{"id":697,"date":"2012-02-14T10:24:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T15:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/?p=697"},"modified":"2012-02-14T10:38:25","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T15:38:25","slug":"king-valentine-and-bacon-brownies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pechism.org\/?p=697","title":{"rendered":"King Valentine and Bacon Brownies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My stint in Japan unfortunately spoiled me rotten for Valentine&#8217;s Day.\u00a0 Although expensive gifts of jewelry and the like were never on the menu (ha ha, I&#8217;m punning!), on this most commercialized holiday women are socially obligated to give the men in their lives chocolates.\u00a0 Being the dashing man I am, I obviously received a ton.<\/p>\n<p>Now that I&#8217;m back in the States, I am once again giving chocolates on St Valentine&#8217;s Day.\u00a0 What better way for <a title=\"King Valentine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/kingvday.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">King Valentine<\/a> to love the women with whom he works than with brownies?\u00a0 BACON BROWNIES.\u00a0 Thank you, Nigella Lawson (get the recipe <a title=\"BACON BROWNIES\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nigella.com\/recipes\/view\/bacon-brownies\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_699\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/brownie01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-699\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-699 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Brownie Batter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/brownie01-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Brownie Batter\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pechism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/brownie01-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.pechism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/brownie01.jpg 484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adding chopped dark chocolate and crispy bacon in golden syrup.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_701\" style=\"width: 308px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/brownie02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-701\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-701 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Dark Chocolate Brownies with Bacon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pechism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/brownie02-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dark Chocolate Brownies with Bacon\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pechism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/brownie02-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.pechism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/brownie02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pechism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/brownie02.jpg 509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bit dark and dense, the bacon adds a delicious burst of saltiness to the brownies.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My stint in Japan unfortunately spoiled me rotten for Valentine&#8217;s Day.\u00a0 Although expensive gifts of jewelry and the like were never on the menu (ha ha, I&#8217;m punning!), on this most commercialized holiday women are socially obligated to give the &hellip; 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