We Were Duped! Deliciously Duped!

[MTI]

Bacon: Why America's Favorite Food Mania Happened - Businessweek

By the end of the 1990s, pork farmers were hurting and began vocally pushing their industry representatives to do something, anything, to stir up demand for bellies.

“Honestly, all of us marketing folks at the Pork Board were still wearing our narrow lean, lean, lean hats and talking about the Other White Meat,” Kline says. “But we had industry members saying, ‘You know, we’re getting a lot of sizzle around bacon out there. Shouldn’t we be talking about it?’

We all kind of get tunnel vision, and some of us marketing folks got really paranoid about it. We were talking about the Other White Meat. We didn’t want to jump on the fat side of things.”

[P.C.]

Originally Posted by MTI

Bacon: Why America's Favorite Food Mania Happened - Businessweek

By the end of the 1990s, pork farmers were hurting and began vocally pushing their industry representatives to do something, anything, to stir up demand for bellies.

“Honestly, all of us marketing folks at the Pork Board were still wearing our narrow lean, lean, lean hats and talking about the Other White Meat,” Kline says. “But we had industry members saying, ‘You know, we’re getting a lot of sizzle around bacon out there. Shouldn’t we be talking about it?’

We all kind of get tunnel vision, and some of us marketing folks got really paranoid about it. We were talking about the Other White Meat. We didn’t want to jump on the fat side of things.”

I always enjoy a nice turn of phrase, so the description of bacon during its down days as "porcine non grata", drew a good chuckle from me.

[Stoney]

Originally Posted by P.C.

I always enjoy a nice turn of phrase, so the description of bacon during its down days as "porcine non grata", drew a good chuckle from me.

I thought Michael Jackson was "the Other White Meat"...

[SwampYankee]

I thank them for their deception!

[John Galt]

Do you think they might be putting something in bacon to make it addictive?

[P.C.]

Originally Posted by John Galt

Do you think they might be putting something in bacon to make it addictive?

I have had bacon infused with bacon and can testify that the combination is intoxicating.

[MTI]

Yes, they don't call it "cracklings" for nothing.

[SwampYankee]

[aklim]

OK. A marketing campaign that took off because the product tasted good. How was I duped? I want to be outraged.

[P.C.]

Originally Posted by aklim

OK. A marketing campaign that took off because the product tasted good. How was I duped? I want to be outraged.

The Travolta/Jackson restaurant scene in Pulp Fiction,where Travolta extols the virtues of porcine flesh was the first volley.

[aklim]

Originally Posted by P.C.

The Travolta/Jackson restaurant scene in Pulp Fiction,where Travolta extols the virtues of porcine flesh was the first volley.

Saw the first 5 mins of the show and decided not to view the rest.

[MTI]

We all know aklim doesn't mind being manipulated . . .

[aklim]

Originally Posted by MTI

We all know aklim doesn't mind being manipulated . . .

First I have to see if there is manipulation going on. If you led the horse to the water and it drinks, where is the manipulation? If you give a dog a treat for a trick, that is manipulation.

[Antony]

The line I like about bacon is: "Bacon is the only food that makes everything you put it on better"
That's my $0.02

[aklim]

Originally Posted by Antony

The line I like about bacon is: "Bacon is the only food that makes everything you put it on better"
That's my $0.02

Not sure if it will work on fish but I doubt it.