Well Bob, I justify bacon on the basis that it also has protein. But tasting good and smelling good and going well with the cholesterol in eggs is a bonus.
There is now [here anyway] some bacon which is not filled with water and is cured in the old style, which means it doesn't just steam when cooked. Bacon, like eggs, is nothing like the good old days.
Incidentally, the nitrite in cutting fluids was banned because it reacts with amines in people's stomachs to form highly carcinogenic nitrosamines. The amines are in various chemicals which can be accidentally inhaled or ingested. I suppose nitrite in bacon isn't banned because it's traditional and has existing use rights, like cigarettes. It would be difficult to get approval to introduce cigarettes as a product these days. Or lead sweeteners for wine.
I keep bacon for special occasions now, such as if I get hold of good eggs, [figuring that it's the bad habits that kill people and the occasional fun isn't too risky].
Bacon, eggs, tomato, toast, marmalade, tea, fresh orange juice on a sunny summer morning out on the deck. Life is good at times.
Mq
PS: Has anyone spotted any deflation running around their neighbourhood? Are we scared yet? And I don't want any of that pretender-to-the-throne 'disinflation', which apparently means we have inflation but the inflation rate is reducing - which some say we should worry about since we don't have the real thing. |
