Bacon, redeemed

[ccharles000]

By Barb Shelly, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist

While paging through the latest edition of Bon Appetit, I stumbled upon some truly good news.

They have a feature titled "10 Surprising Superfoods," items both healthful and up to gourmet standards.

Item No. One: Bacon!

Says the magazine, "... here comes Jennifer McLagan, author of a book simply called Fat, telling us that 45 percent of the fat in bacon is monounsaturated, the good-for-you fat that can help lower bad cholesterol levels. Better still, bacon's monounsaturated fat turns out to be oleic acid, the same fat found in olive oil. So that means that some could argue that bacon is about half as good for you as olive oil and about 100 times more delicious."

I never would have guessed.

Bon Appetit goes on to include the usual caveat: "Of course, moderation is key here, and you should seek out artisanal varieties without preservatives."

So, I had two slices for breakfast. Not artisanal, but delicious anyway.

It's always cheering to see an item escape the clutches of the health police and achieve rehabilitation.


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[Richard Steele]

1. All foods fall into two categories:

1: foods that can be improved by adding chocolate.
2: foods that can be improved by adding bacon.

[jeff30997]

3. In that case....

I'm ready for a big chocolate-bacon sandwich ! :9

[Richard Steele]

4. I have a recipe for just such a sandwich...

It takes 24 hours of "prep time" to do it properly,
and a bowl full of dank bud to APPRECIATE it.

[cwydro]

2. Lol!

I love it when this happens.

Eggs are bad,then they're good; coffee is bad, then it's good; wine is bad, then it's good...now BACON!

All I know is my dear old dad has been eating bacon every day for just about all of his 80 years.

[a kennedy]

5. woohoo!!!

I love it, especially the double smoked kind of bacon.....yum.