Bacon Stout for Breakfast

Yes, you read that correct. What’s better than bacon for breakfast? Bacon in beer, of course. We don’t fancy ourselves alcoholics over here so add a splash of coffee to take the edge off.

Don’t Forget the Chocolate Covered Bacon

What breakfast would be complete without chocolate? And what makes chocolate even better? That’s right ladies and gentlemen, B-A-C-O-N. Check out mariniscandies.com to order your box today!

A Quick Lunch at KFC

For an on-the-go bacon lunch head over to KFC for their new Double Down Sandwich. It’s like a BLT wrapped in fried chicken. WINNING!   I have to tell you; I love bacon, I love chicken and I love cheese (I am after all, from Wisconsin). But when I saw the picture of KFC’s Double Down Sandwich, even I had to go “Whoa!” here it is:

• Two pieces of bacon

• Two slices of melted Monterey jack and pepper cheese

• Glob on some Colonel’s special sauce (the word ‘special’ in these always worries me)

• And instead of a bun, two Original Recipe chicken breasts (for you health conscious individuals, as if, you can have the chicken breasts grilled)

• Calories: 540, fat: 32 g; sodium 1380 mg

There you have it. KFC’s answer to, “how can I abuse my body today?” If you’re more the stay at home artery clogger, have I got the recipes for you!

A Bacon Lovers Dream Dinner

A Nice Healthy Salad to Start (Total: fat-2096g, calories 28,031)

• As your Lettuce-Flank steak sliced thin to resemble lettuce leafs (fat: 480g, calories: 7040)

• As your carrots- Pepperoni sliced lengthwise to resemble carrot sticks (fat: 120g, calories 1600)

• Taking the place of your radishes will be-Meat balls (190g of fat and a mere 2500 calories)

• No cucumbers for you-Sausages, again, sliced lengthwise to resemble cucumber sticks (fat: 50g, calories 850)

• Tomato wedges-Nope. Salami wedges (fat: 180g, calories 2200)

• Flattened chicken breasts fried up covered with an egg/wine type of batter (fat: 15g, calories: 1200)

• In place of croutons-Diced ham (fat: 112g, calories 3200)

• Beer bacon bits-Bacon chunks fried up in beer (fat: 760g, calories 7600)

• Your “lo-cal” dressing-Creamy beer bacon dressing; take the bacon grease already in the hot pan, add more beer, stir in heavy cream; when slightly cooled put in blender with some fried bacon and blend (fat: 189g, calories 1841)

The Main Course

You know you like it. In fact, you love it. And, you want more of it. It’s every bacon lovers masterpiece of greasy goodness. That’s right, it’s the Bacon Explosion. Not sure how to create your own? Check it out:

• Kansas City style sauce rubbed Italian sausage, smoked slowly over hickory and oak wood; no doubt to seal in all that… juice.

• Stuffed with bacon

• Wrapped in bacon

How popular is it? Let’s just say that after countless orders poured in they actually felt it necessary to expand the product (expand being the key word there) to 2 more versions of their product; you can now purchase a heat and eat Original Bacon Explosion in an additional Jalapeño or Cheese variety. Yes, cheese. Amazingly, they even sell it in its own little carrier/holder. The Bacon Explosion Pig-Porter. Wouldn’t want to add on all those carbs with a big old hot dog bun.

So stay home and ‘pig’ out or roll on out and take the bacon bus tour of your local restaurants. Either way, I’ll be seeing you in the ICU! You can have the bed right next to mine. We’ll order takeout!

200 to 300 inches of rain annually is by no means dry as a bone, but when you look at over 400 inches of rain every year, it seems practically desiccated.

10. Tavoy, Myanmar: 214.6 Inches

Coming in at a dehydrated 214.6 inches of average rainfall annually is Tavoy, Myanmar; that’s barely a drizzle compared to the next nine. But the Ayeyarwady River didn’t get to be 1,000 miles long without a little help from the skies.

9. Kikori, Papua New Guinea: 232.9 Inches

An almost equally arid area is Kikori, Papua New Guinea with a normal rainfall of 232.9 inches.

