Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts

I've made bacon wrapped water chestnuts in the past but I've changed how I make them so I decided to post about them again. Water chestnuts are really good for you with lots of vitamins and trace minerals (click the link to see info about their nutrition). If you don't eat meat you can wrap the chestnuts in cabbage. 

 I marinated the water chestnuts over night in peanut sauce.

This time I precooked the bacon till most of the fat was cooked off but they were still soft. Cut the bacon slices in half before you cook them (I forgot to do this and they are harder to cut in half when cooked). Half a slice will cover the water chestnut nicely. One package of bacon is enough to cover two cans of water chestnuts. 

I wrapped the chestnuts and drained off the marinade and redrizzled it over the wrapped chestnuts. I baked them at 350 F for about half an hour.

Serve immediately on your favorite pottery dish. This dish is about 4 x 9 inches, a good appetizer sized plate which fits on the top shelf of the dishwasher. I plan to make more of these dishes in different colors. If you have guests the different colors make it easy for folks to remember which dish is theirs. Even children like to choose different colors. How do I know? When I was a kid we had different colored tumblers for our milk. My two brothers and sister and I each chose our favorite color every night just before dinner. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.

Fresh out of the Kiln

 stacked mug

Later today I'll test this stacked mug to see how it feels drinking from it. I like this fatter shape better than the other one I made which is a little narrower. When holding the handle I can put my index and middle finger in the handle and my thumb on top.

 stacked mug interior

Here's the interior. If I hadn't of put the swirl it would have been nice to have a contrasting color on the interior. I'll make some more of these so I can glaze them differently. It's nice to be able to see the construction method on the exterior with the clear glaze. Oh, I should have taken a photo from the bottom so you could see the foot.

 two tea bowls

These two tea bowls were made with white stoneware. Look down at the tree luminary. That is the same glaze as this. But the tree luminary was made with a speckled stoneware. I wasn't going to work with the speckled stoneware but for some glazes it's much better.

 butter dish

Here's a butter dish I've glazed with the overlapped dots of glaze. This glaze is so beautiful in person. I need to try this overlapping with other glazes to see how they turn out.

 butter dishes

 appetizer plates

These appetizer plates will stack up  nicely in a cabinet. I still can't get my blue green glaze to do what I want. I'll have to get a box of the Macabee clay to see if using that clay will make a difference.

tree luminary

To speed up my glazing I decided not to glaze the edge of the luminary trays. With the speckled stoneware the bare clay isn't noticeable like it would be if the clay was white stoneware.

gingerbread boys and girls

I did the same thing with the gingerbread boys and girls glazing only the top portion. These look like they are edible with a creamy frosting on top. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.