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I consider myself a woman of my word, except when I am making promises to myself. A friend and I agreed to do four 5Ks this year. She currently has three under her belt. I have two completed and one scheduled for December, but I find myself shockingly lackluster about trying to schedule one more in between August and the end of the year. (Hello epitome of LAZY!)
This same friend is considering making a pledge of doing 12 5Ks next year. This friend is bat sh*t cray cray. (Kidding! Maybe ...) I am hoping I will get a surge of commitment but right now I really enjoy sitting on my couch.
However last weekend, I was more energetic and participated with afore-mentioned friend (Miss Cray Cray) in the Great American Bacon Race in Orlando, Florida. (Which by the way, comes to Tampa on October 3. So all of my Tampa friends who said after the race, "Oh I would have done it with you" - have ZERO EXCUSE because the race is now coming to their backyard!
The race is for both runners and walkers alike. It is a timed race, which always spurs my competitive side. At one point Miss Cray Cray said "Save yourself!" which is our signal that I can go ahead and pass all the people I need to in a fervent need to beat at least some of the racers to the finish line.
At each mile mark of the 5K race, there is a "bacon station" (three total) where you grab a piece of bacon and keep going.
The third bacon station is at the finish line. They not only have bacon but a giant vat of melted chocolate and a "topping bar" with various seasonings to flavor your bacon.
I kept my bacon "real" and didn't add chocolate or seasonings. I will say that stopping for bacon each mile didn't exactly make my stomach happy, but it was BACON ... so I did it anyway. I received a giant finishers' medal and a pork-themed race t-shirt. What more could you want out of life?
Evidently the answer to that question is: MORE PORK. Because after the race, Miss Cray Cray and I went to one of my favorite Winter Park, Florida restaurants: "The Ravenous Pig." We met up with another friend (Mr. Happy) who was ready to get his pork on as the Ravenous Pig was having its annual pig roast lunch. Mr. Happy also ordered the truffle fries- which are AMAZING and Miss Cray Cray and I ate our share and then some!
Lunch at The Ravenous Pig was awesome as always, but my most favorite part of the meal was the bacon-laden collard greens. They were so vinegar-y with a spicy kick. I could have eaten a vat of them. It's too bad this was a special one-day only menu because I would go back for more of those collard greens!
So Bacon 5K, then a pork barbecue lunch ... that's enough pork for one person, right?
Au contraire!
Before heading back to Tampa, I convinced Miss Cray Cray that we needed to do dessert and then get PORK to-go orders at Pig Floyd's Urban Barbakoa in the Mills 50 region of Orlando, Florida. For two reasons: 1) it consistently gets great reviews for best new barbecue restaurant and 2) I think the owner is super hot.
What can I say?
I love barbecue and good looking tall men.
Is that a crime, people?
Miss Cray Cray and I were very excited that Pig Floyd's offers two delightful sounding desserts that we could share. They have the Black and Tan which is chocolate chip blondie chunks, Mexican chocolate sauce, cookies and cream pudding and then topped with a generous cap of whipped cream. The other dessert is the Cuban Banana Bread Pudding - homemade cinnamon and lemon custard, bananas, Nilla wafers and topped with whipped cream.
However Pig Floyd's was out of the Cuban Banana Bread Pudding when we arrived! Waaaaah! So we each had the Black and Tan which was decadence in a little mason jar!
The über handsome Pig Floyd's owner was standing at the bar while I tried to tone down my CRAZY STALKER EYES. For those who don't know, I tend to have insane stalker eyes when I am around people like comedian Margaret Cho, Season Five RuPaul Drag Race drag queen Jinkx Monsoon and really hot barbecue restaurant owners.
Miss Cray Cray laughed at me - which I know secretly meant "You can try to tone down your crazy eyes all you want, but you're still screaming CRAZY STALKER EYES!"
The owner did come over to see how we were doing - and I think I said something like "fabulous and delicious" in a ridiculously over the top, falsetto, enthusiastic voice. (Tone it down, crazy stalker!) I have zero game ... but I did have a really great dessert.
For take-out, I tried Pig Floyd's pulled pork, brisket and their version of "street corn" grilled corn on the cob with chili, lime and cotija cheese. I would like to go back and try their take on a barbecue bahn mi sandwich. I would also like to go back and continue staring at the adorable owner with my crazy stalker eyes. The pulled pork was delicious, but of the meats the brisket was my favorite. (Although I have to say that Four Rivers Smokehouse's brisket is better if you like more of a fatty mouthfeel. But if you like leaner, more smoked flavor in your brisket - go with Pig Floyd's.)
But the CORN ... oh my God, my favorite "street corn" is from Casa Tina Mexican Restaurant in Dunedin but Pig Floyd's grilled corn was insanely amazing. I seriously would go back just for more of that grilled corn (and the dreamy owner too ... but primarily the corn ... well sort of.)
So basically last weekend was all about Orlando, Florida; pork products; gluttony and lust. That's a pretty darn good weekend in my book!
As always, thanks for reading!
