Showing posts with label Salami. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salami. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

421...More Pork In The News

Debra Bass in this morning's St. Louis Post-Dispatch writes that "My love of bacon put to the test by bacon dress."

Either you are on the team darling or you are not, pick a side.

The dress, which also includes salami and is allegedly irresistible to both kinds of dogs, men and actual dogs, is designed by none other than Jia Jem [who's dat?] an innovative costume queen. I will take your word for it, Miss Bass, I will. Miss Jem is quoted as saying:

“I chose salami because it’s thin, keeps in one piece, and is quite cheap, and bacon because it looks very, um, meaty. I considered somehow vacuum-sealing sheets of meat with those sealers they have on the markets now, but the machines were too expensive for a one-time-only disposeable [sic] dress. I ended up using the K.I.S.S. method of construction, which involved a basic shift dress out of thick cotton. I layed the meat on top, then put clear vinyl over it and sewed tracks with clear thread. I used a wide stitch length to avoid perforating the meat to the point it might just… uh, slide down the bottom of the dress. I also blotted it all before sewing to get rid of as much grease as possible to avoid clouding the vinyl. Lastly, I made sure to bind the bottom of the dress with a strip of clear vinyl to catch drips. (I love talking about this; it’s so disgusting.) The whole project took about 6 hours, and I kept it refrigerated until the party. Good times.”
Plus, if it ever goes out of style [I know, bacon, out of style, as if] you can fry it and put it on an English muffin.
WFDS