In all seriousness, the bacon I've produced in the convection oven is amazing. It's perfectly crumbly-crisp but nowhere near over-dark, and the slices tend to stay very flat, instead of curling up and forming a dozen little reservoirs of grease. For my next trick, I'm going to have a go at the thick-sliced stuff, and see how that fares. If it's even *close* to the last couple batches, I think we'll have a winner.
EDIT: FWIW, I'm perfectly happy with the lower-end convection oven. It's over $50 less expensive than the next model up--the 31199R--but I still can't find a significant difference, and mine has been performing beautifully. If I really fall in love with the whole convection thing, I'm more likely to replace my actual stove/oven combo with a convection model than I am to buy a more expensive countertop unit.
So, yes: countertop convection oven + bacon = perfection.
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- 22:41 Sharing the new loveseat with Autumn. twitpic.com/pb5gp #
- 22:43 Mr. Squeek is on the ottoman. twitpic.com/pb5o6 #
- 23:03 The nearly endless possibilities life offers are nothing compared to that scant handful of things I'll never do again. #
- 08:45 @omgnowai Baby!Monkey loves her teddy bear: bit.ly/Lo7wQ (Yeah, it's the DMail, but the li'l monkey's still cute.) #
- 21:08 Drunk!Tweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! :P #
- 21:09 Sleep now. #
- 10:08 Wash. DC might approve gay marriage, so Catholic church threatens to deny services to DC's needy. bit.ly/3LjICw #
- 10:23 RT @scifirules 'Wolverine' to play 'Rocky' in a robot boxing movie? #scifi bit.ly/tOw1m #
- 11:58 Caffeine intake: inadequate. Weather: chilly, grey and rainy. Family: remains tolerable. Boyfriend: is as god. Must: do some work for uni. #
- 14:51 R.I. Govnr's veto denies Gay & Lesbian couples the right to make funeral arrangements for one another. bit.ly/4baCo9 #
- 16:55 RT @jamesmoran: Handsome, broody underwear models who sparkle in sunlight are not vampires. #
- 16:59 Caffeine: am on decaf for the evening. Weather: remains drizzly, dark & dreary. Family: eh. Boyfriend: god. Day so far: productive. 8 of 10. #
- 18:05 @atl Same here. I have a mid-term tomorrow, so no frolicking for me--just tea, cookies, and my Mac-hacked netbook doing the studying thing. #
- 18:09 V isn't high art, but damned if I'm not enjoying it. It's not on a par with BG, but then, I'd lost interest in that before the final season. #
- 19:11 @scottEweinberg re: 2012 -- A shame. I dearly want to like anything Oliver Platt touches. #
- 20:41 ...There was a Boondock Saints II? #
- 20:53 Good grief. <5 mins after my previous Tweet, @BoondockII was Following me. Sometimes this social media shit creeps me out. #
- 21:06 @scumberland Must be something like that, because I'd hope most humans would realize that the relevant Tweet wasn't exactly complimentary. #
- 14:33 Returning the countertop convection oven I ordered through Amazon, as the box shows the correct model but the contents tell another story. #
- 15:20 Packaging on frozen rodent shipment flawed. Dry ice was sealed in plastic, which was ripped open.Fingers of left hand thoroughly ice-burned. #
- 17:36 Remind me why I do this again...? Oh, yeah--great sex. Sometimes wish I hadn't sold my stock in Duracell, because it was so much easier. #
- 17:39 RT @Eva_Smith RT @LandscapeJuice: Beware the log-in Twitter scam bit.ly/3sfSSc #
- 20:25 Caffeine intake: excessive. Weather: cold, damp and drear. Family: watching FOX News, I imagine. Boyfriend: a distant deity. Overall: 6of10. #
- 22:09 A.) *Brilliant* parody, or B.) worn by one who finds hats w/fake ponytails the height of sophistication? bit.ly/31JWO3 #
- 15:41 I'm done with WalMart and their affiliates. Done. www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/11/07/164
49 (Link via @firinel.) # - 15:58 (re: prev Tweet) I think this--tinyurl.com/yj6pn64--calls for a new trending topic. #WalMartSucks #WalMartSucks #WalMartSucks #
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- 11:37 RT @Quaristice Dear Rupert Murdoch. Go on, do it, pull your sites out of Google. The rest of the online world will be a far happier place! #
