But surely God made bacon?

I don't see that a god mutually excludes evolution. In fact, is it even logical that a god would create a universe with laws (gravity, energy laws, aging, natural selection), but start by breaking them? As long and hard as anti-creationist blowhards blow, they still can't - and never will be able to - tell you from where the something that is here came. And as long and hard as Bible-thumpers thump, the best they can come up with is, "Did you read the Bible? Well, there's your answer!"
I've got an answer for you: God created the universe much like I made a fabulous conch stew on a sailing trip to Belize:

Let's see...Start with a rue, saute some onion and garlic...add some, let's check the pantry, yeah, black beans. OK, got some fresh coconut meat, chop that up, add some stock, add salt and pepper, bay leaf, some other stuff around the galley. Let that cook for a while, then add the fresh-from-the-ocean conch, when done finish with some coconut water and let the party begin...

As for the age of the universe, particle physics, cosmology, etc., I refer you to Tommy Lee Jones in Men in Black:

Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow.

We always think we are so smart...