Bacon Recipes
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- Potato Salad with Bacon
2 pounds potatoes 1/4 pound bacon, cut in dice 1/2 cup water or bouillon 1/2 tablespoon salt Pepper 1 tablespoon minced onion 1/2 cup vinegar - Bacon and Cheese Sandwich
Slice of cheese Buttered bread 2 twisted slices of bacon - Shad Roe with Bacon
Strip of bacon. Roe lemon parsley potato chips. Butter - Hominy with Bacon
2 cups cooked hominy Thin slices of bacon - Curing Bacon
1 peck salt 500 lbs pork 5 gallons water 4 lbs salt 1 lb sugar 1 pint molasses 1 tsp saltpetre - Calf's Liver & Bacon
Calf's liver 1 lb bacon Pepper Salt Flour - Fried Liver and Bacon
1 pound calf's liver Salt Pepper 1/2 pound bacon 1 Tbsp flour Parsley, for garnishing - Clams with Bacon
Clams Bacon Toasted black bread - Calf's Liver & Bacon | Calf's liver
Calf's liver 3-4 thin slices bacon Pepper Salt For the gravy: Bacon grease 2 ounces butter 1 Tbsp flour 1 cup water Salt Pepper - Chicken Livers with Bacon
1 dozen livers Slices of bacon Seasoning of salt, pepper and lemon juice
About Bacon
- Bacon has become increasingly more popular since the 1980's and is now featured in dishes such as chicken fried bacon, bacon ice cream, and chocolate covered bacon
- An American Journal of Clinical Nutrition study indicated that a person who consumes more than 4 servings of Bacon per week has an increased risk of bladder cancer
- The World Cancer Research Fund found that the daily consumption of 150 grams of processed meats per day (about 6 strips of bacon) will increase the risk of pancreatic cancer by 50% or more
- Studies have shown that people who regularly consume processed meat are more than 40 percent more likely to die prematurely
- The American Institute for Cancer Research states that two strips of bacon per day can raise your risk of colorectal cancer by more than 20 percent
- Bacon is high in saturated fat which raises your bad cholesterol and is harmful to your heart function
- Almost 70% of the calories in bacon come from fat
- The bacon we know today originated in the 1700's when the side of the pork was cured with salt and pigs were bred specifically for this type of meat
- The Chinese were curing pork in ancient times, as early as 1500 B.C.
- The English refer to a side of bacon as a "gammon" and a slice as a "rasher"
- The word "bacon" was derived from the German and French words for "back"
- The British are often credited with creating a refined method of curing pork to create the bacon that we know today
- The expression "bring home the bacon" originated in an English church as a reward to men who went an entire year without fighting with his spouse
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