- 12:02 Caffeine intake: rising. Weather: ridiculously gorgeous--no sweater required. Family: quite mad. Boyfriend: deity. Day so far: pleasant. #
- 12:05 Currently sitting on new loveseat while the cats play in the cardboard packaging. Soon to assemble 2nd storage ottoman. Slipcovers rule. #
- 13:44 Happy Birthday to The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon (@divinecomedyhq). #musicmonday #
- 13:56 Surely, you jest. #threewordsduringsex #
- 14:18 @Kit_Kallisti That's a classic--it was all I could do to resist. #
- 14:25 @bobbylew Same in the US--scary, useless "duck and cover" drills in school, practiced hiding under our desks without any real understanding. #
- 22:41 Ghost Whisperer: should be canceled, picked up by Lifetime or Oxygen, and eke out one more saccharine season before it gives up the ghost. #
- 08:43 @mutster101 re: triggery documentsn -- I still find those, too. It's no fun. #
- 08:45 A mere 25 degrees last night! It still gets dark too fucking early, but at least it's cold enough to make it more charming than depressing. #
- 08:50 Some penny-dreadful method actor giving talk at uni next week. I pay Student Activity Fees for *this*? I'd rather it went to charity. #
- 08:51 Although (re prev Tweet) I suppose it is, in this case. Am sure he hasn't worked since he did the Diarrhea Dance in a commercial last year. #
- 08:59 @paulandstorm [S] That was fortuitously cute. :) #
- 09:03 #UnFollowMe if you don't believe everyone should have the same rights and protections under the law regardless of sexual orientation. #
- 09:06 @mutster101 You must start paying obeisance to the Parking Gods, or suffer the purgatory that is Eternal Circling. #
- 09:38 @mutster101 Suggest: A.) building a shrine to the Parking Gods that includes a model parking meter, and B.) putting icky docs in lock box. #
- 11:46 Day of Random Weeping. Feeding cats--weeping. Making lunch--weeping. Prepping dinner--weeping. Walking dog-weeping. Bloody fucking hormones. #
- 11:48 Weather--still quite chilly. Caffeine intake--excessive. Farm--bustling with soybean harvest. Boyfriend--remains godlike. Day so far--manic. #
- 13:30 In typo veritas: bit.ly/2Vll8M (Via supergee on LiveJournal.) #
- 17:12 It's taco night. Cheese is shredded, tomatoes and onion chopped, toppings ready... Just need to crisp the shells and make the beef & rice. #
- 17:15 Tomorrow--homemade cinnamon buns. Following grandmom's recipe, but replacing the sugars in the icing and filling with Splenda/sugar blends. #
- 07:45 $16,000 dowsing rods sold to Iraquis as 'explosive detectors'. tinyurl.com/ylk6x9r #sniffex (Via @Glinner.) #
- 07:48 @mutster101 Men: Tired of women kicking you in your "happy place?" Simply stop leering at their boobs. #
- 15:34 Christmas carols?!?!! They're playing Christmas carols ALREADY? Good grief. #
- 09:14 Off to the vet with Pooky in a few. Fluids every day through Saturday, then more bloodwork. *le sigh* #
- 11:33 Was behind incredibly elderly woman in grocery store. She pissed on the floor at the checkout, then drove herself home. #
- 12:10 @JC_Christian WTF...? Seriously--that's just ridiculous. #
- 07:38 @mutster101 re:bomb vs IED - We 'merkins a'been hearing that for ages. Do y'all have "civilian casualties" or "Collateral Damage" in the UK? #
- 07:54 Caffeine intake: woefully inadequate. Weather: "frost is on the punkin." Family: same old. Up next: Pooky to vet for fluids. More laundry. #
- 08:36 @yfandes I'll be there at 9:30am with Pooky--every day this week. He's a mess. (I can't exactly ask how "Hack" is doing, though...) #
- 08:45 RT @scottEweinberg [Philadelphia] SEPTA strikers won't let emergency vehicles leave the site of a train fire. Sickening. #
- 08:48 @Yfandes Ask her how she likes Mr. Nigel, after. I love him--he's a pistol. Pooky won't be getting better--it didn't work out. Comfort care. #
- 11:00 RT @paulandstorm [P] You don't buy a Chipotle burrito; you hire it to auger out your digestive tract, chimney-sweep-style. #
- 11:16 RT @studentactivism: Black South Afr. Tweeters trended #thingsdarkiessay. In SA "darkies" is inoffensive. When US woke up, Hell broke loose. #
