In the town near where I spent my summers at scout camp was a restaurant that some of the staff went to a few times a summer.  They had one of those marquee signs that you can change the letters on and one day it said “COOK WANTEO.”  It seems that they had run out of D’s and didn’t think we would notice.  We were there for breakfast and on the menu was a side of “chrispy bacon.”  I ordered it and so did Pat — one of my scouting idols.  We joked about the spelling error through the meal and when leaving mentioned to the waitress to tell Wanteo that the bacon was nice and chrispy.

Somehow this has seemed much funnier for the past 20 years.

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I have never heard of Frazzles before. But anything (well, almost anything) with bacon flavoring has got to be good. Crispy Bacon Frazzles as noticed via Sheeshoo’s Flickr photo below.

From a review… “an excellent bacon taste at first, then the corn chip flavor comes through. If Fritos ever came out with a Bacon flavor, then they would taste like these. My only regret is that the bag is too small.”

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Apparently on Mondays at Whiskey Road in Chicago they have an all-you-can-eat bacon day.

Photo by Stirwise found via the Consumerist Flickr pool.

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A Bacon Double Cheeseburger ad from the 80’s features a young Seth Green. IMDB confirms that he was in a Burger King ad. Mmmm.

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From Adclassix.com is this 1955 Swift Bacon advertisement.

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A company called Hotlix sells odd invertebrate foods like their line of cricket “candies” called Crickettes.  They have a bacon and cheese flavored one that you can order for $1.95.  I’ll pass on this one.

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Fisher Price apparently had a “fun with food” set #2127 that included eggs (shells that opened and cooked versions) and bacon. It’s a older set (1987-1990) so some people are selling them for pretty steep prices but the bacon slices look really cool.

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An eBay seller listed a bacon Swatch recently that had been unworn for $100.  Apparently these were available in 1988 which is when i was wearing at least one Swatch all the time.  Sometimes two on one wrist and one on the other.  No kidding.  But I didn’t love bacon enough to seek a bacon watch then.  I’m not sure I’m willing to pony up $100 for a bacon watch (their starting bid) - no matter how much it brings me back to 1988 and how much I adore bacon now.

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I like to buy Pringles but our local store has never carried any of these Pringles flavors…

• Chipolata & Bacon
• Smoked Bacon
• Bacon
• Smokin’ Bacon
• Bacon Ranch
• Hickory bacon

…so I ordered some from Amazon grocery!

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Their site needs a redesign but they have some nice bacon earrings. “Glossy, varnished poly-clay charms, each approx. 2″ long.”  Just $8.50 plus shipping and handling.

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