12/31/2025
Happy Belated National Bacon đ„ Day!!!
Bikes and Bacon at Barbers!
Bill E S
BILL-E's BACON, BURGERS, & BIKES
William Bill E. Stitt
Bill E S
The Last Ride of The Year Bikes and Bacon Breakfast Run!
BILL E's SMALL BATCH BACON
âStreak Oâ Lean -- Streak Oâ Fat!
âButtermilk Junction wishes all of our Facebook fans a Happy National Bacon Day!
âNational Bacon Day is an unofficial food-recognition holiday that is celebrated annually on December 30. The origin of this holiday is somewhat obscure, but it is thought to have been first celebrated in the year 2000.
âNote: As is often the case with regard to âunofficialâ holidays, there is some disagreement as to the proper date of National Bacon Day, & so there are, in fact, two different National Bacon Days -- the other one is celebrated on the Saturday before Labor Day.
âIn most of the English-speaking parts of the world, the word âbaconâ generally refers to what we in the USA know as Canadian Bacon, which is made from pork loin, rather than the streaky bacon made from pork belly that is most commonly referred to as âbaconâ here.
âBacon was a major component of one of the two main food groups of our American pioneer ancestors -- pork & corn (maize), which were often known as âHog & Hominy,â & which are said to have constituted the major portion of the diet of many, if not most, of the folks throughout the Old South.
âA curiously-interesting bacon-related tradition from MediĂŠval-Era England is the âDunmow Flitch of Bacon Tradition,â which awarded a Flitch of cured bacon (roughly half a side of cured pork) to married couples who swear that they have not regretted their union for a year & a day. Originating around AD 1104 at Little Dunmow Priory in Essex, England, the legend credits Lord Reginald Fitzwalter & his wife, who disguised themselves as peasants to seek the priorâs blessing; impressed, he granted them bacon, leading Fitzwalter to endow the priory to continue the custom for devoted couples.
âClaimants to the Flitch of Bacon award kneel on sharp stones before a jury of six maidens & six bachelors, taking a solemn oath during a mock trial every four years (leap years) in Great Dunmow. Winners parade in an ancient oak chair, whilst losers receive gammon (cured or smoked ham) consolation award.
âReferenced by Chaucer & Langland by the 14th century, the Flitch of Bacon Awards continued until 1751 post-Reformation, lapsed, then revived in 1855 via William Harrison Ainsworthâs novel, persisting today as a festive civic event.
âNote: The Traditional Irish Music jig entitled âThe Flitch of Bacon,â thought to be named for the English-Language idiomatic expression âbring home the bacon,â meaning to earn money or to achieve success, connects to the Dunmow Flitch of Bacon tradition through the literal act of winners carrying home a prized side of bacon as a reward for marital harmony.
âAdditional Note: If you do eat bacon today, we suggest that you try not to dream about it tonight, because the circa-1893 âKickapoo Indian Dream Bookâ states that âDreaming of eating bacon foretells the death of a friend & portends sickness.â
âThe photograph, depicting English author George J. Nicholls, a member of the Institute of Certificated Grocers who is dressed as a side of bacon, appeared in his 1917 book âBacon & Hams.â Nicholls was such a lover of bacon that he wore his bacon costume to the Covent Garden Fancy Dress Ball in April 1894, where he won the first prize of Forty Guineas. Now long out of print, âBacon & Hamsâ has been described as a ârare & collectible book.â
