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Title: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: MillCreek on January 28, 2011, 02:58:12 PM
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/01/28/133304206/why-bacon-is-a-gateway-to-meat-for-vegetarians?ft=1&f=1001

Bacon.  Is there anything it can't do?
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: SADShooter on January 28, 2011, 03:15:52 PM
I'm thinking "defeat Chuck Norris in a kicking contest" is about it. Of course, the bacon might distract Chuck...Wait...
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Ben on January 28, 2011, 03:30:14 PM
Hurray for bacon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  =D =D =D
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on January 28, 2011, 03:42:09 PM
"bacon's suductive powers."

Oh, yes!

My HS best friend was also broken by bacon. Beanie is one of those people that honest to god just doesn't like meat that much. She is a bread person. So, when she went vegitarian in college, it wasn't so difficult... Until the bacon...

Took about three years, which I assume was more due to college cafateria food that could not tempt her. But her dads pan of bacon, on a vacation home, broke her and broke her hard.
 =D
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Gowen on January 28, 2011, 05:06:00 PM
My SIL swears that if you steal 2 pieces of bacon, find a dead cat and something about a full moon.  It will get rid of warts.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Fly320s on January 28, 2011, 05:28:42 PM
If bacon is a gateway drug, what meat equates to heroin?

Bacon = pot (I think it is more like crack)

? = heroin
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Brad Johnson on January 28, 2011, 05:29:24 PM
My SIL swears that if you steal 2 pieces of bacon, find a dead cat and something about a full moon.  It will get rid of warts.

I bet she also believes "free refills for life" really are.  :laugh:

Brad
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: bedlamite on January 28, 2011, 06:04:28 PM
Has bacon converted any Muslims yet?
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Tuco on January 28, 2011, 08:44:21 PM
My SIL swears that if you steal 2 pieces of bacon, find a dead cat and something about a full moon.  It will get rid of warts.

Don't forget the chant.  You cant be rid of warts without doing the chant.

"Bacon fat bacon fat injun meal shorts,
Swing a dead cat and swaller these warts."
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Tuco on January 28, 2011, 08:47:13 PM
Has bacon converted any Muslims yet?

What? Who? Me? No. 
I've been Chaldean since the 17th century.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: sanglant on January 28, 2011, 09:02:00 PM
If bacon is a gateway drug, what meat equates to heroin?

Bacon = pot (I think it is more like crack)

? = heroin
pulled pork
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: go_bang on January 28, 2011, 09:08:42 PM
Nah.  Not pulled pork.  Fresh cracklins.  That's your meat heroin right there.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: sanglant on January 28, 2011, 09:31:09 PM
cracklins is crack, keep your drugs straight man. ;) now then, what food is acid? [tinfoil] i could use some good visions(aka hallucinations), for a change of pace. :angel:
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: MillCreek on January 28, 2011, 10:01:19 PM
That would be Jamon Iberico Bellota from Spain.  I have never had it, but I want to.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: sanglant on January 28, 2011, 10:44:37 PM
:O (http://www.jamon.com/products/j-jm-07.html) too rich for my blood. :facepalm:
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Gowen on January 28, 2011, 10:49:36 PM
Don't forget the chant.  You cant be rid of warts without doing the chant.

"Bacon fat bacon fat injun meal shorts,
Swing a dead cat and swaller these warts."


 =D =D =D
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Tuco on January 28, 2011, 11:05:56 PM
now then, what food is acid? [tinfoil] i could use some good visions(aka hallucinations), for a change of pace. :angel:

Moldy rye bread.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergotism
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 29, 2011, 08:40:25 AM
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Some have dubbed 2011 as the Year of Meat. BaconToday.com is a veritable daily bacon news source. And in New York can you find Bacon-Palooza, an event NPR covered on All Things Considered last year.

It's going to be a good year.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: seeker_two on January 29, 2011, 10:27:00 AM
If bacon is a gateway drug, what meat equates to heroin?

Bacon = pot (I think it is more like crack)

? = heroin

Baked country ham......  :P
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: 230RN on January 29, 2011, 05:33:41 PM
I figure as long as we got cuspids and bicuspids, we should be eating meat.

And plenty of it.

Potatoes optional.

Gravy recommended but not mandatory.

And crumbled bacon must be in every salad.

And plenty of it.

That's what I think.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: gunsmith on January 30, 2011, 01:01:21 PM
it worked for me, I was a vegetarian-and decided to try a BLT. it was instant addiction
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on January 30, 2011, 01:04:57 PM
I figure as long as we got cuspids and bicuspids, we should be eating meat.

And plenty of it.

Potatoes optional.

