5 Tasty Facts About Bacon National Bacon Lovers Day was <br />Aug. 20, but bacon can definitely <br />be appreciated any day of the year. Here are 5 facts about bacon, provided by Mental Floss 1. Bacon dates back to 1500 BCE Bacon is one of the world's oldest processed meats. The Chinese cooked salted pork bellies over 3000 years ago. 2. The first bacon <br />factory opened in 1770 Businessman John Harris opened <br />the first bacon processing plant in the late 18th century. He developed the "Wiltshire Cure" method, which is still used today. 3. The phrase "Bringing <br />home the bacon" goes back <br />to the 12th century Its origins had nothing to do with money. Churches would award a <br />side of bacon to exemplary married couples who had not argued for a year and a day. 4. Bacon helped make <br />explosives in WWII Households were asked to donate rendered bacon fat to create glycerin, which was used to make bombs, gunpowder and other munitions. 5. There's a bacon summer camp Ann Arbor, Michigan hosts Camp Bacon <br />every year. Check it out for bacon-related fun.
