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7 Reasons Americans Go Batty For Bacon

salon.com — Why are Americans so batty for bacon? It's delicious, it's decadent -- and it's also a fashion statement.

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Yesplease, on 07/07/2008, -0/+23Man, wrapping me up in bacon clothing would just be redundant.
- MrFisty, on 07/09/2008, -2/+6Hooray for random dislexia. I read: 7 Reasons Americans Go For Fatty Bacon. I'm like, "Pfft. That's not news."
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- NinjaPirateDude, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4yeah, i dont think "fashion statement" is the most robust reason we go for bacon.
  - shutaro, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Obviously you've never worn a bacon jacket...
john2kx, on 07/07/2008, -13/+4That ***** is tasty, but it's also a heart attack on a plate. I try to avoid it.
- quez, on 07/09/2008, -1/+21Rather than trying to avoid it, you could always try, you know...eating it in moderation.
  - senatorpjt, on 07/09/2008, -0/+7I try to limit my bacon consumption to around three pounds a week. It's sort of like smoking though, it might be easier to just quit than to "cut down".
  - shutaro, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Bah, that heart attack ***** is just an urban legend...
- championchap, on 07/09/2008, -3/+2I've been a vegetarian all my life, but just recently a friend of mine convinced me to at least try Bacon. He said to give it a chance, because he considers it to be the best tasting of all meats.
  
  I have to admit, i did once try a burger on a drunken night out and thought it was foul. But that was just a burger from some by the road burger van you know? Course it tasted vile.
  
  So I gave it a chance, it does smell good when it's being cooked after all.
  
  Immediatly, all I could taste was salt. It was like chewwing a salty old condom. Tough, chewy, salty.. horrible.
  But then, as with everything i've ever tried that was meat.. came the taste of death.
  
  Now I'm not really sure how to describe this.. But I live out in the country and sometimes a sheep will die next to the house and nobody will know where it is for some time. The smell is disgusting.
  That smell is what I taste in mean, all meat.
  I can actually taste that what is in my mouth is decaying.. and I don't like it.
  
  Now I'm not trying to push this on anyone, honestly i ***** hate people that do that.. Just a little curious, does anyone else taste the same thing? Obviously I'm asking more the vegetarians here.. but i'd be interested to hear from those that are regular meat eaters too.
  - rpgmaker, on 07/09/2008, -1/+7Your problem is psychological no a vegetarian thing but I'm sure that makes your vegetarian life easier, not all vegetarians can say that for themselves.
- natastna2, on 07/09/2008, -1/+7It's not the salt or the decay that I taste, it's the pain and boy is it deeelicious. That's why I only ever buy eggs from caged hens, because the pain is oh so tasty.
TheLateGreatAKR, on 07/07/2008, -0/+13Way more diggworthy is the bacon bra:
http://www.seriouseats.com/required_eating/2008/04 ...

i kinda wish it was cooked though.
CrushThemTorg, on 07/07/2008, -1/+32Any serious bacon fan will find a way to acquire a bottle of Bacon Salt – yes, bacon flavored salt. Cut up a banana and roll the chunks in bacon salt – thus making a baconana.

Baconated coffee and gummy baconbears were not so much a success.
- SpectreFire, on 07/09/2008, -2/+17I don't know if you're crazy or just stupid.
  
  But god bless you sir.
  
  *runs off to find bacon salt*
- edebolt, on 07/09/2008, -1/+7Invented in Telluride Colorado bacon salt is 100% vegan
- skyteria, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Dugg for baconana.
tjproto, on 07/08/2008, -5/+13I have to admit I've never found a sexiness in bacon. In fact, I don't think anybody has, except Oprah.
- Brineshrimp, on 07/09/2008, -2/+12You mean you haven't *yet*
jggube, on 07/08/2008, -1/+18#8 - Bacon is delish and goes well with my 99 cent burger.
SagaMatkat, on 07/08/2008, -10/+0the bacon is great. check this and make a classified : http://www.publine.ro
btschul, on 07/09/2008, -0/+21A cooked bacon bra would be better because you could eat it off of her while doing the dirty.

