DailyDirt: Bacon A La Mode
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
Bacon is an almost universally-loved food item -- it's salty and fatty and meaty all at the same time. So it's not too surprising that people will try to add bacon to almost any dish. Everything is better with bacon... and here are some examples that test that assertion.- The makers of Baconnaise and Bacon Baby Formula have created a bacon-themed coffin for sale. For about $3,000 plus shipping, you too, could be preserved in a casket that looks like bacon. [url]
- Bacon-scented hand sanitizer is a great way to pickup stray dogs. Or to get your hand bitten... [url]
- Burger King has introduced a bacon sundae to its menu. It's not available at every location yet -- only a few hip places around Nashville, Tennessee. [url]
- Jack in the Box has a bacon milkshake that packs 773 calories into 16 ounces of bacon-flavored refreshment. No actual bacon was harmed to create this milkshake, just bacon-flavored syrup. [url]
- To discover more food-related links, check out what's floating around in StumbleUpon. [url]
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Jim Gaffigan loves Bacon
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Would You Like Some Ham With That Pork?
Trivia: English is just about the only language with separate words for animals when they�re alive versus when they�re food (�pig� versus �pork�, �cattle� versus �beef�, �sheep� versus �mutton�). Why?
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Re: Would You Like Some Ham With That Pork?
Maybe it was a shame thing, they felt bad butchering all those animals?
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I know! I know!
Because usually one ("sheep") has Germanic roots, and the other ("mutton" / "moutton") has Romantic roots - and it was a matter of class division. The peasants used the English words for the animals, and the upper classes used the Latin words for the prepared food.
Just one of the many reasons English is awesome and crazy for having not one but two major language roots.
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Re: Would You Like Some Ham With That Pork?
Because of the Norman conquest. The England-conquering nobility spoke Norman French, so they used the French names for the animals. But since they mainly saw the cooked food, while the (Germanic-speaking) peasants were the ones who dealt with the live animals, as you say, that�s how the names got divvied up among the living/food states.
Meat would have been comparatively expensive in those days, so it was quite likely a rare treat for those less well-off, while only the nobility could afford to have it every day.
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funny 'mericans
This.. well.. it seems to be mainly a North-American addiction. Fat + Calories + large portion = good food to a lot of them.
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