This past weekend, after depleting my bbq , I felt the need to dig more pig. I gathered up two of my favorite things and whipped up a grilled sandwich combo; chocolate and bacon on sourdough.

I like to keep recipes simple and you’ll find this easy to prepare. I used “foodie” ingredients and, depending on your locale, you may or may not encounter difficulty in locating these specific brands. Nonetheless, you should be able to find suitable replacements for this easy-to-make and satisfying diversion.

• Butter two slices of sourdough bread. I used Life in Provence butter with sea salt.

• 1-2 oz. chocolate square. I used Scharffenberger 41% Cacao Milk Chocolate. Next time, I’ll use 70% bittersweet.

• Four slices of cooked bacon. I used Niman Ranch Applewood Smoked Bacon, an uncured, thick sliced bacon.

• Put chocolate and bacon on sourdough bread and cook like a grilled cheese sandwich. In order to get a nice melted chocolate, I used a low heat setting.

You could use this sandwich as a cookout dessert or appetizer. Certainly, your guests will revel in the novelty of a chocolate and bacon sandwich. Otherwise, this bad boy makes a great midnight snack.

I’ve accumulated the recent spate of recipes here with links to the originating recipe sites.

Mostly, these are appetizers, side dishes, and desserts.  After all, I can’t give up the bbq rib recipe or I’d have to kill me.

• Post BBQ dessert; resistance is futile: Raspberry Buttermilk Cake (with photos)
• How to make southern fried sweet potato chips
• After the BBQ, Indiana persimmon pudding
• After the barbeque, dessert sweet treat: Burple Nurples
• BBQ side dish marinated barbequed vegetables
• Down home appetizer: fried green tomatoes
• Festive strawberry salad
• After the bar-b-q, have a slice of Elvis Presley cake
• Grilling side dish Grilled corn on the cob (with photos)
• Barbecue side dish recipe; spicy sweet potato fries
• Appetizer: Angels on horseback
• Before the Q salad; Frog’s Eye Salad
• Spicy mustard potato salad made with Colman’s mustard; not for the faint of heart.
• Even more mustard potato salad
• Try this dessert recipe: Tennessee Jam Bars
• After the grilling, how about some Arkansas cherry bounce?
• How about a little Arkansas Sin before your next cookout?
• Blackened Blue Cheese Burgers recipe. Made these and they’re fantastic!
• Another regional food: Cream of peanut soup
• Pre BBQ warm up, pecan stuffed deviled eggs
• Have a slice of this southern dessert favorite: Hummingbird cake
• Wash down the BBQ with this southern sweet tea recipe
• Enjoy this regional dessert favorite: sour cream and raisin pie

Tell us about your favorites in the comment section.

From Very Good Taste:

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Personally, I’ve experienced 45 items on the list. How about you? Leave your number in comments.

What items would you add to the list?