/fantasy
- blanketfury, on 07/09/2008, -1/+12DISCLAIMER: Do not attempt this stunt without a defibrillator nearby.
- akaRemy, on 07/09/2008, -0/+9Thank god, I thought i was a freak for fantasizing about this too..
- Sunnygurm, on 07/09/2008, -1/+4memories of George Costanza trying to mix food and sex are running through my mind.
- laughandsing, on 07/09/2008, -3/+3Why would you want a raw bacon bra anyways? It kinda defeats the purpose...A cooked one on the other hand...sounds interesting ;)
coffee200am, on 07/09/2008, -6/+7This thread should not be posted. Pork is offensive to certain religious groups.../s
- tigertiger, on 07/09/2008, -2/+14Your face is offensive to my eyes.
- Syphon8, on 07/09/2008, -0/+19Not having pork near me is offensive to my religious group.
- blanketfury, on 07/09/2008, -0/+11I didn't know scientologists were banned from eating pork O_O
- senatorpjt, on 07/09/2008, -0/+13If they'd have a quicker line at the airport where you have to eat a piece of bacon to get through I'd use it.
  - bcm79, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1I'd go through it at least twice. Maybe it would be slower.
kd420, on 07/09/2008, -1/+39Yes, I'm sure everyone has these reasons for liking bacon. /sarcasm

Reason 1 (and only reason) : It tastes ***** awesome
- btschul, on 07/09/2008, -0/+10That's exactly what I was thinking when I read this. I was like "What the hell is all this about bacon being funny and rebellious and sexy? People love it because it is ***** tasty and delicious."
- Syphon8, on 07/09/2008, -8/+3Ya. Texture is terrible, it's bad for you, it's relatively hard and dangerous to prepare, expensive, all it has is taste.
  - Duositex, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4You, my friend, fail at bacon.
  - shutaro, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2If you can't win at bacon, there's no hope for you...
Eavesdropping, on 07/09/2008, -0/+13I am the bacon vodka hurling girl mentioned in this article. To those thinking about combining these two delectables: take pause and know that neither your love for vodka nor bacon will ever be the same. Don't make my mistake. Save yourselves...
GorfTron, on 07/09/2008, -2/+8Instead of talking to god 5 times a day with your ass, you should try some bacon.
- shutaro, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Didn't they make a movie about that?
cl0n3x, on 07/09/2008, -3/+3Like you need 7.

BTW: Salon, your Wall-E review sucked ass, so I'm burying this to boycott this website (not burying bacon though, bacon is awesome).

EDIT: I'm metaphorically burying this site; saw the word bacon before where the submission came from and my instincts kicked in :(
- GeorgeStone2, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6I'm going to figuratively digg you down. Literally.
  - cl0n3x, on 07/09/2008, -2/+4I'm going to bury you for being anti-Wall-E and anti-bacon. If I'm figuratively getting buried, then you're getting buried too, literally.
  - cl0n3x, on 07/09/2008, -1/+3*****, forgot where the bury button for submissions were (2 am here). Touche Georgestone, touche.
mydingaling, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3I wish I was an Oscar Mayer weiner.

