5 days into Bacon Salt and over 500 orders (!) later from all over the country and even overseas (the UK and Australia are both big customers), we're starting to think that maybe we're not completely nuts for doing this. Some of our friends really gave us the crazy eye on this.
But we've learned this week that there are apparently thousands of people out there like us that just LOVE bacon and want everything to taste like it. There is hope for humanity. Here's a sampling from a mixed martial arts forum:
... this looks to be the greatest invention in the history of mankind. I will be placing an order.
Whoah. This could change my life!
can you snort it?
Best thing since the wheel.
"Well, I've always thought that heaven is going to smell like frying bacon." - J.C. Hutchins, author
this could be the greatest day of my life
Could be the ultimate popcorn salt. :)
bacon salt is so potentially world changing that it needed to be said twice.
End the run for Nobel Prize early.
Can we introduce this to the ocean? Imagine how good the fish will taste after living in bacon salt water. The possiblities are endless.
YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A REASON TO LIVE AGAIN!!!!!
these guys will be billionaires
I'm not sure if you can make a billion dollars with salt, but hey, it's worth a shot! From an email yesterday:
BS was the only thing my family talked about at dinner last night at a very good steakhouse in K.C. and how the steaks would have been better with bacon flavor goodness.
These people are putting their faith in us to give them a product that tastes like real bacon without ever having tried it - and we're truly grateful for people giving us a shot. We really can't wait until you try it and tell even more of your friends.
We will work hard to get as many orders out as fast as we can. And when you get your Bacon Salt, send us your favorite recipes at recipes@baconsalt.com!
J&D
Found BS yesterday, ordered it today. Oh boy, have you got my hopes up. Planning on offering larger quantities?
Posted by: jack mehoph | July 20, 2007 at 11:17 PM
Thanks for your order! You can always load up your shopping cart, and if we see that people are loading up regularly with lots of items, we'll put some promotions out there to buy in bulk.
Posted by: J&D | July 21, 2007 at 08:36 AM
One suggestion. I am really tempted to order some of your tasty sounding bacon salt, BUT...I am one of those zillions of people who like to have some idea of what they are ingesting! (Meaning I like to read the ingredients.) I suggest you add this to the web site so people feel more comfortable giving it a shot sight unseen. (Unless I missed it, in which case you might make it more prominent.) It should help increase your sales. And I assume it's made in the USA, unlike that funky banana gum I once tried that turned out to be made in China (where nothing is safe to eat). So put a little American flag up for all to see!
Good luck!
Posted by: Bacon Dude | July 21, 2007 at 07:55 PM
Suggestion noted - we'll work on getting ingredients up there soon, we promise. Our first thought was that we didn't want someone coming in and copying our formula if we could avoid it, but you're right, they should be on the site.
Posted by: J&D | July 22, 2007 at 12:26 PM