Bacon ice cream sliders

Further nutritional oddments from a touring author (see yesterday's installment). I stopped into the most excellent indie bookstore Diesel at the Brentwood Country Mart in LA for my Pirate Cinema book tour, and noticed that the ice-cream parlour next door was advertising bacon-spiked ice-cream sliders, as well as a corn and spicy cheese crisp ice-cream sandwich.

I'll be in Lansing, MI tomorrow (tell your friends), and look forward to discovering more characteristic local cuisine.

Bacon and spicy corn Ice Cream Sliders, Brentwood Country Mart, Los Angeles, California, USA

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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lewis_stoole

if there was ever a sign to get out of brentwood as quickly as possible, this was it!
- http://www.ikaink.net Itsumishi
  
  If if there was ever a sign to get ~~out of~~ to bBrentwood as quickly as possible, this was it!
  
  The proof reader in me just needed to fix those gramatical and capitalisation mistakes.
  - lewis_stoole
    
    you can’t fix what wasn’t broke son.
- voiceinthedistance
  
  If this is what the next level looks like, I think I’m just going to sit this one out . . .
EH

Why is the bun not a doughnut?
- ROSSINDETROIT
  
  Now you’re talkin’
- lewis_stoole
  
  and why isn’t it all deep fried with the heart of a snickers?
  - EH
    
    Because that would be disgusting, and the ice cream would melt besides.
    - http://twitter.com/beep54orama B E Pratt
      
      Uhm, I used to work in an upscale restaurant that had fried ice cream as part of a dessert. It CAN be done.
      - EH
        
        Sure. Maybe the “heart of a Snickers” part was metaphorical. :)
http://twitter.com/wwe432 Woody Embry

Interesting, but I think Paula Deen has you beat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv8yEMRDe_w
ROSSINDETROIT

Darn it. I’m 60 miles from Lansing now and I’ve been looking forward to this event. But tomorrow at 6:00 pm I’ll be hitting the Oceanside hotel in Virginia Beach on a work trip instead of at Schuler’s Books.
alec999

In Lansing, MI try El Azteco.
LogrusZed

That looks like a chewy roll. Completely the wrong conveyance for something like ice-cream, or any other non-solid for that matter.
- CLamb
  
  Yeah, and the bacon doesn’t look crispy either.
Christopher Nowak

I am a Lansing local and a bit of a foodie. I would HIGHLY recommend one of the following locals for you to indulge in. 1. The Soup Spoon Cafe. 2. Fork in the Road Dinner. These two restaurants are probably the most regarded establishments in the Lansing area. Both utilize locally sourced food products and do a damn fine job creating interesting dishes that are sure to appeal to most everyone.
Coryell Kelsey

I grew up in Lansing too. Do not try El Azteco. My wife worked there in college and it is super gross. If you want great Mexican food, there is a random truck on Michigan Ave called El Oasis. Their food is amazing. I second the above comment. Soup Spoon and Fork in the Road. But that is about it. One of my friends recently told me he was done living in Lansing because “there is nothing to eat in this d*%n town”
Christine Connell

In Jackson Michigan, you could have the Jaxon pizza famous Rice Pudding Calzone
CEHS

I like to go back to Kewpie in downtown Lansing when I go home. Love their olive burgers. It’s a nice diner/burger joint.