I'm guessing that most of you fan o' feats o' meat are familiar with the Instructables Bacon Placemat. Pure genius, yes. But we here at the Feats of Meat Test Kitchen had no need for a placemat (we're extremely neat eaters), but we did need a salad bowl. So we decided to adapt the Instructables methodology slightly and make ourselves a BACON BOWL. Here's what we did:

We started by delicately weaving our bacon into as large of a square as possible. Weaving with bacon is as fun as it looks.

As you can see from the beautifully intricate weave, we were not, as they say, "fucking around." We put the bacon weave in the oven and cooked it for approximately "forever."

After pulling it out of the oven, we molded the weave over an oven safe bowl. After cooling, the bacon was deemed not crispy enough, so we finished it in the microwave. I think this helped to hold the weave and bowl form, and this accidental step will be included the next time we bacon bowl.

Once the bacon cooled, we had ourselves a beautiful and surprisingly sturdy bacon bowl. So sturdy, in fact, that it could hold an entire SALAD!

And there, ladies and gentlemen, you have the healthiest thing you'll ever see on Feats of Meat.

We need to go bigger. The next step in the bacon bowl realm will be to attempt a circular construction. Maybe YOU want to try it? If you're too afraid, you can just wait and see how ours turns out. Meanwhile you can continue to serve your salads and omelettes in boring old non-edible bowls. I guess..