Bunny is the New Bacon? | FOOD TRENDS

nom nom, you sure are tasty mister bunny

People (ourselves included) love to proclaim things "the new ___."  Orange is the new red, wheat berries are the new quinoa, boots are the new leggings.  This is all fine and good, until you compare anything to bacon.  When Paige mentioned to me earlier that The Food Section blog proclaimed bunny the new bacon based on an earlier NY Times article, I was flabbergasted.  It's my personal opinion that nothing can be the new bacon, as bacon is a special and wondrous food.  I can find a way to infuse bacon into almost any dish.  

We hashed it out back and forth and then decided that the chat was worthy to be posted for our Zandland readers:

Carla:  rebuttal to the rabbit is the new bacon

Paige:  OH YES

Carla:  point 1: bacon goes IN desserts, bunny desserts only come in the form of Easter bunnies.  point 2: we like bacon more.

Paige:  they used to have rabbit bangers and mash on the kingdom menu.  it was kick a**.  Braised rabbit with polenta and olives: just saw that on the il passatore menu and WANT... although: braise anything and i'm down.  Do you think you can make bacon WITH rabbit?  like turkey bacon?  cause then maybe....

Carla:  rabbit bacon! yes that's the only way bunny can be the new bacon. in my mind.  but my pork fetish really makes pig the most desirable and delicious, i eat it b/c my ancestors did not
 
Paige:  yeah why is it that Jewish people LOVE bacon?

Carla:  because we are making up for lost time!  and it's naughty.

Paige: bacon & cream cheese on a bagel... i wanna eat up that tiny bunny, but in a different way like i wanna eat up your kitteh.

Photo: Holly Henderson for The New York Times

Carla: lean and healthy..... that is exactly what i thought when i saw him.  rawrrrr.  wanna pet the bunny

Paige: here's rabbit AND bacon

Photo: Holly Henderson for The New York Times

Paige: "Rabbit sliders on brioche were inspired by a White Castle sandwich."  um, which white castle? not the one i live behind

Photo: Holly Henderson for The New York Times

Carla:  i have no response for that, i meannnnn

In summary: our thorough discussion yielded no insights on how bunny could possibly be the new bacon.  While we love the idea of braised rabbit and rabbit bacon, the versatility (and for Paige & me, the taboo) of bacon makes it a superior meat.  


Bunny is the New Bacon  |  THE FOOD SECTION

Don't Tell the Kids  |  NY TIMES

-ca, p!n