Woke to the Smell of Bacon Cooking
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (118442)
Gainesville, Florida
December 18, 2022 10:48am CST
Normally I am the breakfast guru. Every weekend (except for when I'm out of town on vacation or at paintball tournaments), I get up on Saturdays and Sundays and cook a huge breakfast feast for the girls and I. Eggs, grits, biscuits, bacon, sausage, gravy, pancakes or waffles....I go all out to make a breakfast culinary delight (and besides, it's about the only cooking I can do where I don't burn the place down haha).
But this morning, I was sound asleep and all warm and snuggled in my blankets when I rolled over and thought I smelled bacon. I thought I was dreaming, because I wouldn't smell bacon unless I was the one cooking it. But then I rolled over again and saw that my girlfriend wasn't in bed beside me. So I got up, peeked out into the kitchen, and saw her cooking breakfast. Very unusual for her, and a nice surprise for me. I'm always the one to treat my girlfriend and daughter to breakfast, and I hardly ever get treated to it myself. So this was a nice change of pace, and quite exciting to wake up and have breakfast all ready to eat!
Do any of you get spoiled in the mornings when you wake up? This is something I can get used to, although I don't think it will happen that often.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
20 Dec 22
@moffittjc In about 160 days, I won't have to worry about getting up early anymore.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Dec 22
@DWDavis I take it you’re on the countdown clock to retirement?
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Dec 22
When I used to get up at 4am to be at work at 5, I would just nuke my breakfast since I always seemed to be running late.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Dec 22
Well, if I lived close by, I would stop by every now and then and cook you breakfast as a nice surprise!
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Dec 22
@just4him You deserve to be treated to a nice breakfast!
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@just4him (306239)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 Dec 22
@moffittjc Now, that would be a nice surprise. I don't think anybody ever cooked me breakfast.
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@much2say (53959)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Dec 22
Hubby is cooking bacon right now 
! But I've already been awake 
. He makes breakfast almost every weekend - the only opportunity for him to cook all week. He likes to do the whole pancake or waffle thing too - especially for the kids. Well enjoy your morning treat . . . maybe you should purposely sleep in more often 
.
! But I've already been awake . He makes breakfast almost every weekend - the only opportunity for him to cook all week. He likes to do the whole pancake or waffle thing too - especially for the kids. Well enjoy your morning treat . . . maybe you should purposely sleep in more often .2 people like this
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Dec 22
Nice! So your hubby is like me. Cooking breakfast on the weekends is my one chance at cooking (and probably rightfully so, as I'm a bad cook haha). I love making waffles, and every weekend when I make them, I make too much. We have a Mickey Mouse waffle iron, it makes waffles in the shape of Mickey, and the girls both love having their Mickey waffles on the weekends!
Usually I do sleep in, but the girls will often sleep in even a little later. It's like they know I'm getting up to cook breakfast, so they stay cuddled in bed until they know everything's cooked and it's time to get up and eat.
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@much2say (53959)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Dec 22
@moffittjc Hubby makes a lot of waffles too! We save 'em so the kids can have 'em during the week (everyone knows I'm certainly not going to make waffles on a school day ). Oh I'll bet the girls love those Mickey waffles 
!
I never sleep in 
. . . I'm just wired to wake up super early no matter what.
). Oh I'll bet the girls love those Mickey waffles !
I never sleep in . . . I'm just wired to wake up super early no matter what.2 people like this
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Dec 22
@much2say They do love the Mickey waffles, and are disappointed if I ever make regular waffles.
I’m like you, I’m normally a super early riser, but for some reason I like to sleep in late on at least one of the weekend days.
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
21 Dec 22
@moffittjc I get up but I do not wake up before I have my coffee.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Dec 22
@LadyDuck That’s how I used to be. I literally could not function until I had that first cup of coffee.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Dec 22
The smell of fresh coffee would definitely be a great thing to wake up to.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Dec 22
I always make too much when I cook bacon, for the same reason you do...to keep on hand for BLT's, or for a quick snack, or just whenever I crave bacon.
I had a pack of bacon in the fridge that I cooked before I left for Disney World. I should have put it all in a ziplock bag and took it with us, but instead I just put it in the freezer after I cooked it. I didn't want the bacon to go bad while we were gone, which is why I cooked it right before we left.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Jan 23
@noni1959 I’ve tried bacon ice cream. Wasn’t as good as I thought it would be. Wasn’t that bad though.
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@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
29 Dec 22
@moffittjc Sometimes, I wrap bacon around pork chops before baking or make poppers in the air fryer. Some people make bacon ice cream. I've never done that. I wonder if it actually taste good. Then again, we are talking bacon.
