It was over a year and a half ago that we pointed out that bacon had jumped the shark, but a Slate video somehow feels the need to remind everyone, yet again, that bacon has jumped the shark (and yet, no mention of the bacon takedown). Obviously these “bacon backlash” pieces have also jumped the shark. Will someone please, please suggest another foodstuff we can fawn over every day until bacon goes away? Can we start a revolution right here, right now? Heck, at this point we’d even embrace tofu—just not cupcakes, cheese or Spam, which have already been covered. Looking beyond the dozens of bacon dishes that have agglomerated on This is Why You’re Fat, maybe... “pork brains”?
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