Some grim news - bacon shortage coming in 2013

[Cakemeister]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/bacon-shortage-aporkalypse-sends-twitter-panic-mode-222803215.html

[Nephasth]

Plenty of pigs in the states.

Apparently Japan too:

[lordnacho]

[BadMouth]

Plenty of pigs in the states.

There won't be next year due to the drought this year.
People are already slaughtering their cattle because it costs more to feed them than they're worth.
I'm enjoying the steaks and bacon this year because next year it will be beans.

Maybe it won't be as bad with pigs since they'll eat anything.
Maybe that wild pig problem in the south will suddenly disappear, lol.

EDIT: Oh, and the government is forcing us to burn 15% ethanol even though it is corrosive, makes more heat, & gets less mileage per gallon.
It reminds me of the movie Idiocracy where they madate that gatorade be used in place of water, including watering crops.

[javeryh]

I haven't had bacon since 1997.

[Nephasth]

EDIT: Oh, and the government is forcing us to burn 15% ethanol even though it is corrosive, makes more heat, & gets less mileage per gallon.
It reminds me of the movie Idiocracy where they madate that gatorade be used in place of water, including watering crops.

Yup, I deal with this first hand in my field of work. We're still at 10% here, but the 15% is coming. We don't even get regular gas shipped through our pipeline anymore, it's all that subgrade crap now, this just started this past Feb. Just wait until the government implements more strict regulations on the amount of benzene in gas, prices will shoot up pretty good.

[HaRuMaN]

I haven't had bacon since 1997.

This makes me very sad for you.

[javeryh]

I haven't had bacon since 1997.

This makes me very sad for you.

I have my reasons.  It involves Taco Bell, Goldschläger and scallops.

[Vigo]

Did Taco Bell add too many farts to your taco?

[Hoopz]

I haven't had bacon since 1997.

This makes me very sad for you.

I have my reasons.  It involves Taco Bell, Goldschläger and scallops.

Don't hate on bacon because of that bad decision.

[SNAAKE]

blame epic meal time for bacon shortage

[ChadTower]

That almost sounds like a court ordered avoidance of bacon.

[javeryh]

I haven't had bacon since 1997.

This makes me very sad for you.

I have my reasons.  It involves Taco Bell, Goldschläger and scallops.

Don't hate on bacon because of that bad decision.

I'm 99% sure the scallops were the reason I got so sick but unfortunately I associate the smell of bacon with feeling sick to my stomach.

[HaRuMaN]

I haven't had bacon since 1997.

This makes me very sad for you.

I have my reasons.  It involves Taco Bell, Goldschläger and scallops.

Don't hate on bacon because of that bad decision.

I'm 99% sure the scallops were the reason I got so sick but unfortunately I associate the smell of bacon with feeling sick to my stomach.

You need therapy. 

[javeryh]

I haven't had bacon since 1997.

This makes me very sad for you.

I have my reasons.  It involves Taco Bell, Goldschläger and scallops.

Don't hate on bacon because of that bad decision.

I'm 99% sure the scallops were the reason I got so sick but unfortunately I associate the smell of bacon with feeling sick to my stomach.

You need therapy.

Probably.  It was quite the scene.  We were at some super-fancy restaurant where my parents and my wife's parents were meeting for the first time and I spent almost 2 and a half hours in the bathroom - bacon wrapped scallops coming out of one end and 3 big beef burrito supremes and Goldschläger coming out of the other.  The rest of the time I was sweating at the table.

[yotsuya]

Probably.  It was quite the scene.  We were at some super-fancy restaurant where my parents and my wife's parents were meeting for the first time and I spent almost 2 and a half hours in the bathroom - bacon wrapped scallops coming out of one end and 3 big beef burrito supremes and Goldschläger coming out of the other.  The rest of the time I was sweating at the table.

3 Big Beef Burrito Supremes? It wasn't the bacon, homie.

[Howard_Casto]

Heh... Taco Bell's stuff, much like McDonald's is only legally considered food.  I can't believe anybody actually eats that stuff.

Regardless that's no excuse.  Bacon is so awesome that if you throw it up it just means you didn't eat enough!  Time to fix more bacon!

We've never had a significant meat shortage in the states so I wouldn't worry about it too much.  A "shortage" usually just means that you'll pay twice as much for a while.  That is annoying, but in no way a reason not to enjoy magic pig meat.

[HaRuMaN]

Heh... Taco Bell's stuff, much like McDonald's is only legally considered food.  I can't believe anybody actually eats that stuff.

Anything on this planet you don't have a condescending opinion about?

Mamehooker?

[Vigo]

Name another place where I can eat a filling lunch for $2 and enjoy it, and I'll consider not eating at Taco Bell.