- 11:16 (Prev Tweet via @mutster101.) #
- 11:17 @mutster101 The MJ seance thing is a *joke*, right...? Right? Please...? #
- 11:59 @mutster101 Holy crapping crap. I was really hoping it was a joke. *shakes head* Good grief. #
- 13:50 Cattle On a Hot Tin Roof, Cowfinger, Ghost in the Milking Machine, Our Bovines Have Tender Grapes, Pasture Perfect, Steer City #cowfilms #
- 15:22 UK folk: Edge of Darkness: The Complete Series--thumbs up or thumbs down? (Was considering buying it, along with the new Wire in the Blood.) #
- 15:25 Re: last Tweet -- And also season... must be 6 or 7...? of Touching Evil. I can't get enough of TE, but never liked that cold case show... #
- 21:25 I really don't want to keep living in this holding pattern, but !FAIL! would appear to be chief amongst the alternatives. #
- 22:55 I think I might need to reconsider my geek-cred. Not only do I generally dislike the works of Joss Whedon, I am also terrified of robots. #
- 09:20 @mutster101 One might wish to view grammatical advice from someone called @i_is_sam with some skepticism. :P #
- 11:08 @i_is_sam I'm from the US--grammatical jibes from us don't count, unless you're giving out points for hypocrisy. ;) #
- 11:54 @i_is_sam Hey, now--you're the ones who complicate things. All those extra U's and that additional syllable in aluminum.... *shakes head* #
- 11:56 @i_is_sam But then, I plan to teach English here. (It's starting to look more like an exercise in sadomasochism than public service.) #
- 13:27 Spent some time painting the bedroom set, but was continuously beset by dipsy yellowjackets. Have given up and come in to make coffee. #
- 14:44 I'm looking forward to voting today with about the same enthusiasm as I'd have for contracting some foul tropical disease. #
- 14:54 You haven't lived until you've watched chewed food welling up from a small, angry hole in the side of your cat's neck, complete with sound. #
- 17:21 RT @almightygod Christian Chirp: A Twitter knockoff for people who are too good to use Twitter with you sinners: is.gd/4MjKw #
- 22:01 Watched MONSTERS vs. ALIENS. Eating dirt for that hour-and-a-half would have been slightly more rewarding. #
- 09:01 RT @Glinner: RT @davidbishop UK's Home Office rules deny acclaimed graphic novelist work Visa bit.ly/8IhBJ #
- 12:29 @scottEweinberg re: Inquirer -- Keeping my expectations low has had a salutary effect on my dental health. (I.e., less grinding of teeth.) #
- 16:11 Pooky pic of the day: smoozing on my lap. twitpic.com/o1l8z #
- 17:03 Dear god, no. RT @scifirules In a nerdgasm for the ages, Joss Whedon makes a play for the Terminator Franchise. #scifi bit.ly/1YUo2H #
- 17:36 twitpic.com/o1xy6 - Anyone else getting this odd "FaceBook Captcha" pop-up? I thought Captcha was about character recognition... #
- 18:10 @mutster101 But it is encouraged nevertheless, as it is most certainly good for the gene pool. #
- 18:16 @Quaristice When your toaster creates a FB account, you'll know *we've* lost it and humanity will be bowing to our Mechanical Overlords. #
- 21:24 @firinel Surely you can keep your cards? You still have +1 partners, and you're as bi as your desires. Sorry about the breakup. :( *hugs* #
- 21:35 RT @ScottWGraves Fred Barnes: there is no one in the Obama admin who has ever run a business, met a payroll, or created a job. via @lward99 #
- 21:45 RT @deancollins Victorino can get an xray in 5 mins, meanwhile 30 million Americans can't afford healthcare bit.ly/4FVRnT #
- 11:05 Pooky slept in his heated cuddle nest for half the night, so I got more sleep than I'd expected. Still not caught up. Caffeine is my friend. #
- 14:19 @jamesmoran Ditto, re: Who-upset. Brings tears to my eyes thinking about it. (Perhaps because I was a child when I first saw those eps.) #
- 14:23 @mutster101 re: Mr. Moran's recent comment... Am deliberately NOT drawing parallels to the mass upset over recent character death in TW. #
- 14:24 @mutster101 Although I think a sympathetic overlap could exist if people hadn't been so nasty to him & RTD... Hard to empathize with asses. #
- 14:31 @mutster101 Nor do I. But it was being all *there* and stuff. :P Besides, finding these things is a part of my job I'm quite good at. #
