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Bacon lovers fear looming aporkalypse
Tampa Tribune, by Jeff Houck
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Posted By:Hazymac, 9/27/2012 5:38:02 PM
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| Nothing clears the mind quite like a bacon crisis. Only 48 hours ago, America was kvetching and wailing about the wicked injustice of millionaire NFL football players being poorly officiated in a meaningless game by a band of substitute referees. Now we have a new shiny object to distract us: A report this week by something called the National Pork Association in Great Britain says a bacon shortage in 2013 is "now unavoidable." The report said droughts in the United States and Russia have killed the corn crop, which means there will be less food to feed piggies.
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Mmmmmm, bacon! To understand the difference between involvement and commitment, consider your morning breakfast fare: eggs 'n' bacon: The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
calgrammy, 9/27/2012 6:07:15 PM (No. 8894633)
At $3.99 a pound can't afford to buy bacon anyway. $3.99 is almost a gallon of gas.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
KimoSaavy, 9/27/2012 6:11:27 PM (No. 8894637)
Is the pig the only farm animal at risk of extinction because of the diet fed to it. I think this pig story is far more insidious; less to do with diet and more with having a dietary source accessible to more people around the world who hate eating pigs for whatever reason.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 9/27/2012 6:32:06 PM (No. 8894672)
Feral Hog---Good
Feral Government---Bad, very bad.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Bazi, 9/27/2012 6:35:50 PM (No. 8894678)
I prefer a pork loin roast with sauerkraut.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Babyblueeyes, 9/27/2012 6:36:26 PM (No. 8894680)
Not to worry. The pig people have reversed this. There is no pig problem.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Merrijane, 9/27/2012 6:43:15 PM (No. 8894691)
No coming shortage, just price increases. It's all due to the price of corn sky-rocketing.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
smidgen, 9/27/2012 6:46:30 PM (No. 8894696)
Just a prelude to not having pork around to offend muslims! Can't "ban" it so will just not have it available.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 9/27/2012 6:54:56 PM (No. 8894708)
What about spam, spam, spam, spam, spam and eggs? That ain't got much spam in it...
(with thanks to Monty Python)
With the cost of bacon these days - even the skinny little strips - I may have to resort to spam, or cheap sausages.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Phil_hk, 9/27/2012 7:20:11 PM (No. 8894735)
I thought this was a new nickname for Hillary CXlinton
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
SoCalGal, 9/27/2012 7:37:45 PM (No. 8894758)
The Brits' bacon (more meaty than our "streaky bacon") used to come from Denmark.
Here's what it is:
http://www.zingermanscampbacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Spencers-Bacon-Raw3.jpg
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
snakeoil, 9/27/2012 8:14:27 PM (No. 8894816)
In Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island the pirate at the Admiral Benbow Inn, Billy Bones, wants the same thing for all of his meals: bacon, eggs, and rum. Lordie what I would give for any of the three. I have soy bacon, egg beaters, and diet Snapple.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
cartcart, 9/27/2012 8:22:07 PM (No. 8894831)
No bacon means we all move to ham--at least in some circles!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Chippewa, 9/27/2012 9:00:35 PM (No. 8894902)
Corn would not be a problem if we stopped stupidly turning it into gasoline.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Shimp, 9/27/2012 9:57:30 PM (No. 8894970)
I am moving to turkey franks, not pork.
I am saving pork franks to put in a baggy for my muslim neighbors front porch.....in the morning.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 9/28/2012 12:35:33 AM (No. 8895165)
Wouldn't be a problem if we stopped using ethanol and allowed farmers to farm without gov interference.
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