# SDMB Bacon Lover's Club Vol XXIV:  Bacon Cups

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bacon-lovers-club-vol-xxiv-bacon-cups/448613
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 8, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bacon-lovers-club-vol-xxiv-bacon-cups/448613 "2008-05-08T21:57:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bacon-lovers-club-vol-xxiv-bacon-cups/448613/1 "2008-05-08T21:57:16Z")

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Ever sat there eating a salad, and thought, “Y’know, this salad is OK, but it would be a whole lot better if it was served in a cup made of bacon”?

Well, finally, our long national nightmare is over:

[http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2008/02/27/bacon-cups/](http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2008/02/27/bacon-cups/)

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### Author: ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bacon-lovers-club-vol-xxiv-bacon-cups/448613/2 "2008-05-08T22:27:42Z")

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I’m in!  
Perhaps on the greatest inventions of the last 30 years.

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### Author: ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bacon-lovers-club-vol-xxiv-bacon-cups/448613/3 "2008-05-08T22:51:55Z")

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Wow, that would go great with [fried butter balls](http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_34925,00.html).

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### Author: ![Jonno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jonno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonno)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bacon-lovers-club-vol-xxiv-bacon-cups/448613/4 "2008-05-08T22:55:13Z")

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[QUOTE=Lemur866]  
Ever sat there eating a salad, and thought, “Y’know, this salad is OK, but it would be a whole lot better if it was served in a cup made of bacon”?  
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Awesome. Then they can serve chicken-fried bacon in a bacon cup. Life doesn’t get much better.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460525&highlight=chicken+fried+bacon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460525&highlight=chicken+fried+bacon)

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### Author: ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bacon-lovers-club-vol-xxiv-bacon-cups/448613/5 "2008-05-09T04:26:34Z")

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Major hijack - We had a staff member set off the fire alarm at work, because he was trying to cook bacon - in butter…

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### Author: ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bacon-lovers-club-vol-xxiv-bacon-cups/448613/6 "2008-05-09T05:10:55Z")

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Yet again, [xkcd](http://xkcd.com/418/) has a strip to illuminate every facet of life.
