Magazine the Blade, Toledo, Ohio Sunday, February 18, 2018 Section C, Page 6
TOLEDO MAGAZINE THE BLADE, TOLEDO, OHIO SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2018 SECTION C, PAGE 6 Maple-glazed cream sticks with bacon are ready for customers at Wixey Bakery. THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPATOSKY Delectable duo Bacon & sugar: Sweet, savory, and irresistible together By ROBERTA GEDERT bacon who coordinates the annual festival, BLADE STAFF WRITER this year slated for May 12. “The American mmm, bacon. palate is a palate that likes sweet stuff. This Mmmm, sugar. is both a sweet and savory approach to eat- Mmmm, bacon and ing, and I think Americans like that con- sugar together. trast.” Marrying the two has Other sugary bacon treats that will be Mbeen a popular trend for several years now available at the event include bacon chips that hasn’t faded from the limelight. (squares of thick bacon marinated in a There’s candied pepper bacon, choc- honey beer, brushed with maple syrup, and olate-covered bacon, bacon ice cream, roasted) and pretzel sticks dipped in melted bacon doughnuts. No sugar product is safe chocolate and rolled in bacon bits. from those salty slabs of meat and fat, and Mary-Jon Ludy, professor of food and in northwest Ohio, residents are making nutrition at Bowling Green State Univer- sure they get their share. sity, said the love of bacon and sugary sub- “Who doesn’t like a doughnut that tastes stances also evokes the nostalgia of bacon like a maple pancake but with bacon?” said being a common American food tying us Brian Wixey, partner at Wixey Bakery, of together and sensory pleasure. The curing the bakery’s bacon maple doughnuts and process for bacon builds on the category of cream sticks they have been making for taste known as “umami,” or savory flavors, about four years.
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