More Bacon News

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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A man plans to barter his way across America using bacon (3,000 pounds of it)as his currency. Hardly a difficult feat, I would think, since it’s got to be worth thousands of dollars. Still, I respect the the imagination.

Two other stories reference in that first article:

  1. You can now be buried in an artificial bacon coffin, if your definition of “artificial” extends as far as “designed to look like”, that is.

  2. You can now buy burgers made 100% ground bacon. With bacon strips on top, of course!

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Of the marketing firm that came up with the gimmick?

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This may be a chicken/egg question. The guy (who according to the story is a comedian and actor) got Oscar Mayer as a sponsor. But… maybe Oscar Mayer hired him as an actor/driver. Only your bacon supplier knows for sure.