The Death of Baconmania?

If you ask me, bacon has never been better. Bacon at breakfast is great, but bacon isn’t limited to the first meal of the day. Just ask Frank, who has said famously, “Bacon is my favorite vegetable.” Or my brother Mark, who says, “Bacon is meat candy.”

The cool folks at Slate.com who put the following video together, however, think bacon has had its 15 minutes of fame. (Hat tip to Grub Street)

If bacon is less popular for the cool crowd, I’ve never been happier to not be a hipster.

Yes, bacon as pop culture icon might be gone for now. In my kitchen–and the kitchens of those who like fun and are wise–bacon lives.

What do you think: passing fad or culinary sine qua non? Discuss.

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categories Food and Pop Culture | Katie | datetime March 9, 2009 9:17 pm

  • By baconater, March 9, 2009 @ 9:57 pm

    my opinion is that bacon has been one of history’s most long-lived, long-loved, and one of the most cherished food items to everyone who has access to it (whether restraints involve religions or regions….i’ve always felt sorry for those unexposed to it). yeah, maybe it’s been marketed a lot more than usual in this past year, but also think about how many more media outlets (blog sites like this one) have come about in the last year. its all relative….and never forget…its all about the bacon.

  • By Adrian, March 10, 2009 @ 6:30 am

    Yummy….bacon

  • By Dana, March 10, 2009 @ 12:32 pm

    I think this helps support the notion that bacon is not a fad, it is an institution.

    http://baconbaconbacon.tumblr.com/

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