Bacon as a Bookmark: More Common Than You'd Think
I love this story from last week in The Argus, which mentions a British artist finding a slice of bacon left as a bookmark in a returned library book.
I've used all manner of items as impromptu bookmarks over the years (yarn, movie tickets, bus passes, a dollar bill), but I don't think I've ever used a food item.
And the disappointing thing is that, if this is the actual book-and-bacon combo, it's not even in a cookbook. (Then again, the way some of my most-used cookbooks look, I may have well used a slice of bacon to mark a favorite recipe.)
The funny thing is that people do seem to use food as bookmarks. The article mentions the site BiblioBuffet, which lists instances of food used as page holder. Have you ever done such a thing?
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8 Comments:
Can't say I've used food as bookmarks but I have dripped plenty of things on to pages as I ate and read!
arm1970 at 7:08AM on 09/29/09
I am in the habit of using a piece of fruit leather to hold my page. It's always still sealed in plastic, though, so it's hardly scandalous.
wheatfoot at 7:39AM on 09/29/09
The closest I've come to using food as a bookmark is the half-size business cards from a couple of the local Philly restaurants, or a snagged recipe card from the market.
Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely the sort to read at the dinner table, but I'm a bit fastidious about my books -- my first thought about the bacon bookmark was, "Ugh, the pages must be dreadfully soggy from all that fat..."
avaryne at 8:24AM on 09/29/09
I'm with @arm1970. Then if it's a library book I try to get if off or tastefully disguise it. sigh. For some reason it's usually spaghetti sauce.
lemonfair at 8:40AM on 09/29/09
i love bacon and i love books, but never together!
this totally makes me cringe.
gastronomeg at 10:57AM on 09/29/09
Oh, that poor book. :( (And a waste of perfectly good bacon!)
I'm like @avaryne in that the closest I've been is snacks still wrapped in plastic. The idea of using unwrapped (and greasy! and wet!) food as a bookmark kind of horrifies me.
bansidhe at 5:32PM on 09/29/09
No, I've never done such a thing, and doing it to a library book is especially egregious.
chanterelle at 9:42PM on 09/29/09
It'd be great if it was found in a vegetarian cookbook....
firni at 9:53PM on 09/29/09