This Week in Bacon
The big news in bacon this week, BusinessWeek reports, is that bacon is big news.
Bacon is such an American staple that more than half of U.S. households—53%—report always having bacon on hand and, despite its demonization by the food police, per capita consumption in the U.S. rose from 16.8 lbs. per person in 1998 to 17.9 lbs. in 2007. Most of this growth has occurred not in the home but in restaurants—and not as a breakfast food.
According to Jarrod Sutton of the National Pork Board, “The food-service industry has led bacon growth by adding bacon where it hasn’t been before. It’s not just a breakfast entrée anymore. Bacon is becoming more popular as part of the other two meals…it’s become a complementary item to salads, sandwiches, and baked potatoes.”
Bacon is so now even Eliot (sic) Gould comes with bacon these days.
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Posted by: Salpy Kabaklian - 03/31/2008
Or even as dessert…http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2008/03/candied_bacon_i_1.html
Hi Baylen! I’m in Food & Drug with you.
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