Gravy recommended but not mandatory.

And crumbled bacon must be in every salad.

And plenty of it.

That's what I think.

You forgot the beans
 :police:
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Tallpine on January 30, 2011, 03:59:34 PM
You forgot the beans
 :police:

Bacon and Beans, the Cowboy staple  =)
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Scout26 on January 30, 2011, 05:04:44 PM
If bacon is a gateway drug, what meat equates to heroin?

Bacon = pot (I think it is more like crack)

? = heroin

Venison, any venison.  Cut into skewerable sized chunks.  Soak in McCormick's Meat Marinade according to the directions for at least 2 hours.  Shake the bag every 20-30 minutes.

Wrap said chunks in the cheapest, fattiest bacon (I get the $.89 package at Aldi, it almost has meat in the fat) you can find.  Impale on skewers and put in/on fire (grill) until the bacon looks really cooked.

Eat the best tasting meat your ever eaten.  Nothing will ever come close.  Nothing.  Ever.

It's meat heroin.

Various and Assorted Veggies on skewers optional.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Gowen on January 30, 2011, 06:26:37 PM
If bacon is a gateway drug, what meat equates to heroin?

Bacon = pot (I think it is more like crack)

? = heroin

Baked country ham......  :P

Ham hocks and beans!!

On a side note, could one freebase bacon grease?
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: go_bang on January 30, 2011, 09:56:18 PM
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I figure as long as we got cuspids and bicuspids, we should be eating meat.

Panda bears have them too, but eat only plants.

I bet they would like bacon, though.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Scout26 on January 30, 2011, 10:16:47 PM
Panda bears have them too, but eat only plants.


Which is why they are losing in the evolutionary Olympics.  ;)
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: vaskidmark on January 30, 2011, 10:39:31 PM
Panda bears have them too, but eat only plants.

I bet they would like bacon, though.

Why are you suggesting that any other species start eating bacon?  Is there a reason I am currently unaware of why the world supply of bacon should be shared with another species?  How will doing so advance humankind, or more specifically APS-kind?

stay safe.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: SADShooter on January 30, 2011, 10:43:18 PM
Skidmark makes a good point. I remember the lessons about sharing in kindergarten and elementary school. Thinking back, though, I can't recall that anyone ever mentioned bacon....
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 31, 2011, 09:12:55 AM
Why are you suggesting that any other species start eating bacon?  Is there a reason I am currently unaware of why the world supply of bacon should be shared with another species?  How will doing so advance humankind, or more specifically APS-kind?

Such lofty questions are meaningless when my doggy looks upon me with her big, sad, brown eyes.

Bacon shared.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: vaskidmark on January 31, 2011, 10:06:11 AM
Such lofty questions are meaningless when my doggy looks upon me with her big, sad, brown eyes.

Bacon shared.

You are not allowed in the bunker come the Zombie Apocalypse.  Zombies have big, sad, brown eyes, too.

We're not taking any chances with you.

stay safe.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Ben on January 31, 2011, 10:23:55 AM
Such lofty questions are meaningless when my doggy looks upon me with her big, sad, brown eyes.

Bacon shared.

Dogs understand bacon. That is why there is a special exemption in the Bacon Commandants for them.

In an Apocalypse situation, one dog is worth ten vegans.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: SADShooter on January 31, 2011, 10:50:27 AM
^This. The original bacon-sharing premise was based on pandas. The family dog would get a share of both bacon and panda meat.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Regolith on January 31, 2011, 11:20:06 AM
^This. The original bacon-sharing premise was based on pandas. The family dog would get a share of both bacon and panda meat.

I wonder if pandas make good bacon...
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: RoadKingLarry on January 31, 2011, 11:21:25 AM
Skidmark makes a good point. I remember the lessons about sharing in kindergarten and elementary school. Thinking back, though, I can't recall that anyone ever mentioned bacon....

 I routinely need to remind my wife that sharing is taught in kindergarten. Since I never went to kindergarten I never learned to share.

As for the pork equivalent of crack... Prosciutto maybe?
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 31, 2011, 02:16:52 PM
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The original bacon-sharing premise was based on pandas. The family dog would get a share of both bacon and panda meat.
I wonder if pandas make good bacon...

Such wisdom.


You are not allowed in the bunker come the Zombie Apocalypse.  Zombies have big, sad, brown eyes, too.

We're not taking any chances with you.


I don't think so. Anybody (you) who can't tell the difference between a zombie and a cute doggy will be made into bacon for the rest of us.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on January 31, 2011, 05:09:40 PM
I love my doggies. I share many tidbits of human food.

