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This year 2013, on August 31st, happens to be "International Bacon Day"! To celebrate this joyous occasion lets learn some fun filled facts about bacon while looking at creative, woman, clothing designs. Oink Oink.
Each year in the US more than 1.7 billion lbs. of bacon are consumed in food service, which is equivalent to the weight of 8.5 Nimitz class aircraft carriers. Bacon consumption occurs 59% during weekdays and 41% on the weekends.
The price of pork bellies is the highest it has been since 1988. This may could be do to the "bacon scare" (not confirmed) or it may also maybe do to water shortage.
"International Bacon Day" is held on the last Saturday before Labor Day. Mark next year in your calendar.
Bacon is addictive; it contains six types of umami. Umami produces an addictive neurochemical response
Bacon is one of the oldest processed meats in history. The Chinese began salting pork bellies as early as 1500 B.C.
Are you still reading the facts?
A 250 lb pig yields about 23 lbs of bacon.
Ironically it is also the combine weight of these two ladies. (made up fact. just find it funny)
Ironically it is also the combine weight of these two ladies. (made up fact. just find it funny)
69% Of all food service operators serve bacon. (This picture was taken off a lovely website cooking demo of a enthusiastic baconudist.)
Pregnant women should eat bacon. Choline, which is found in bacon, helps fetal brain development.
Bacon is consumed at breakfast an average of 12 times per person per year.
Canadian Bacon is not really bacon, it is fully-cooked smoked pork loin.
People over the age of 34 make up most bacon consumption. Bacon accounted for nearly half of breakfast meat serving volume, more than half of all homes (53%) keep bacon on hand at all times.
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