nearly forgot, Om nom nom nom.
BigFatDuck, on 07/09/2008, -11/+2How can people like bacon so much. It's essentially fried pieces of fat. I dunno about you guys but personally the thought of eating straight up fat makes me sick. Also chicken wings, how can people eat that ***** that is basically fat, bone and skin
- bratterscain, on 07/09/2008, -1/+7You're buying the wrong bacon then. It's usually the cheap stuff that's mostly fat. Also, you're conditioned to think fat=bad. When I was a kid, my favorite part was the fat. Bacon is just ***** awesome. And yes, I'm a fairly lightweight guy, it's just called moderation.
- hippykiller, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6You have an eating disorder don't you.
- shutaro, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Because fat is delicious. Anyone who says otherwise is a communist.
optimus_maximus, on 07/09/2008, -0/+7Wow, that's freaky. I'm cooking 6 slices on the grill right now for a late night snack
- hippykiller, on 07/09/2008, -1/+3Grilling... Bacon... Like on an open fire, charcoal the whole deal. WoW that would be heaven on a plate!
  - mattwalton56, on 07/09/2008, -0/+5"WoW"...really? Maybe, just a 'little' too much World of Warcraft?
angrynorwegian, on 07/09/2008, -0/+8It tastes good. Why did they make up 4 other BS reasons? Oh yea, profit.
santaliqueur, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6I'm never gonna get used to the 31st century. Caffeinated bacon? Baconated grapefruit?
- Brineshrimp, on 07/09/2008, -0/+7Caffeinated Bacon = Best idea ever. *claps*
bensone1, on 07/09/2008, -3/+1And to think that this was on reddit the other day. *pukes is mouth*

http://neverbashfulwithbutter.blogspot.com/2007/12 ...
- dogididog, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Why were you looking at reddit in the first place?
Rudegar, on 07/09/2008, -1/+1i'm working on genetically modify brussel sprouts to taste and feel like bacon as i type this
Rezistik, on 07/09/2008, -0/+5I thought it was just tasty...
Railoc, on 07/09/2008, -8/+1I don't really like bacon. I don't see the appeal.
- Brineshrimp, on 07/09/2008, -0/+8Look into my eyes. Sweeeeet, Saaaalty, Smooooky.
  
  Now say it with me: Baaaaacon.
rot13ubercrypto, on 07/09/2008, -0/+11What kind of a stupid question is that? It tastes good, that's why. Plus, it's as close to a religious orgasm as you can get without either (a) having sex or (b) believing in a god.

A Pakistani acquaintance of mine who is a practicing muslim (aside from drinking like a champ) accidentally ate some bacon once while staying in the UK; he figured that, since it was so delicious, and he'd already pissed off allah for the day, he would make that day "bacon day", bought a big *****-off sack of the stuff, and ate nothing but bacon, before quitting cold turkey.

Bacon, it does a body good.
AmericanGunner, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6Dugg for multiple use of word Batty.
Brineshrimp, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4Ohmygod, Bacon. I know what's for breakfast tomorrow! Thankajeebus for that revealing XKCD comic.
filmbandit, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3this is the kind of story i like to see at the top of the digg front page.

please

more
TwoKill, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4http://www.gratefulpalate.com/

Bacon of the month club. Enjoy!
SuperFarStucker, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3bacon is secret sauce to life
allowners, on 07/09/2008, -3/+1People in North Carolina like bacon so much they shower in pig excrement.

Warning - Contains Pork By-Products:

http://discovermagazine.com/photos/24-warning-cont ...
- shagmin, on 07/09/2008, -1/+2North Carolina, home of the world's largest slaughterhouse, providing diggers and everyone else with the taste of godliness.
clawatticas, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4Bacon, bacon! Where's the bacon? I smell bacon! Bacon, gotta be bacon! Only one thing smells like bacon and that's bacon!
stinger666, on 07/09/2008, -0/+7If I had to chose only 1 thing to eat until I die it would definitely be bacon.
baconz, on 07/09/2008, -2/+1I hate baconz. No wait... I luvs baconz.
eavesdrop, on 07/09/2008, -2/+1Is this from the onion?
RNEMESiS42, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4I love bacon, although I'm wary about my intake of it.

The thing is, my room mate created possibly one of the deadliest and tastiest snacks ever:

Cheesey Bacon.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa109/fauxglaux ...