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@kobesbuddy (74571)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Dec 22
My husband is crazy about eating a big breakfast, quite often. Myself, I want cereal(a donut) and coffee.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Dec 22
My daughter appreciates the weekend big breakfasts, but like you she is more of a cereal freak. She will literally eat cereal all day long.
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@kobesbuddy (74571)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Dec 22
@moffittjc I started eating cereal for lunch, at times oatmeal. This is to bring my LDL down, and it works:)
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Dec 22
@kobesbuddy I use to eat nothing but the sugary kids cereals, but I've switched over to more healthy varieties these days. I really love the Honey Bunches of Oats and the Special K cereals.
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@Tina30219 (81540)
• Onaway, Michigan
14 Jan 23
That was a nice way to wake up I am sure . My boyfriend does most of the cooking and weekends are mainly when we will do our big breakfast meals. I love bacon but mine has to be crisp my boyfriend calls it bacon bits
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@Tina30219 (81540)
• Onaway, Michigan
14 Jan 23
@moffittjc My boyfriend is the same way he will do some for me and some for him out
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Jan 23
You sound like my daughter. She loves her bacon the same way. So when I cook bacon, I usually do two batches, one that is burnt to a crisp how she likes it, and the rest that is cooked normally like how everyone else likes it. haha
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Jan 23
@Tina30219 At least there is an easy solution! I don't mind making extra bacon just so everyone can have it cooked the way they want!
@RebeccasFarm (86754)
• United States
26 Dec 22
Oh that is good now she is returning the favor Jeff.
No spoiling here. Never had that and that is okay.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 Dec 22
I don't get spoiled that often, and I'm okay with that as well. I like to be the one spoiling others.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 Dec 22
@RebeccasFarm That's what my girlfriend says! lol
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jan 23
@jstory07 That’s what I say any time I hear the word bacon.
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Jan 23
Right before we left for Disney World before Christmas for a weeklong vacation, I had a bunch of bacon that I didn't want to go bad, so we cooked it all up, put some in the freezer, and took some to Disney with us.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Dec 22
I love cooking breakfast, and don’t mind getting up earlier than everyone else to do it, but it is nice to get treated every now and then.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Dec 22
@Juliaacv But it is nice to get to sleep in late every now and then too!
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Dec 22
It sure was! But I also enjoy cooking breakfast for them, because it’s about the only thing I can cook without ruining it. Haha
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Dec 22
Yes, Robert used to make breakfast.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Dec 22
How nice. Did he do up the breakfast all nice with all the fixins?
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 Dec 22
@moffittjc yes but we are separated right now.
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@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
19 Dec 22
No, no one makes me breakfast. I'm not a big breakfast eater unless it's pancakes, sausage gravy or something like a quiche. That was nice of your girlfriend to cook breakfast. Have a good week.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Dec 22
Most of my life I was not a big breakfast eater, but then I started realizing how much better I felt throughout the day, and how much more energy I had, when I ate a good hearty breakfast.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58137)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
18 Dec 22
I made bacon too. French toast bacon and cheesey scrambled eggs.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Dec 22
That all sounds good! Now you've got me thinking....I haven't had French toast in quite a long time. Maybe I'll surprise everyone and make that next time I cook (I almost said next weekend, but then I remembered that next weekend is Christmas, and I'll be at Disney).
@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
29 Dec 22
No, I don't but friend will bring me coffee when he is here. That's about as good as it gets lol.
@FourWalls (62132)
• United States
18 Dec 22
How nice! I live by myself, so I do all the surprising and treating of myself.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Dec 22
That can be very nice, because you can surprise yourself with any treat you want!
I remember a few times when I lived alone that I surprised myself with cake for dinner. Not as dessert, but as dinner. Those were some really nice surprise dinners! haha
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
19 Dec 22
I'm glad your girlfriend wasn't roasting your hide for something you did wrong... 
You have to be kidding! Pretty only fixes me stuff when my eyes are sealed shut and then she's only thawed and heated stuff I've made and put in the freezer. If I ask her to make something, she asks what I want and then says, "That sounds good! Make enough for me, too." 
You have to be kidding! Pretty only fixes me stuff when my eyes are sealed shut and then she's only thawed and heated stuff I've made and put in the freezer. If I ask her to make something, she asks what I want and then says, "That sounds good! Make enough for me, too." 
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Dec 22
And it was for no apparent reason. She said she just woke up and felt like cooking breakfast. Hey, I'm not complaining! I'm going to enjoy this for what it is, because it could be six months, or a year before anyone besides me gets up and cooks breakfast! lol
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@YrNemo (20261)
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31 Dec 22
So you are still around, I am glad 
. I went searching for old friends and saw many were with the last post dated more than half a year ago. All the best for 2023.
. I went searching for old friends and saw many were with the last post dated more than half a year ago. All the best for 2023. 