It's International Bacon Day!

Waffle Day be damned. As officially decreed by a group of CU Boulder students in 2004, today is International Bacon Day. And unfortunately, the Canadians seem to have us beat on celebrations. The Official Republic of Bacon will be giving away free bacon to the first 10,000 Canadians to "Love" bacon on their Facebook page. And we're jealous, because we'd settle for Canadian bacon if it were free. Any Canadians out there feel like getting us some meat? Pat Kiernan? At least we can always go to This Is Why You're Fat for inspiration on how to celebrate.

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By Jaya Saxena in Food on September 4, 2010 12:13 PM

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inoyourider

"Any Canadians out there feel like getting us some meat? Pat Kiernan?"

Celeb crush, Jaya?

Just tell him what you really want...

ides_of_march

Bacon rules.

Kelles

...and tomorrow is International Angioplasty Day

Spirit of 76

"Settle for Canadian bacon"? There's nothing wrong with Canadian bacon, even if it is just a small ham invented here in the US. (Canadians don't eat American "Canadian" bacon.) Now, eight crisp, flat strips of bacon (a bacon press makes all the difference), a few slices of Canadian bacon, some natural casing real pork breakfast sausages, some fresh waffles with oodles of real butter and maple syrup (grade B, amber per Alton Brown), a few eggs over easy and hash browns and I'd be in breakfast heaven.