Bacon Festival!

So last night the news was on while I was eating dinner and I never really pay too much attention to it because it's more depressing than it is good news.  Honestly, it's usually just on for the extra background noise because of my massive loathing for the sound of chewing.  But while I was sitting there munching away on my roasted chicken I heard the anchor say something about a bacon festival.  Even just hearing the word bacon made my brain immediately zero in on the news and completely stopping everything else I was doing - including chewing.  A bacon festival?  Umm, yes please!!  I mean seriously, what an awesome idea!  Sure American's aren't the healthiest in the world but who cares!? It's bacon!  I practically freak when I get the chance to enjoy something with bacon in it.  Sure my fiance thinks I'm a tad off my rocker for it but come on....bacon.....need I say more?

So I intently listened to the rest of the news story and in Iowa they had a festival devoted to the treat, get this....tickets sold out within 4 minutes of being available.  Madness?  I'm thinking Spartan levels of madness here.  I had to do a bit more research to see if there was just the one in Iowa but turns out lots of places have them.  There is one coming up in Chicago, Illinois on April 9th that completely sold out within 30 minutes of tickets being available.....AND the wait list for a ticket is completely closed.  Can we say America loves bacon?  Heck, just thinking about bacon this much is clogging my arteries XD

There are so many things you can use bacon for it just boggles the mind!  It's essentially been made into everything as well....bacon ice cream, bacon chocolate, bacon piece just entirely dipped in chocolate, bacon vodka (still not sure if I'd venture in trying that one), bacon gum, bacon breath mints, bacon on burgers, sandwiches, pizza, bacon in our salad dressing and the list seriously goes on and on...did you know they have an entire section on Think Geek devoted to bacon?  It really is insane how much we love bacon.  But don't worry I'm right there with you my fellow bacon fiends.

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