My birthday breakfast
Last week was my birthday. My Very Special Ladyfriend cooked me breakfast, and it was delicious!
I had heard about Allan Benton’s bacon from Tennessee, and then both Gourmet and Saveur magazine ran pieces on his operation, so I decided to order some before it was too late.
I was glad I had ordered my bacon a few weeks ago, because they are so backed up with orders that they have posted a warning about delays on their website. I am worried that Allan Benton may soon expand his business to keep up with demand, which of course may ultimately decrease the quality of his products.
Just look at that bacon!
Hopefully Allan’s ethics will persist and decided to limit his orders to a capacity that he can keep up with. Alternatively, he should get together with other artisanal pork producers and refer customers to bacon suppliers closer to where they live. I am pretty certain that there must exist some phenomenal bacon producers closer to Montreal. I will start my search and let you know how it progresses, along with updates on my waistline and cholesterol levels.
I almost forgot to mention that they do not ship to Canada, so I actually had my bacon delivered to me while I was on vacation in the USA.
Back to breakfast. We had scrambled eggs with dill, cherry tomatoes that were grown in Quebec greenhouses, and a whole-wheat baguette from Capucine & Tournesol, a great bakery right on our corner that makes a lot of no-yeast breads and other healthy fare like date squares (using no added sugar) and kamut bread and even some savoury pies that I have yet to try.
We also had that great bacon, which was good, but very strong. We found it too salty to eat alone, but made the best BLT’s we’ve ever had later in the afternoon. I think I will only use the bacon in sandwiches and also to cook with.
The Ladyfriend was so quick with the dishes I missed the proper the money shot, but suffice it to say - we licked our plates clean!
ps: For my birthday dinner we went to Pied de cochon. Yum!