Alarmism over cancer risk from consuming bacon is a bunch of baloney

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Science in the Media Sausage Grinder

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Bacon Busters!

Apparently hog hunting is such a popular sport in Australia that there is enough demand to justify a magazine dedicated to the sport. Bacon Busters is "Australia’s only magazine dedicated to pig hunting." "Appealing to a wide audience," (hmmm...riiiight) "but particularly to males in the 15-40 age bracket and living in rural areas of Australia (especially Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria)" (ie red necks) "Bacon Busters was first published annually in 1995. It is now published twice a year due to popular demand." I'm seriously thinking about subscribing because of the high-potential for entertainment value and particularly because I'm curious about the "famous Babes & Boars section."

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Bake-On Bacon

Earlier today, I stumbled across this website for a meat wholesaler in Australia called Gotzinger Smallgoods. One of their products is Bake-On Bacon, for which the target customer is apparently the restaurant industry. Bake-On Bacon comes already layered on a tray and ready to stick in the oven - thus saving time (and labor costs) of layering bacon on baking trays. It's an interesting concept, although there is no doubt a loss in quality with this approach. But for a restaurant that is serving bacon with a focus on quantity instead of quality, this is a pretty smart idea.

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Sonic made my day

I'm in Phoenix for the weekend and yesterday I went to Sonic for lunch. As I was pulling through the drive-thru, I encountered a very cheery young man taking orders over the intercom. I ordered my usual #1 with both mustard and mayo (and tots, of course). He asked if I also wanted cheese, to which I replied yes. And then he asked if I wanted bacon. Like that's even a question. Naturally I said yes. But as as I was responding, it occured to me that I don't think I've ever been offered bacon as a condiment at Sonic before. So I kind of chuckled as I responded with a firm "yes!" The young man gave me an enthusiastic "fantastic!" in response. And I drove away from Sonic with a big smile on my face (and with bacon on my sandwich).

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