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Exploring Bacon: A Culinary and Cultural Quiz

This quiz tests your knowledge about bacon's culinary uses, origins, health implications, and its cultural significance.

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1 [2] Such use is common in areas with significant ________ and Muslim populations.

2 The preservative ________ is the probable cause,[36][37] and bacon made without added nitrites is available.

3 It is cured and smoked belly meat as in the U.S., but is usually shorter; one possible application is ________.

4 In ________, this is called pancetta and is usually cooked in small cubes or served uncooked and thinly sliced as part of an antipasto.

5 Bacon dishes include bacon and eggs, BLT sandwiches, bacon wrapped foods (scallops, shrimp,[27][28][29] and ________), and cobb salad.

6 The word is derived from the Old High German bacho, meaning "buttock", "ham" or "side of bacon", and cognate with the ________ bacon.

7 [34] Despite the health consequences of excessive bacon grease consumption, it remains popular in the cuisine of the ________.

8 Meat from other animals, such as ________, lamb, chicken, goat, or turkey, may also be cut, cured, or otherwise prepared to resemble bacon, and may even be referred to as "bacon".

9 The term ________ is a variety of unsmoked back bacon which historically was brined and rolled in a meal made from ground yellow peas.

10 [3] The ________ defines bacon as "the cured belly of a swine carcass"; other cuts and characteristics must be separately qualified (e.g., "smoked pork loin bacon").

💡 Interesting Facts

  • in the 1920s, Cudahy Packing Company shifted from exporting cured pork because of British tariffs and focused instead on domestic sales of canned hams, sliced dried beef, Italian-style sausage, and sliced bacon.
  • funding to help J-D's Down Home Enterprises start producing bacon-flavored salt came from a three-year-old child's winnings on America's Funniest Home Videos.
  • especially in the United States, bacon mania is a phenomenon among bacon devotees seeking to develop novel dishes and to gather at bacon camps.
  • during the Great Depression, R. C. Nueske used a panel truck to market Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Meats, including bacon, sausages, hams and smoked turkeys, at little resorts across northern Wisconsin.
  • the 5,000-calorie Bacon Explosion (pictured) was created in response to a Twitter challenge to develop "the ultimate bacon recipe".
  • the author of Everything Tastes Better with Bacon decided to write the book after having an epiphany involving bacon and sugar.
  • unlike most other forms of bacon, Zeeuws spek ("Zeeland bacon") from the Netherlands is sold pre-cooked.
  • the captain of the steamboat Natchez would increase his boat's speed by putting bacon and hog fat in its engines, and giving his men whiskey.
  • the book Bacon: A Love Story includes jokes about bacon by comedian Jim Gaffigan.
  • a Mitch Morgan (pictured), bourbon with a slice of bacon as a garnish, served as the inspiration for Bacon Salt.
  • a 1999 internet hoax led people to believe that a wealthy family in the 16th century would share bacon with their guests so they could sit around and "chew the fat".
  • Bio-Blend Fuels produce a biodiesel made from pig fat that smells of bacon.
  • bacon vodka (bottle pictured) is vodka infused with bacon flavor, created based on the concept of a "meat and potatoes" pairing.
  • "Teewurst" is a German sausage made from two parts of raw pork (and sometimes beef) and one part bacon.
  • Michael Kupperman's Snake 'n' Bacon are a pair of cartoon characters, a snake and a strip of bacon, whose conversations are limited to hissing (on Snake's part) and making bacon-related comments (on Bacon's part).
  • Burgers' Smokehouse is a California, Missouri-based seller of cured and smoked meats including bacon and hickory smoked, salt cured country hams, a specialty of the Ozarks.
  • miniature pigs are bred and raised as pets and for medical research into organ transplants rather than for bacon.
  • turkey bacon is used as a substitute for pork bacon at Camille's Sidewalk Cafe locations in the Middle East.
  • Stegt Flæsk, a popular bacon dish in Danish cuisine, has been described as "a dish of pork fat, and only pork fat, in parsley sauce".
  • National Pig Day is included in a handbook for first-year teachers as a day for activities including cooking bacon, making BLTs, and discussing where pork chops come from.
  • chef Bobby Flay highlighted a recipe for dessert using bacon from The Bacon Cookbook as one of his favorites.
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