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3 FUN FACTS ABOUT BACON
PayingTribute to National Bacon Day
While most of the United States is focused on other December holidays, there’s an important one coming up that you’ll really regret missing: National Bacon Day. Not to fear — after reading this article, you’ll be fully informed and can properly celebrate on Dec. 30. Although the origin of National Bacon Day is murky, it seems as good of an excuse as any to eat a piece (or fifty) of bacon. In tribute to the holiday, here are three facts about bacon you may not know. ‘Bring Home the Bacon’ This expression is said to have originated in the 1100s in Dunmow, England. There, every four years, married couples demonstrate their devotion to one another for a “flitch” — a large side of bacon cut lengthwise — at the Dunmow flitch trials. The
bacon prize is awarded to any couple who can demonstrate to the judges that they’ve maintained marital harmony in the year leading up to the event. If their evidence is found to be satisfactory, the happy couple gets to literally bring home the bacon. Missouri’s Claim to Bacon Fame Pike County, Missouri, is home to Woods Smoked Meats, and the owner, Ed Woods, is a bacon legend. He’s won hundreds of awards and has even been inducted into the American Cured Meats Hall of Fame. Woods Smoked Meats offerings include hickory- smoked cured bacon and chipotle-lime bacon. If you’re looking for a bacon source for the upcoming holiday, take Ed’s advice and “come on down where the weather is warmer and the bacon is better.”
Bacon on a Donut? Of the many mouth-watering ways bacon is served, sitting atop a maple- glazed donut has to be one of the most inventive. It’s a novelty that Voodoo Donuts in Portland, Oregon, claims to have started. These days, you can find the sweet and savory combination at most donut shops, including Vincent Van Doughnut in St. Louis. So go ahead and enjoy all things bacon, whether it’s scrambled into your eggs, set between lettuce and tomato, or, yes, even on a donut.
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