Fry up some quality bacon, and put a few slices of your favorite cheese on top. Let them melt a bit to fuse with the bacon. Instant death.
mattlohkamp, on 07/09/2008, -0/+11#1 it tastes good
#2 it tastes good
#3 it tastes good
#4 it tastes good
#5 it tastes good
#6 it tastes good
#7 it tastes good
Marley88, on 07/09/2008, -9/+6American style Bacon is utterly vile
- edebolt, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3and you prefer ? Mexican bacon? Zambian Bacon?
  - Marley88, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1i prefer the bacon we have in the UK, what you call bacon (and we know as streaky bacon) is a very fatty slab taken from the underside of a pig, we enjoy a proper rasher of bacon from the back of the pig that actually tastes like bacon, not salt.
- Duositex, on 07/09/2008, -3/+3American style bacon is the only true bacon. Any other bacon is a false pretender.
  - DulcetTone, on 07/09/2008, -0/+0Sooo true. Bacon in the UK is a sweaty, yellow slab of tired meat that seemingly got lost in a laundry hamper for a few days.
    
    They have this amazing applewood smoked bacon at many restaurants in Boston. We should airdrop it on moslem and judaic lands so we could see the one thing all people share is a love of pork.
- ChayD, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1American bacon is like salty, fatty, crispy rind. (known here as streaky bacon) Ugh! Proper (Danish style) bacon is like a thinly sliced pork chop, and actually has flavour.
zeeohsix, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1i bought one of those Bacon Wave racks.
love it. i like it when it's crunchy dry
955701, on 07/09/2008, -1/+1Actually, doesn't it have more to do with guys like Edward Bernay's and the Propaganda movement during WW-1 and WW-2?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays

"One of Bernays' favorite techniques for manipulating public opinion was the indirect use of "third party authorities" to plead his clients' causes. "If you can influence the leaders, either with or without their conscious cooperation, you automatically influence the group which they sway," he said. In order to promote sales of bacon, for example, he conducted a survey of physicians and reported their recommendation that people eat heavy breakfasts. He sent the results of the survey to 5,000 physicians, along with publicity touting bacon and eggs as a heavy breakfast."
Zippo, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2It's BACON.
End of discussion.
TheNakedChef, on 07/09/2008, -2/+1People who eat a lot of bacon don't look tasty or delicious, I guess it explains why other cultures eat less of it. Just because something taste good doesn't mean it should be eaten in huge quantities and all the time.
- kidathinnes, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3It's called moderation. People who are not obese use it as a method to not get obese.
  - TheNakedChef, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1From the comments here I would thought that the word moderation doesn't exist in the vocabulary here.
kingp, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3"I enjoy having breakfast in bed. I like waking up to the smell of bacon, sue me, and since I don’t have a butler I have to do it myself. So, most nights before I go to bed, I will lay six strips of bacon out on my George Foreman Grill, then I go to sleep. When I wake up, I plug in the grill. I go back to sleep again, then I wake up to the smell of crackling bacon. It is delicious, it’s good for me, it’s a perfect way to start the day. Today I got up, I stepped onto the grill (shows burnt foot wrapped in bubble wrap) and it clamped down on my foot. That’s it, I don’t see what’s so hard to believe about that."
jmb1977, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2ITS BACON!!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lxBKy78eP28
Dogs don't know its not bacon.

also, i dig chicks that like bacon http://www.cafepress.com/baconia
waydee, on 07/09/2008, -1/+1Bacon is delicious but im not really a fan of US style bacon, too fatty. Back bacon is best
DM01, on 07/09/2008, -2/+1I prefer not to eat bacon--or any other breakfast meats, thank you. I'll stick with my hashbrowns and scrambled eggs with some salt, pepper, and maple syrup.
TheMachine1, on 07/09/2008, -2/+1The best tasting food in the world but also one of highest in sodum, saturated fat and nitrites.
DisturbedOne, on 07/09/2008, -1/+1Delicious Bacon!!!!!
peterfnet, on 07/09/2008, -1/+1From article: "Mini Me has a sex tape". What?
EelfinnTy, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3fta "Editor's note: The Discovery Channel has Shark Week. Here at Salon, we bring you Pork Week. This is the first in a weeklong series of stories about that most polarizing of meats." really?!?
- ChayD, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Dugg for "Pork Week"
Comms, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Got Bacon?
homescrubb, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1the real reason: Free Glutamate Ions...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamic_acid_(flavor ...
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