Happy International Bacon Day!
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To Bacon Or Not To Bacon!
From Wiki:
International Bacon Day or Bacon Day is a holiday celebrated on the Saturday before US Labor Day (the first Monday of September). The fifth annual Bacon Day will be held on September 5, 2009.
Bacon Day is the traditional day on which bacon lovers express bacon mania. This is typically exhibited during social gatherings during which participants create and consume creative dishes containing bacon, including bacon-themed breakfasts, lunches, dinners and desserts. All are welcome at a standard Bacon Day celebration, even vegetarians, with consumption of soy bacon or turkey bacon encouraged for inclusiveness. The festivities may last all day.
Founded in 2004 by a group of CU Boulder (Colorado) graduate students, Bacon Day has since been publicized on numerous bacon-themed web sites, e.g. The Royal Bacon Society and Bacon Today, which have helped to increase its visibility. It has also caught the attention of the National Pork Board, whose article “2nd Annual Bacon Day Celebrates Bacon’s Appeal” erroneously declared Bacon Day to have been founded in 2008 (founded in 2004, the event is in its fifth year).
The International Bacon Day Blog estimates that Bacon Day was celebrated in five countries in 2008: the US, Australia, South Africa, Switzerland, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
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