On the occasion of our friend Taylor's 26th birthday, Benjamin McGriff (friend and feats of meat hero) prepared a wondrous 26 course meal. One course for each year of Taylor's existence. The overall experience was phenomenal, but one course stood head and shoulders above the rest: the chicken fried bacon.

Yes friends, bacon dredged in batter and flour and then fried in oil. Possibly the most disturbing element of the preparation was that, unlike ordinary bacon, the pan did not fill will the liquefied fat from the cooking bacon. No, the pan stayed mostly dry as the batter/flour mixture managed to retain all of the cooked fat, as well as soak up much of the oil it was cooked in.

Needless to say, this was quite a feat. I'm not sure that anyone could eat an entire piece (the author certainly could not). It was, as most described, almost embarrassingly delicious.

Sadly, the feats of meat camera crew was not there this day, so we have no documentation to offer you. However, I recently discovered this video which shows chicken fried bacon going public (in Texas, of course):

I'm not sure if Ben's version pre or post dates this, but that doesn't matter. We saw and tasted Ben's Chicken Fried Bacon in person, and that's where the Feats of Meat credit is going to go. The addition of cream gravy to the Tejas version deserves our applause, however.