- 14:36 *laughs!* @mutster101 Humility be damned! #
- 14:40 Which reminds me... Weather: Chilling down. Caffeine intake: Continues. Boyfriend: Is as god. Family: Surprisingly cool. Pooky: Doing well. #
- 14:51 @mutster101 -- Lost Boys? Pretty In Pink? Heathers? Karate Kid? Breakfast Club? #
- 14:53 @mutster101 Young Sherlock Holmes? Flight of the Navigator? Repo Man? #
- 14:58 @mutster101 Ooooh, I know--Buckaroo Banzai! Or Big Trouble In Little China...? (Trying to stay on the cheesy/scifi side...) #
- 15:00 @mutster101 If you've not seen Heathers, you simply must. Now, with all speed. But get corn nuts, first! :P #
- 15:01 @mutster101 -- *repeats previous suggestion re: Heathers to re: Buckaroo Banzai, minus the corn nuts.* #
- 15:04 is tired of the media constantly amping up public frenzy re: the Aporkalypse (ie Pig Plague, Hamthrax, etc.) *sighs* #
- 15:28 Pooky pic of the day: here he is, snoozing in his heated bed. twitpic.com/nwr25 #
- 15:36 re: Pooky -- It's frustrating that he can only tolerate 10ml of food/hour (+ 8ml water). @ 120 ml/day, I'm feeding him 'round the clock. #
- 16:11 I am mildly embarrassed to admit that I've been laboring under the misapprehension that X Factor is some kind of scifi show that sucks. #
- 16:13 (re: prev Tweet --- I'm an American who watches far too little television--BBC America aside--to qualify as an American.) #
- 17:47 *sigh* So, so dark outside and it's not even 6pm. How I hate these short days! Goodbye Summer, Hello, SAD. Bleh. #
- 21:55 @firinel Agreed, re: reaching that point wherein one can no longer employ avoidance or self-delusion. Rarely pleasant, but often necessary. #
- 10:43 @stephenfry I hope you come back. There *is* a lot of ugliness here, but you're one of the bright spots that tips the balance toward Good. #
- 12:26 Happy Halloween, shambling hordes! Here's JoCo with a timely message, re: Your Brains. bit.ly/WJ52D #
- 12:28 (re: my previous Tweet) The gentleman performing is @jonathancoulton. #
- 12:31 And here's @paulandstorm's JoCo-styled, Frankensteinian homage to mad scientists everywhere, "Live". bit.ly/1YAuG2 #
- 12:33 (And for the US folks--don't forget to set your clocks back tonight. :) #
- 15:37 Weather: Warm, wet & windy, but getting noticeably cooler. Caffeine: Never enough. Pooky: pukes if I feed him more than 10ml/hour. (cont'd) #
- 15:38 Sleep: Deeply deprived. Boyfriend: Is as god. Family: Same old... Day so far: Dreary and smelling of damp and rot and the end of Fall. #
- 16:28 @scottEweinberg George Romero is a guest on "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" on NPR (90.9FM), right... now. #
- 19:07 Have made gingerbread ghosts, cats, bats and pumpkins w/cream cheese icing. twitpic.com/nr9a0 #
- 19:28 RT@JC_Christian rt @waymonhudson BREAKING: Fox News declares #Halloween a socialist redistribution of candy & blames #Obama #
- 21:30 *snerf!* RT @JC_Christian Bush wearing sober guy costume. Cheney wears drool cup to appear more human. #
- 21:32 Done with Pooky's feedings for the day. Maybe I can get him to sleep next to me rather than *on* me so I can actually sleep tonight. :P #
- 11:32 The newest resident in Barbie world is "for the adult collector." Meet Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken. bit.ly/1ItRuq (via supergee on LJ) #
- 11:41 T-shirts with tit-tassels... for toddlers. bit.ly/2BnoYM Stay classy, guys. #
- 12:52 Just in time for Halloween... WalMart will soon be selling coffins. bit.ly/2aVAks #
- 13:44 My father has finished making the new woodstove for his shop. He doesn't know Steampunk from Dada, but... twitpic.com/njik3 #
- 13:49 @ragtimematt I'd rather shop Sears & Roebuck than brave a WalMart for *anything*, let alone a coffin. Can you imagine their NASCAR model...? #
- 15:01 Do aggressive types Follow users with opposite worldviews in the belief that the followed individual will be feel self-conscious & shut up? #
- 15:04 re: prior Tweet -- Because I just blocked three more individuals who vocally support sociopolitical views that differ radically from my own. #
- 15:13 @mutster101 I can help you with that. "Shut up woman, get on my horse!" :P #
