Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1              pound  lean ground pork
  1              pound  ground round
  1                cup  onion
  3          teaspoons  garlic
     1/4           cup  scallions
     1/2           cup  fresh breadcrumbs
  3                     egg
     1/2      teaspoon  dried thyme
     1/2      teaspoon  ground bay leaf
  1           teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper
     1/8      teaspoon  salt
     1/2         pound  smoked slab bacon

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Combine all ingredients, except bacon and mix lightly but thoroughly. Fry 1 tablespoon in a small skillet to test and adjust seasonings to taste. Then layout bacon slices, side by side and barely touching, onto a baking sheet and form the meat into a loaf shape and place across the middle of the bacon slices bring ends of bacon up to enclose the loaf turn loaf over on top of bacon ends. Bake at 325 degrees for 90 minutes, basting often with any rendered fat and drippings. Remove from oven and cool thoroughly before slicing serve at room temperature, with crackers or sliced breads to the side

Nutritional Information:

170 Calories (kcal); 13g Total Fat; (68% calories from fat); 11g Protein; 2g Carbohydrate; 67mg Cholesterol; 280mg Sodium