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The whore and the grump

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Remember how I mentioned previously that our cats were behaving really oddly in a recent post? It’s getting even more odd.

I mean, having Reenie sprawled on the bed in the middle of the night is not new.

But having to sleep diagonally in bed because both cats are hogging your sleeping space is a new one.

I got fed up and chucked them both off the bed at 4 this morning. I feel a bit bad about that, because we actually do like having them closer around these days, but at the same time it’s been impossible to get a good night’s sleep in the past week!

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There is nothing bacon can’t do

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Bacon-flavored vodka? Now you’ve heard it all.

“Everything is better with bacon. It’s one of my favorite foods,” said Don Yovicsin, the owner of Jake’s Dixie Roadhouse in Waltham. “So when one of my friends mentioned the idea of bacon and vodka, it piqued my curiosity.”

He fried a batch of Niman Ranch thick-cut applewood-smoked bacon, added the crispy bacon to a large infuser jar with Absolut vodka, then let it sit for four weeks. After the liquor was smoky, he filtered out the bacon pieces with cheesecloth, chilled the vodka to congeal the bacon fat, then removed it via coffee filter.

The remaining smoky liquor was bottled and put behind the bar, where Jake’s is serving it in a variety of cocktails.

“The clear winner has been our Bloody Mary,” said Yovicsin. “It’s too perfect with the smoky bacon flavor.”

Recipe: THE BACON BLOODY MARY

1 1/2 oz. bacon-flavored vodka
6 oz. Bloody Mary mix
Barbecue rub
1 lime wedge

Mix the bacon-flavored vodka and Bloody Mary mix together. Rub rim of tall glass with barbecue spices. Pour mix into glass. Garnish with lime wedge.

And then there is this. The maple bacon doughnut.

Maple Bacon Doughnut

Nothing else needs to be said.

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updated picture links

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I’ve updated some of my online picture galleries:

http://www.flubu.com/various_pics/irina/ : tons of new pictures of the kitties

http://www.flubu.com/various_pics/cambridge_kings_jun2008/ : pictures from inside Kings College Chapel in Cambs

http://www.flubu.com/various_pics/bobbles_canada_may2008/ : our last Canada trip pictures

http://www.flubu.com/various_pics/hupo_amsterdam_aug_2008/ : pictures from my trip to Amsterdam

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