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   >> i'm so glad people like you are looking at the leading edge of health to keep us healthy. thank you so much.

   >> thank you, ann.

   >> now we're going to talk about what's not healthy. that is bacon . but everybody says it's better with bacon . we're making meat loaf . to find out if that's true, first this is "today" on nbc.

   >>> i get it. meat loaf ! this morning in "today's kitchen," what tastes better than pork on top of pork? chef and owner of shez pascal in providence, rhode island , here to show us how to make a bacon wrapped pork meat loaf . good to see you.

   >> how are you?

   >> this recipe isn't from your restaurant but from a truck you own?

   >> right. we have a mobile food truck that we do four days a week. the idea is we cure our whole meats. we buy whole animals, process them. as a result we use the belly for curing our bacon , smoke it. what we've done is we take the shoulder meat, we grind it and we're going to make meat loaf . in here we have onions, garlic, some herbs. you can throw it right into the bowl.

   >> did you saute it in bacon ?

   >> bacon fat .

   >> of course.

   >> parmesan cheese. we used bread crumbs.

   >> right.

   >> some whole eggs.

   >> yep.

   >> all right, everything goes in there. do a little salt, a little pepper. and we turn the machine on carefully. yes. and just give it a quick mixing. okay while that's mixing we take the bacon and wrap our mold.

   >> okay.

   >> just like so. we do a little lattice.

   >> so you're doing a little arts and crafts .

   >> arts and crafts . once that's mixed.

   >> okay, beautiful.

   >> there we go.

   >> i'll take that out.

   >> all right. what we do is then we would line these terrine, take the spoon, drop this in. and then we would fold it over like so.

   >> boom, boom, boom. cook it in a water bath . let it cook for about an hour and a half.

   >> you put a brick on it?

   >> when it comes out of the oven, put a book on it overnight to press it.

   >> overnight?

   >> nice, compact pork roll . we unmold it, okay.

   >> uh-huh.

   >> and we would take slices like so. and then --

   >> it's little a little pinkish. you like that.

   >> that's from the salt. gives it that nice little pink color.

   >> so it's still cooked.

   >> we come back over this way and for the sandwich we take onion rolls.

   >> right.

   >> brown them on our griddle.

   >> yes.

   >> take our pork meat loaf . brown it on the griddle. then take some coleslaw. so the sandwich is coleslaw. we use a very interesting variety of cabbage. we call it nome cabbage over there. but it'serly jersey riser.

   >> it's the travelocity cabbage.

   >> we do coleslaw. we do the meat loaf . then we take a little tomato preserves and put that right on top. and we're going to make another sandwich just like that. and then we take this, and we'll cut it in half. easier to eat. okay? and usually for the truck we serve it with a little potato salad which also has bacon in it. how are you?

   >> nicely done. this is pretty.

   >> thank you.

   >> we'll do the same for two.

   >> a couple of pickles.

   >> we could have some pickles. okay?

   >> very nice.

   >> that is the way to run.

   >> that is the way to do it.

   >> i love how you toasted also the bun.

   >> that's very important. we want toasted buns.

   >> who doesn't.

   >> they're toasted on the walk over here.

   >> okay.

   >> and thank you so much.

   >> you're welcome.

   >> recipe is on our website. coming up a live performance

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