We just finished a stint at the Puyallup Fair here in Washington state, which lasts 17 days and sees over 1.3 million people pass through its gates. Some quick stats and info from the fair:
- We chose to serve frozen corn with Hickory Bacon Salt as a sample. This was very well received and is also delicious at home.
- Over 50,000 samples of Bacon Salt were given out. That's a lot of corn!
- At least 20 people that came to our booth and said that they came to the fair just to see us and buy some Bacon Salt. Really cool!
- Between the 3 of us (Justin, Kara and Dave), we ate at least 75 scones; 10 "apple wallups" (a delicious combination of dough, caramel, whip cream and sliced apples, cooked to a golden brown); 1 giant turkey leg; 15 hand dipped ice cream bars; 5 burgers; and 8 chicken fried steaks with sausage gravy and Hickory Bacon Salt - unbelievably delicious!
- One very cool video was produced based on peoples' feedback about Bacon Salt.
- Over 4,000 containers of Bacon Salt sold!
In all, a great event for us. As we meet with and start getting in stores, this was a great way to introduce and build buzz about the product locally and make some invaluable connections in the food and grocery industries. But after 17 days, we could use some footrubs, leg massages and new shoes!
What in the world is this thing called Frozen Corn? Here in Texas we buy it frozen and then we heat it up over a fire in a pot of beer. I did a little googling and found some people cooking it up with sugar and other spices and then freezing it, but they didn't mention if they actually ATE the stuff cold! Eww!
The Bacontological way would be to scrape yer frozen corn off the cob, sweeten it a little with some jalapenos, batter and deep fry it and sprinkle it good with BaconSalt (peppered or hickory most likely) and have a BaconSalted Miller Lite with it.
WARNING: I have not tested beer and BaconSalt. It could cause a Mentos/Diet Coke-like explosion, or it could be the next poor man's breakfast in a bobble. Imagine winos on the corner with a bottle of BaconSalted Thunderbird!
Posted by: Aaron Tucker | September 25, 2007 at 07:57 PM
This page is a hoot I'm ordering that stuff!! When I first ran across this page I knew no woman thought up bacon flavored everything. lol
Posted by: Rhy | October 20, 2007 at 08:24 PM
Not so fast! Actually, there was a woman with us (Kara) when we invented Bacon Salt. And about half of our customers are women.
Posted by: J&D | October 22, 2007 at 12:05 PM