Today…. Is National Bacon Lovers Day and I urge you all to celebrate accordingly. In this world there’s nothing better than bacon whether it’s chocolate covered bacon or bacon wrapped tater tots or a tasty Daylight Donuts maple bacon long john, bacon is a favorite food for the people in the United States. You can find a lot of items also flavored or scented with bacon like popcorn, soap, candles, air freshener, and much more. So, it’s a great day to sit back and have a taste of a dish that includes bacon in it. Here are some little known facts… bacon helped during World War II. During that war the U. S. Government urged citizens to donate their excess bacon fat to the army and that fat was used to make bombs, no kidding! How about this? The average American consumes 18 pounds of bacon a year! Is that all? In Michigan you could go to a camp with activities entirely curated with bacon. In Las Vegas you can join a church dedicated to worshipping bacon and you could buy bacon scented cologne. Fifty seven percent of Canadians say they’d rather give up sex before they gave up bacon! And speaking of, you can buy condoms coated with a bacon water based lubricant.
Scientists have found that bacon addiction is real. They say it may top heroin and cocaine and also bacon was included in the first meal ever eaten on the moon. So eat up and enjoy!
