On 10/12/2015 9:24 AM, Gary wrote:
> They held a bacon festival near here last weekend but I didn't go. The
> newspaper had an article about it though. It also added some bacon
> trivia.
>
> - Bacon is one of the lowest priced meats. Prices dropped 25% last
> year according to the USDA.
>
> - Bacon is one of the oldest processed meats in history. The Chinese
> began salting pork bellies as early as 1500BC.
>
> - A 250-pound pig yields about 23 pounds of bacon.
>
> That's all. I TOLD you it was worthless info.
>

Not worthless at all. You never know when someone may ask "I wonder
when they first salted pork bellies?" and you'll have the answer.

Price of beef is way up and pork is way down. Lowest I recall in many
years.