💡 Interesting Facts
in the 1920s, Cudahy Packing Company shifted from exporting cured pork because of British tariffs and focused instead on domestic sales of canned hams, sliced dried beef, Italian-style sausage, and sliced bacon?funding to help J-D's Down Home Enterprises start producing bacon-flavored salt came from a three-year-old child's winnings on America's Funniest Home Videos?especially in the United States, bacon mania is a phenomenon among bacon devotees seeking to develop novel dishes and to gather at bacon camps?during the Great Depression, R. C. Nueske used a panel truck to market Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Meats, including bacon, sausages, hams and smoked turkeys, at little resorts across northern Wisconsin?the 5,000-calorie Bacon Explosion (pictured) was created in response to a Twitter challenge to develop "the ultimate bacon recipe"?the author of Everything Tastes Better with Bacon decided to write the book after having an epiphany involving bacon and sugar?unlike most other forms of bacon, Zeeuws spek ("Zeeland bacon") from the Netherlands is sold pre-cooked?the captain of the steamboat Natchez would increase his boat's speed by putting bacon and hog fat in its engines, and giving his men whiskey?the book Bacon: A Love Story includes jokes about bacon by comedian Jim Gaffigan?a Mitch Morgan (pictured), bourbon with a slice of bacon as a garnish, served as the inspiration for Bacon Salt?a 1999 internet hoax led people to believe that a wealthy family in the 16th century would share bacon with their guests so they could sit around and "chew the fat"?Bio-Blend Fuels produce a biodiesel made from pig fat that smells of bacon?bacon vodka (bottle pictured) is vodka infused with bacon flavor, created based on the concept of a "meat and potatoes" pairing?"Teewurst" is a German sausage made from two parts of raw pork (and sometimes beef) and one part bacon?Michael Kupperman's Snake 'n' Bacon are a pair of cartoon characters, a snake and a strip of bacon, whose conversations are limited to hissing (on Snake's part) and making bacon-related comments (on Bacon's part)?Burgers' Smokehouse is a California, Missouri-based seller of cured and smoked meats including bacon and hickory smoked, salt cured country hams, a specialty of the Ozarks?miniature pigs are bred and raised as pets and for medical research into organ transplants rather than for bacon?turkey bacon is used as a substitute for pork bacon at Camille's Sidewalk Cafe locations in the Middle East?Stegt Flæsk, a popular bacon dish in Danish cuisine, has been described as "a dish of pork fat, and only pork fat, in parsley sauce"?National Pig Day is included in a handbook for first-year teachers as a day for activities including cooking bacon, making BLTs, and discussing where pork chops come from?chef Bobby Flay highlighted a recipe for dessert using bacon from The Bacon Cookbook as one of his favorites?