World Bacon Day 2025: 5 unique facts you need to know
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World Bacon Day 2025
Every year, World Bacon Day 2025 is observed on the first Saturday of September, and this year it is going to be celebrated on September 6
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Origins
While some say a group of graduate students at Colorado University started it in 2004, another says some residents in Bradford in Massachusetts started it 2000
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What is bacon?
Bacon is a salt-cured meat that is a slice usually taken from a pig`s pork belly or less fatty parts of the pig`s back, and is eaten and cooked to preferences
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Food in space
It is said that bacon was also a part of the items in the first meal that was eaten on the moon by Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong
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Dishes
While crispy fried bacon is a delicacy in itself, it is also paired with different kinds of dishes including burgers and pasta too
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