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kennyc · Sep 08, 2015, 05:10 AM

The way people eat bacon around the world. Mmmmmm....Bacon!

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Crazy ways people eat bacon around the world

America has been bacon crazy for quite some time now.

From bacon chocolate to deep-fried bacon and beer ice cream sandwiches, it’s the ingredient that foodies have gone hog wild over. It’s not a new craze, but it is a growing one. Reports show that bacon was even popular during the Roman Empire, when it was called “petaso” and was boiled to be eaten with figs. The word bacon has its origins in Old High German — it referred to the “back” of the pig, where some bacon meat comes from, especially in certain countries outside the United States (we like ours from the fattier belly of the pig).

First introduced to the Americas by Christopher Columbus (he brought eight pigs with him on his big trip), and then again by Hernando de Soto, who brought mainland America’s first 13 pigs to Tampa Bay, Florida, bacon really hit its boom in 1924 when Oscar Meyer introduced pre-packaged portions of pre-sliced bacon to consumers. Since then, it’s been America’s favorite breakfast food, with consumption rising by 40 percent between 2002 and 2007, and continuing to increase by a steady one percent in the following years. In the past year alone, Americans consumed 1.1 billion servings of bacon at restaurants alone. Bacon sales are up 13 percent, and there is no end in sight for the pork party.
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