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Bacon is the gateway drug, not just for vegans who become specialty butchers <http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2010/07/lindy_and_grundys_meats_butche.php>, but for Jews who grew up in kosher (or at least non-pork-eating) households. Writing in Jewish daily *The Forward* <http://www.forward.com/articles/139697>, author Lenore Skenazy <http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/> grapples with thorny issues of appetite and cultural identity, exploring the love/hate (mostly love) relationship between Jews and bacon: RELATED STORIES - Kabbalah Centre and Its Former Rabbi to the Stars to Pay $177,500 in Sexual Battery Suit <http://www.laweekly.com/news/kabbalah-centre-and-its-former-rabbi-to-the-stars-to-pay-177-500-in-sexual-battery-suit-6315924> *"Jews and bacon go together like Samson and Delilah: We know we're supposed to resist, but the flesh is weak. Heck, even the cartilage is kaput. Once the nose sniffs that sizzling scent of sin, all bets are off."* She even profiles Al Marcus, a Houston Jew whose company, The Grateful Bread & Other Good Things <http://www.thegratefulbread.com/>, started out making challah but now ships homemade gourmet bacon across the country. We were always the one child who had to eat awful turkey bacon instead of real bacon during childhood sleepovers. It wasn't until college that we tried pork for the first time. From there, it was a quick hop to pork chops, barbecued pulled pork sandwiches and all manner of piggy sausages. Bacon, we blame you for pushing us down the slippery slope to assimilation. On Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 9:23:14 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > https://bacontoday.com/bacon-festivals-2016/ > > > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
