Bacon mania

Bacon drizzled with a melted chocolate bar, a form of chocolate-covered bacon
Sodolak's chicken-fried bacon

Bacon mania is passionate enthusiasm for bacon in the United States[1][2][3][4][5] and Canada.[6][7] Novelty bacon dishes and other bacon-related items have been popularized rapidly via the internet.[8][9]

The movement has been traced to the late 1990s when high-protein foods became a more prominent diet focus due in part to the Atkins diet.[10][11] Since then, bacon-focused events and gatherings celebrating the food have been reported and bacon-related exploits have been featured in the media. Many have criticized bacon mania due to the promotion of processed meats.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bacon mania was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Jenkins, Kathie (November 6, 2008). "Baconmania is sweeping the nation". TwinCities.com. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
  3. ^ Lapan, Tovin (April 3, 2009). "Bacon Mania: Are U.S. Pigs Magical?". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
  4. ^ "Robin Roberts also talked about Bacon-mania, and the country seemingly going bacon-obsessed. 'Baconographers' say this is because bacon is a comfort food, and people are taking highly great pleasure in eating something that's nutritionally taboo, and then extracting even more bliss by exponentially increasing the decadence factor!" Tamsen, Trevor. "Robin Roberts Chats With News10 Goodmorning". KXTV. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
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  6. ^ Amy Grigg [Bacon, bacon everywhere:] Toronto gets reacquainted with a fatty friend, Daily Dish, Pantry Raid March 20, 2009, Toronto Life
  7. ^ Simone Abrahamsohn Get wrapped up in a sizzling culinary trend All over Hogtown, bacon is the new 'It' ingredient, Hip to the Strip June 10, 2009, Toronto Star
  8. ^ Meehan, Peter (April 4, 2009). "Bacon is dead! Long live bacon!". Salon.com. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
  9. ^ Marvel, Bill (April 4, 2009). "We are living in the Golden Age of Bacon". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on April 30, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
  10. ^ "'I'm a bacon fanatic,' he said. 'When I go out to breakfast, I order oatmeal with bacon on the side. Nothing tastes like bacon.'" "The fat of the land: popular, high-protein diet helps fuel bacon blitz". Rocky Mountain News. June 6, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
  11. ^ "So why are so many people suddenly so into bacon? James thinks it's about people taking guilty pleasure in eating something that's nutritionally taboo, and then extracting even more bliss by exponentially increasingly the decadence factor. A hot dog is bad for you. A hot dog wrapped in bacon and sandwiched between two oblong maple doughnuts is hard-core food porn." Jill Rosen, "Bacon nation."