Bacon Today » england http://bacontoday.com Daily News on the World of Sweet, Sweet Bacon. Mon, 21 May 2012 17:39:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Maillard Reaction – The Science of Bacon http://bacontoday.com/the-maillard-reaction-the-science-of-bacon/ http://bacontoday.com/the-maillard-reaction-the-science-of-bacon/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 08:01:59 +0000 Mr. B. http://bacontoday.com/?p=1715 baconwich

There was some scientific discussion a few months ago that discussed the possible link between bacon and hangover cures. The connection had something to do with amino acids and their reaction with something or other in the body. (Very scientific, I know.)

There’s a new study now that expands even further on this concept and begins to explain why we like bacon in the first place. The story from the Telegraph includes the following tibit:

“At the centre of it all is the Maillard reaction, a chemical reaction between an amino acid and a reducing sugar which often requires heat. The acid and sugar react to release a huge amount of smells and flavours.”

This could mean that bacon is not a choice, but a way of life that’s hard coded into our DNA. 

Stop denying the bacon love that lives within and start to shout the love without. 

BACON! BACON! BACON!

– Mr. B

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Now imagine In-N-Out had bacon.

Can you smell it? Because it’s there.

An Astley Bridge man named Andrew Todd knows exactly what I mean. When he went to his usual gym to work out one day, he was greeted with a waft of bacon smell from the nearby restaurant. When he tried to leave, he was confronted by the gym manager.

Madness ensued…

We here at BT encourage a world of bacony love and we hope for the peaceful settlement of all bacon-related disputes.

Happy Holidays!

– Mike

Source: http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/3723636.___Bacon_smell_put_me_off_at_gym___/

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“the former lead singer for 1980s arena rock supergroup GTR as well as the frontman for lesser known bands like Moby Dick, Nightwing, Phenomena, and Bronz.”

We here at Bacon Today consider Max Bacon to be the single best rock star name in the history of mankind. Homer Simpson had his “Max Power” he got from the hairdryer, but Max Bacon is a true original if we’ve ever heard one.

Lucky us, we found an original Max Bacon autograph on a stained, wrinkled, & water damaged piece of paper — opening bid about $4 USD on eBay. Who can resist?

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