There was a prior story in some magazione I read (it could have been an earlier Southern Living). The chef at Blackberry Farm loved Benton's and hooked the Benton's folks up with the high-dollar chefs and restaurants in New York City, as well as other places. They loved the products and business boomed.

What a tease. In this society of instant gratification we have to wait until Jan. 2008 for this delicacy.

***Attention to All Customers: Due to the recent article featuring our bacon in Saveur and other magazines, we have been absolutely overwhelmed with orders. We are temporarily closing our online catalog. We are also not taking phone orders. We hope to resume business by January 1, 2008. We will email a notice to all registered users as soon as we can resume taking orders. All pending orders will be shipped as soon as possible. Please expect a 6 to 7 week delay. Please register if you want us to notify you of resumed ordering. We are a small, family-run business and producing high quality products is a process that cannot be rushed. We are working around the clock to fill all orders as quickly as we can, but some orders may be delayed as much as 7 weeks. We appreciate your business and hope you find our products worth waiting for! Thank you,

I'm sorry.

Just as Della Reese had her mouth all set for orange juice in Harlem Nights and all she could find in the fridge was a swallow, we'll have to settle for a bologna sandwich.

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