But no bacon. Why? Well, simple really, I DON'T share MY BACON!!!!!!!

One evening, after a night on the town, my friends and I decided to wrap up the evening with a late night meal at a local breakfast-served-open-to-close diner. One of the guys reached over to swipe a slice of bacon off my plate.

He almost lost his hand.

Do not ever touch my bacon  :police: and we can always be friends.  =D
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: sanglant on January 31, 2011, 05:24:15 PM
long bacon? :angel:
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: MillCreek on January 31, 2011, 05:28:05 PM
Can we all agree that turkey bacon is an abomination?
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: seeker_two on January 31, 2011, 05:40:00 PM
Can we all agree that turkey bacon is an abomination?

There is no such thing as turkey bacon.....turkey jerky, yes.....but no turkey bacon....


Do not ever touch my bacon  :police: and we can always be friends.  =D

Don't worry...you'll never catch me stealing your bacon....I'm much too clever....  :cool:
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 31, 2011, 05:56:25 PM
Can we all agree that turkey bacon is an abomination?

Amen.


I love my doggies. I share many tidbits of human food.

But no bacon. Why? Well, simple really, I DON'T share MY BACON!!!!!!!

Nice coat, Cruella.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: MillCreek on January 31, 2011, 06:01:43 PM
There is no such thing as turkey bacon.....turkey jerky, yes.....but no turkey bacon....
(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jennieo.com%2FASSETS%2FB818185584E548C499FE2E0338EA8459%2FProduct87020.jpg&hash=775ecd7b001bf626f6952ea8c00b7d51f2e09fbf)

Read it and weep, sir.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: SADShooter on January 31, 2011, 06:05:32 PM
And it's about as substantial in concept as unbiased journalism. Contradiction in terms.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 31, 2011, 06:36:28 PM
[picture of the "bacon" that dare not speak its name]

Read it and weep, sir.


We reject fakon. We banish those that flaunt it in our faces. Begone with you, sir!
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: RoadKingLarry on January 31, 2011, 06:43:22 PM
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Read it and weep, sir.


One of the clearest cases of false advertising I've ever seen.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Ben on January 31, 2011, 06:46:17 PM
One of the clearest cases of false advertising I've ever seen.

Not really. Nowhere on the package do they state that it's meat. It clearly says "turkey". As we know, turkey, like all fowl and fish, is a vegetable.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: 41magsnub on January 31, 2011, 06:52:05 PM
Now this is false advertising:

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Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: seeker_two on January 31, 2011, 07:19:56 PM

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One of the clearest cases of false advertising I've ever seen.

That's worse than dehydrated water......next thing you know, they'll try turkey sausage....
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: sanglant on January 31, 2011, 07:31:16 PM
hey now, our joooo brother's need bacon too. ;)
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: MillCreek on January 31, 2011, 08:26:24 PM

We reject fakon. We banish those that flaunt it in our faces. Begone with you, sir!

It is a travesty, I agree.  But I felt that Seeker had to know.  Better that he hear it from us in a supportive environment than from the Democrats.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: SADShooter on January 31, 2011, 08:46:15 PM
I respectfully disagree. We'll be eating soycon and egg beaters at Reeducation Camp Rainbow Unicorn 17 soon enough. Why rip away the poor man's blissful illusion so soon?
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: MillCreek on January 31, 2011, 08:53:18 PM
OMG! Egg Beaters! The perfect accompaniment to turkey bacon!   :facepalm:
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Tuco on January 31, 2011, 09:15:12 PM
Can we all agree that turkey bacon is an abomination?

My six year old daughter knows this. 
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 31, 2011, 09:30:58 PM
It is a travesty, I agree.  But I felt that Seeker had to know.  Better that he hear it from us in a supportive environment than from the Democrats.

You have a point.
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: seeker_two on January 31, 2011, 09:55:19 PM
It is a travesty, I agree.  But I felt that Seeker had to know.  Better that he hear it from us in a supportive environment than from the Democrats.

I knew....but I refuse to acknowledge that those turkey-SPAM strips have any resemblance to the holy meatness that is BACON......


hey now, our joooo brother's need bacon too. ;)

If they want bacon, they're gonna have to convert....bacon is only for us chosen ones.....  :angel:
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: sanglant on January 31, 2011, 10:00:53 PM
:laugh:
Title: Re: Bacon is a gateway drug for vegetarians.
Post by: Pharmacology on February 01, 2011, 05:28:06 PM
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That would be Jamon Iberico Bellota from Spain.  I have never had it, but I want to.

Ohhhh lord.
There is nothing like it, my friend.  There was this little restaurant on Carrer de Buenos Aires in barcelona....