8. Henderson Lake, British Columbia: 256 Inches

Still well within the 200-300 inches of annual precipitation category is Henderson Lake, British Columbia with a typical rainfall of 256.0 inches every year.

7. Andagoya, Colombia: 281 Inches

Andagoya, Colombia’s ordinary accumulation of rainfall at 281.0 inches annually is closing in on, but still not hitting, the 300 inches per year mark; they’re certainly sprayed, but still not saturated.

300 to 400 inches of rainfall annually is definitely nothing to shake an umbrella at. This is the kind of rain where children and small dogs tend to disappear.

6. Bellenden Der Range: 340 Inches

with 340 inches of rainfall per year is drenched and deluged Bellenden Der Range, Australia. How do they cook all those “shrimp on the Barbie” with all that rain?

5. Quibdo, Colombia: 353.9 Inches

We’re halfway there! Finally, at #5, Quibdo, Colombia where a standard rainfall of 353.9 inches can be anticipated per showery, sopping annum. With 12% of the world’s coffee coming out of Columbia, they better hope those beans can float!

Now we’ve gone and done it; 400+ inches of precipitation hurtling from the sky every 12 months. Hang on to your galoshes; it’s going to be a stormy night.

4. Debundscha, Cameroon: 404.6 Inches

Debundscha, Cameroon commonly and splashes around in rainfalls of up to 404.6 inches per 12 months. Good thing they have the highest peak in Western Africa. Mount Cameroon is probably the only dry spot in town!

3.  Waialeale, USA (Hawaii):  451 Inches

In Waialeale, USA (Hawaii) the usual yearly rainfall of 451.0 inches is unthinkable, but not uncommon. I was wondering when the United States was going to sneak one in there.

2. Mawsynram, India:  467.4 Inches

Moist Mawsynram, India’s estimated downpours total out at around 467.4 inches of the wet stuff annually. I live in Wisconsin and for me to think of all that precipitation in terms of snow absolutely boggles the mind.

1. Cherrapunji, India:  498 Inches

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner: soggy Cherrapunji, India with an average saturating rainfall of 498.0 inches each and every single year comes in at the number one; the rainiest, wettest, most soaked and sodden city in the entire world. Mother Nature did not leave this country to wallow in the mud, however. Natural “living bridges” save Cherrapunji’s people the trouble of having to build their much needed bridges. Awfully considerate of ol’ Mum.

And there you have it; these sprayed and sopping cities, drenched and dripping with downpours, are the 10 most surely saturated sections of the world.

So let us list what corporate gifts can be used for over and above merely displaying your logo and corporate message. This is not exclusive of course. You should, at the end of this article, be able to make a list of your own.

• To get customers to come to you

Corporate gifts can fulfil that marketers’ dream of their target group making its way to them rather than having to invest in all that advertising. And this is just what promotional products can do for you. You have seen crowds around certain stands at trade shows. What did you think when you found they were giving away promotional umbrellas on a rainy day? Perhaps you wished you had thought of such a cracking idea for using corporate gifts.

• To encourage customers to do something

It is no good having some of the most competitive prices for your particular product if people wont ask you for a quote. A corporate gift might be just enough to make them give you a try. It can be a method of getting subscribers to part with their email address for your direct email marketing list. At the trade fair you could offer them a pen, perhaps personalised to ensure you attract just the right group, to fill in the form.

• As a reward

Praise is all very well but it can soon be forgotten. How much better to show your appreciation with a corporate gift. It could be something useful, perhaps a toy or even merely pretty, but whatever it is it will carry your logo so they will always be reminded of your respect for them. Promotional products encourage continued good work.

• To promote a certain effort

So your want to reduce your sickness levels. How about a personalised corporate gift to anyone who manages a certain period without taking time off? Perhaps a desk organiser so that their colleagues and well as the recipient will know that you take a great interest in them. Such business gifts act as recognition for good service and also as an indication of what you require.

• As a reminder of a course

A corporate gift that attendees can take away with them can be used to remind them of the content of the course, such as a list of bullet points on a personalised folder, so that they do not forget what it was all about. Promotional products also show others the quality of the course.

The other advantage of corporate gifts is that they multitask. Whilst they are performing all the tasks listed above, as well as those you think of, they will be displaying your logo and corporate message.