11:32PM nettey said... that reminds me a lot of the chinese 'ba gua' or 'rou gan' eaten during chinese new year!

it is barbequed pork which is sweet & SUPER TASTY. it is usually barbequed on a HUGE smoking flame (original method of cooking). nowadays people just bake it.

you can find it in the asian markets labelled as pork jerky.
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