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The 'Baco' Bacon Shell Taco Will Either Make Baseball More Enjoyable Or Kill You

Drew Weisholtz — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:01:00 +0000

The action on the field may not be the only heart-stopping thing fans of the West Michigan Whitecaps see this season. The Detroit Tigers’ minor league team has announced the newest culinary delight fans can enjoy during games: “The Baco”. As its name indicates, the Baco is a taco with a shell made entirely out [...]

The World's Most Expensive Bacon Sandwich

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:11:25 +0000

If there is one thing the internet has taught us it's that people really love bacon. A coffee house in Cheltenham, England is betting that there are folks out there who love the cured meat so much that they would be willing to shell out 150 pounds ($237) for what they are calling the Bacon Bling sandwich.

Bacon Taco Shells Makes For a Delicious Heart Attack

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:55:13 +0000

A restaurant has finally pulled off what bacon lovers have long been trying to create in their home test kitchens. PYT, an eatery in Philadelphia, is now offering bacon taco shells. Because of the difficulty in crafting a pork-based wrap with structural integrity, PYT will only be selling 20 a day and for a limited time. “We’ve actually created a [...]

Bacon Could Become Even Better, Thanks to Genetics

Danny Gallagher — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:30:35 +0000

Bacon is one of the few foods on this Earth that is perfect and beautiful all by itself, it doesn’t need seasoning or melted cheese. However, that hasn’t stopped some scientists from trying to make it even tastier… The Swine Genome Sequencing Consortium announced they have cracked the complicated pig genome in the hope that [...]

This Kid Really Loves Bacon

Cameron Simcik — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:15:20 +0000

Just like our fellow testosterone-sweating, meat-loving friend Ron Swanson, we’re big fans of bacon. To put our love for the greasy snack into perspective, learning about the horrific pending bacon shortage sent us into a minor panic attack, but it’s difficult to fully encompass our feelings for the meat strips. Luckily, a bacon-loving middle-schooler has done that for us.

At Ease, Everyone: Experts Say 2013 Bacon Shortage Is a Myth

Donald Deane — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:15:46 +0000

Last week, a U.K. group struck fear in the hearts of bacon lovers everywhere when it predicted an "unavoidable" pork shortage next year. But now experts say there's no real threat of an impending "aporkalypse" here in the U.S. and that the organization's report amounts to nothing more than propaganda. Whew!

Global Bacon Shortage is a Horrible Reality

Cameron Simcik — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:36:05 +0000

We really don’t like to be the bearers of bad news. It makes us feel all sad and weird, like ‘Gangnam Style’ in an elevator. But this time, we feel that it’s necessary to relay said bad news, if only for your health: there is going to be a global shortage of bacon next year.