Bacon as a Gateway Meat
From yesterday's New York Times: " 'We find over and over again that bacon is the conversion meat,' Ms. Standen said. 'Bacon is how vegetarians change their minds.' " Not an entirely new concept (we've heard it before), but we always like pointing it out.
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8 Comments:
A truer statement may never have been published in the Grey Lady.
kitchengeeking at 11:42AM on 12/20/07
I've had at least three friends who came back for the bacon, and another who created a "bacon exemption" to her vegetarianism.
Michelle_of_Montreal at 12:09PM on 12/20/07
As a former veghead (of 16 years no less) I have to be truthfull... it was bacon which done it. Damn you pig!
EBofSpiceDish at 12:25PM on 12/20/07
For me it was a hot dog. There is something magical about cured meats.
Kerosena at 12:36PM on 12/20/07
Bacon, while seemingless harmless in itself, is often a stepping stone to more serious pork products.
zapatista at 4:15PM on 12/20/07
It was ribs for me.
planetneutral at 8:05PM on 12/20/07
it was prime rib for me... i once had a vegetarian boyfriend who ate bacon, because it was "candy meat".
cybercita at 10:22PM on 12/20/07
Padma Lakshmi, in an interview on The Splendid Table, said that her mother encouraged her to eat meat (so as to be more American), then wanted her to switch back to vegetarianism (for health reasons). There was no turning back, though, once she'd tasted bacon.
floretbroc at 1:15PM on 12/21/07