A man has vowed to eat nothing but bacon for the month of February. No other foods. No condiments. He's even limiting his drinks to water and booze. Crazy, eh? But this is not just any man. This is Michael J. Nelson, former writer and host of Mystery Science Theater 3000.He writes:
"Bacon" shall hereafter refer to the cured and smoked fatty cuts of pork, either back, side or belly. In other words "American bacon". No "Canadian bacon", which is really just lunchmeat. No pork chops. No turkey bacon. No "tofacon" or any such horror. Just bacon.
I'd beg to differ on the "Canadian bacon" thing since it's actually peameal back bacon, which does fit his rules. But still -- this is a true sign of bacon love. Forget bacon baking, bacon martinis, and all of the other strange forms of bacon that have popped up recently. This is hard-core love.
Think he can pull it off?
2-16-2009 @11:29AM christopher said... he's a fool - he has completely forgotten about the jowl (guanciale). That's as fatty a piggy part as the belly and would fit into the month of bacon nicely.
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2-16-2009 @11:38AM harold said... Sounds like he's on the fast track to hating bacon, which is a damnable shame.
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2-16-2009 @1:21PM Samme said... After Feb he probably won't want bacon for a month or so, but he should be fine after he recovers from overload. He will probably also lose a little weight and gain quite a bit of blood cholesterol. Sounds like a good experiment to me.
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2-16-2009 @3:21PM bcurran said... Canadian Bacon here in the states is nothing like Canadian Bacon in Canada. The peameal back bacon is much different then what they call Canadian Bacon down here and much better too.
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2-16-2009 @8:23PM Marion in Savannah said... Too bad he's suicidal. I love bacon as much as the next person, but I also realize that it's not enough to nourish you for a month. Moron.
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2-16-2009 @9:55PM Bernie B said... I could do a month of BLT's
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2-17-2009 @11:30AM Astin said... Hear hear on the correction to Canadian bacon. I remember Tom Green being on Conan years ago, complaining that what Americans call "Canadian bacon" is what we call "ham". Heck, even finding those weird round pieces of ham can be a challenge up here. Canadian bacon is delicious pink peameal back bacon. Now I'm hungry.
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2-17-2009 @11:44PM Jules said... I do love me some bacon, but m'man here probably gonna wind up in the hospital. Spurlock almost suffered organ failure making Super Size Me. As gross as McDonalds food is, at least it has food groups. Nothing but bacon winds him up on a gurney getting prodded by a doctor, and pushing up all our insurance. Awesome.
I am gonna go get some bacon though. mmm...bacon.
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