- 15:21 @Kit_Kallisti Pook puked earlier--drank too much, I think. No sleep--have to get up w/him so his tube doesn't get caught on litter pan rim. #
- 15:53 @JC_Christian Good grief. I imagine that it's fairly easy to tell when these Report&Block campaigns are vindictive. #abusingthesystem #
- 18:08 Weather: warmish & dreary. Caffeine intake: sufficient. Pooky: sleeping. Boyfriend: Love & !win!. Day so far: tiring. Plans: Scrabble & tea. #
- 18:16 New feeding tube routine for Pooky seems to be more effective. New cap on tube is also working out. I hope this means I can SLEEP tonight. #
- 18:19 re: prev. tweet--the plastic syringe they'd capped it with was getting caught on everything. I replaced it with rubber cap for vacuum hose. #
- 18:58 Zombieriffic: RT @popcap_games Happy Halloween! Plants vs. Zombies is 50% this weekend only! www.pvzhalloween.com #
- 22:21 o.O RT@warrenellis At Halloween, I make people pay me not to dress as Sean Connery from ZARDOZ and sit on their furniture with my legs open. #
- 18:53 Pooky home--feeding tube in place. Given his recent display of flexibility, I am not optimistic about its future. twitpic.com/nfx1r #
- 02:57 Still awake. Between the Pig Plague and worrying about Pooky (at the vet, again) I doubt I'll be sleeping until we pick him up later today. #
- 03:06 Watching Criminal Minds reruns. Don't know why I never watched it before, because Spencer Reed (M.G. Gubler) is made entirely of geek-sexy. #
- 10:09 @tadghcearbhaill Helloween-related foulness, or are other monstrous things afoot? #
- 11:10 Sherman Alexie on NPR. I have said this before, but I Do Not Like Sherman Alexie's Writing. And now... I do not think I like Alexie, either. #
- 11:14 And in the space of 3 minutes, he has partially redeemed himself--I'm back to viewing him (S. Alexie) with neutrality as opposed to disgust. #
- 13:52 Must reconsider habit of following my followers (with the exception of spam/sex accounts) to "see how it goes" and look @ their history 1st. #
- 14:30 Just blocked a porn/spam account and noticed that I'm up to three conservative/Republican followers. I have no idea what the appeal is. #
- 15:52 RT @tadghcearbhaill Live: Obama Signs the Hate-Crimes Measure | Washington D.C. | Advocate.com: bit.ly/4h1mVy #
- 16:20 @tadghcearbhaill Rufus Wainwright on WHYY tonight at 8pm. #
- 17:15 Walked across to parants' house and found father watching Glenn Beck. Lasted 5 mins before I had to either leave, or heave. #
- 17:17 @tadghcearbhaill I'll try to record Rufus. Enjoy the visit... ? Or something. #
- 17:47 RT @JC_Christian: Will SC #teaparty be silent about state's $170M (+ taxes) giveaway to Boeing? tr.im/Dojo #p2 #tcot #hhrs #
- 18:32 Finally learned that Pooky is in recovery--home tomorrow to begin TWO MONTHS of feeding tube use to reverse misdiagnosed hepatic lipidosis. #
- 18:33 So, so relieved, and so NOT amused that previous vet had sent him home to die quietly of what was, in fact, NOT kidney failure. #
- 18:37 Previous two tweets are referring to this guy--Onslow, aka Pooky: twitpic.com/nbe0l #
- 11:06 RT @marnanel The Turin Test: where you have to guess whether someone is divine and/or human based only on images of them. #
- 14:50 NWS! I... What...? It's just... o.O www.shutupwomangetonmyhorse.com/ NWS! #
- 14:54 Coolest geek-o-ween t-shirt *ever*. bit.ly/1k4tlE #
- 15:12 RT @firinel RT @lgbtlife: Stephen Colbert Blasts Gay Marriage Opponents #lgbt bit.ly/3kLUij #
- 19:49 @Yfandes Shit! was *just* there 1/2 an hour ago with Pooky--would have put in the good word if I'd known--will do if I see Steve tomorrow. #
- 14:04 Dave is going to lose his home and land. There's an online auction on LJ to raise the remaining $2000: bit.ly/3aJZuI #SaveDave #
- 14:12 "So I don't get the bends when the Rapture comes." The Pearly Hyperbaric Chamber: bit.ly/nlepg #
- 17:16 @firinel Same here. Given the outbreak at the university, I probably have Pig Plague. (aka Swine Flu.) I was SO hoping it was allergies... #
- 17:18 @scumberland I've got that shit, too. (It's going around the university like crabs.) I'm calling it Pig Plague. Because that makes it *fun.* #
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