Baconfest Comes to Dell’Osso Family Farm June 18 & 19
By Nora Heston Tarte
The Basics:
When: June 18 9 AM-8 PM, June 19, 9 AM-6 PM
Where: Dell’Osso Family Farm in Lathrop
Price: $25 for general admission (ages 15+), $12.50 for kids ages 6-14, free for kids age five and younger. Free parking.
More Info: Baconfest.com
Highlights:
Guy Fieri, the vibrant host of Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” will emcee the events bacon-centric cooking contests Saturday and Sunday.
Major League Eating will host the Dell’Osso Family Farm Baconfest World Bacon Eating Championship at 1:15 PM on Sunday, with a $2,000 grand prize awarded to the winner (i.e. the man or woman able to consume the most bacon). Registration is open! An amateur competition will be hosted, as well.
Live music will provide eaters a soundtrack for the best Father’s Day ever. Among the players will be award winners like Trick Pony, Confunkshun (with local Stockton Musician Ron Moton) and Little Joe y la Familia as well as multiple Grammy Award Winners.
With 40 bacon-inspired food vendors occupying Bacon Alley, there will be no shortage of ways for bacon lovers to indulge in their favorite snack. With cheese? Good. Wrapped around shrimp? Great. Enjoyed with beer? Even better. Wash down your bacon with flavorful beers from more than 20 microbreweries including Lagunitas Petaluma, New Belgium, and Ballast Point.
Susan Dell’Osso’s Can’t Miss Menu Items:
“All of our food is going to be served in smaller portions,” Susan says of the Bacon Alley vendors. Each small plate will be about $3-4.
1) Bacon Bouquets (five strips of flavored bacon from Sunny Valley Smoked Meats in Manteca)
2) Bacon-wrapped jalapenos
3) Bacon Mac n’ Cheese
As always, the Dell’Osso farm caters to families. In addition to grub, kids can enjoy an assortment of activities and events.
Susan’s Top Attractions for Kids:
Signature train rides, bounce pillows, and kid’s cooking demonstrations
Bacon Bits:
Delight fellow bacon-lovers with your extensive knowledge of (arguably) the world’s best meat treat with these fun facts:
People over the age of 34 make up most bacon consumption.
Bacon has been linked to curing hangovers, and there’s science to back it up. The amino acids present in bacon help replace neurotransmitters that become depleted during heavy drinking.
Bacon dates back to 1500 B.C. when the Chinese began salting pork bellies.
Choline, found in bacon, supports fetal brain development, giving pregnant women reason to indulge their bacon craving.
In 2010, Artist Mike Lahue created a bust of Kevin Bacon made out of bacon.
Bacon Jokes:
What better place to show off your comedic chops and affinity for bacon humor than Baconfest? Get ‘em laughing with these gut-busters.
Q: Why did the pig go into the kitchen?
A: He felt like bacon.
Egg and bacon walk into a bar. Bartender says, “We don’t serve breakfast here!”
The Punniest
“Don’t go bacon my heart.”
“I couldn’t if I fried”