I consider myself a woman of my word, except when I am making promises to myself. A friend and I agreed to do four 5Ks this year. She currently has three under her belt. I have two completed and one scheduled for December, but I find myself shockingly lackluster about trying to schedule one more in between August and the end of the year. (Hello epitome of LAZY!)
This same friend is considering making a pledge of doing 12 5Ks next year. This friend is bat sh*t cray cray. (Kidding! Maybe ...) I am hoping I will get a surge of commitment but right now I really enjoy sitting on my couch.
However last weekend, I was more energetic and participated with afore-mentioned friend (Miss Cray Cray) in the Great American Bacon Race in Orlando, Florida. (Which by the way, comes to Tampa on October 3. So all of my Tampa friends who said after the race, "Oh I would have done it with you" - have ZERO EXCUSE because the race is now coming to their backyard!
The race is for both runners and walkers alike. It is a timed race, which always spurs my competitive side. At one point Miss Cray Cray said "Save yourself!" which is our signal that I can go ahead and pass all the people I need to in a fervent need to beat at least some of the racers to the finish line.
At each mile mark of the 5K race, there is a "bacon station" (three total) where you grab a piece of bacon and keep going.
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| First bacon station! |
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| The final bacon station! |
The third bacon station is at the finish line. They not only have bacon but a giant vat of melted chocolate and a "topping bar" with various seasonings to flavor your bacon.
 |
| Chocolate dipping station for Chocolate covered BACON |
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| Topping Bar |
I kept my bacon "real" and didn't add chocolate or seasonings. I will say that stopping for bacon each mile didn't exactly make my stomach happy, but it was BACON ... so I did it anyway. I received a giant finishers' medal and a pork-themed race t-shirt. What more could you want out of life?
Evidently the answer to that question is: MORE PORK. Because after the race, Miss Cray Cray and I went to one of my favorite Winter Park, Florida restaurants: "The Ravenous Pig." We met up with another friend (Mr. Happy) who was ready to get his pork on as the Ravenous Pig was having its annual pig roast lunch. Mr. Happy also ordered the truffle fries- which are AMAZING and Miss Cray Cray and I ate our share and then some!
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| Pork Roast Feast at Ravenous Pig |
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| Truffle Fries |
So Bacon 5K, then a pork barbecue lunch ... that's enough pork for one person, right?
Au contraire!
Before heading back to Tampa, I convinced Miss Cray Cray that we needed to do dessert and then get PORK to-go orders at Pig Floyd's Urban Barbakoa in the Mills 50 region of Orlando, Florida. For two reasons: 1) it consistently gets great reviews for best new barbecue restaurant and 2) I think the owner is super hot.
What can I say?
I love barbecue and good looking tall men.
Is that a crime, people?
Miss Cray Cray and I were very excited that Pig Floyd's offers two delightful sounding desserts that we could share. They have the Black and Tan which is chocolate chip blondie chunks, Mexican chocolate sauce, cookies and cream pudding and then topped with a generous cap of whipped cream. The other dessert is the Cuban Banana Bread Pudding - homemade cinnamon and lemon custard, bananas, Nilla wafers and topped with whipped cream.
However Pig Floyd's was out of the Cuban Banana Bread Pudding when we arrived! Waaaaah! So we each had the Black and Tan which was decadence in a little mason jar!
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| Black and Tan Dessert at Pig Floyd's |
The über handsome Pig Floyd's owner was standing at the bar while I tried to tone down my CRAZY STALKER EYES. For those who don't know, I tend to have insane stalker eyes when I am around people like comedian Margaret Cho, Season Five RuPaul Drag Race drag queen Jinkx Monsoon and really hot barbecue restaurant owners.
Miss Cray Cray laughed at me - which I know secretly meant "You can try to tone down your crazy eyes all you want, but you're still screaming CRAZY STALKER EYES!"
The owner did come over to see how we were doing - and I think I said something like "fabulous and delicious" in a ridiculously over the top, falsetto, enthusiastic voice. (Tone it down, crazy stalker!) I have zero game ... but I did have a really great dessert.
For take-out, I tried Pig Floyd's pulled pork, brisket and their version of "street corn" grilled corn on the cob with chili, lime and cotija cheese. I would like to go back and try their take on a barbecue bahn mi sandwich. I would also like to go back and continue staring at the adorable owner with my crazy stalker eyes. The pulled pork was delicious, but of the meats the brisket was my favorite. (Although I have to say that Four Rivers Smokehouse's brisket is better if you like more of a fatty mouthfeel. But if you like leaner, more smoked flavor in your brisket - go with Pig Floyd's.)
But the CORN ... oh my God, my favorite "street corn" is from Casa Tina Mexican Restaurant in Dunedin but Pig Floyd's grilled corn was insanely amazing. I seriously would go back just for more of that grilled corn (and the dreamy owner too ... but primarily the corn ... well sort of.)
So basically last weekend was all about Orlando, Florida; pork products; gluttony and lust. That's a pretty darn good weekend in my book!
As always, thanks for reading!
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