[HaRuMaN]

Name another place where I can eat a filling lunch for $2 and enjoy it, and I'll consider not eating at Taco Bell.

Your own kitchen?

[lordnacho]

Haiti

[ChadTower]

3 Big Beef Burrito Supremes? It wasn't the bacon, homie.

 

[Howard_Casto]

Heh... Taco Bell's stuff, much like McDonald's is only legally considered food.  I can't believe anybody actually eats that stuff.

Anything on this planet you don't have a condescending opinion about?

Is there any thread that you haven't interrupted for no reason just to post something negative?

[flashiv]

Heh... Taco Bell's stuff, much like McDonald's is only legally considered food.  I can't believe anybody actually eats that stuff.

Regardless that's no excuse.  Bacon is so awesome that if you throw it up it just means you didn't eat enough!  Time to fix more bacon!

We've never had a significant meat shortage in the states so I wouldn't worry about it too much.  A "shortage" usually just means that you'll pay twice as much for a while.  That is annoying, but in no way a reason not to enjoy magic pig meat.

Howard,
While I'll agree that Taco Bell's food is of questionable origin, I'd eat that any day of the week!  Of course it in no way resembles real Mexican food (TM).

[BadMouth]

[shmokes]

Name another place where I can eat a filling lunch for $2 and enjoy it, and I'll consider not eating at Taco Bell.

Your own kitchen?

Lol . . .   

Honestly, I don't get it. Taco Bell is pretty ---smurfing--- gross. And while direct competitors like Taco Time aren't gourmet by any stretch of the imagination, they're a damned sight better than Taco Bell and the . . . like . . . 20-30 cent premium on the food is probably not noticeable for most of us. I mean, obviously go with what HaRuMaN said first and just kind of stop eating gross food altogether as much as possible. But if you're gonna eat gross food at least don't scrape the bottom of the barrel when for a negligible amount of money more you can eat food that, while not particularly good, is at least twice as good as Taco Bell. Also, Hepatitis A. Why do people get Hep A from Taco Bell at an astronomically higher rate than from any other restaurant, and should this concern you?

[danny_galaga]

Haiti

[Gray_Area]

I passed that up on cable as a kid. A couple years ago, I checked it out on Netflix, and couldn't get past 15 minutes. And that was originally going to be Beverly Hills Cop.

[Cakemeister]

Woot! We will have bacon, but expect a higher price for it.

http://www.weather.com/news/drought/bacon-prices-to-rise-20121001

[Vigo]

Name another place where I can eat a filling lunch for $2 and enjoy it, and I'll consider not eating at Taco Bell.

Your own kitchen?

Lol . . .   

Honestly, I don't get it. Taco Bell is pretty ---smurfing--- gross. And while direct competitors like Taco Time aren't gourmet by any stretch of the imagination, they're a damned sight better than Taco Bell and the . . . like . . . 20-30 cent premium on the food is probably not noticeable for most of us. I mean, obviously go with what HaRuMaN said first and just kind of stop eating gross food altogether as much as possible. But if you're gonna eat gross food at least don't scrape the bottom of the barrel when for a negligible amount of money more you can eat food that, while not particularly good, is at least twice as good as Taco Bell. Also, Hepatitis A. Why do people get Hep A from Taco Bell at an astronomically higher rate than from any other restaurant, and should this concern you?

You guys are a judgmental lot.  I don't work near my home (or by Haiti,  ).

I get a $2 chicken burrito lunch about once a week, and skip lunch the rest of the week. That Taco bell is hands down the cleanest fast food place in the area. New building, and manager practically has OCD. I know the meat is low grade, but that is no different than any other place in the budget price range. The Arby's next door (Which I am used to being a much cleaner chain) seems to have a permanent stench of BO. I'm sure there is no shortage of ass nasty taco bells tho. That's why franchises suck. The place is only as good as the owner makes it.

[TopJimmyCooks]

Make the runs for the border. 

But seriously, following up on the Goldschlager/Scallops thing - I have a 10+ year food avoidance after illness thing.  Thankfully mine's just Jersey Mike's Subs and not something good like bacon or Tacos. 

To be fair, I really don't think anything was wrong with the sub, just got sick and haven't been able to get past the association. 

[Vigo]

For me it is nutty bars. When I was a kid, I opened up a nutty bar, took a bite, and found some greenish slimy substance I couldn't identify oozing out of the nutty bar.

[Gray_Area]

Budget meal is making your own. Healthier, too.

For me it is nutty bars. When I was a kid, I opened up a nutty bar, took a bite, and found some greenish slimy substance I couldn't identify oozing out of the nutty bar.

NIIce. That's a new one.


I had trouble smelling, or drinking, vodka for a few years after drinking almost half a liter straight on an empty stomach in high school. It was so bad because I DIDN'T puke. I was in bed all weekend.

Then eleven years ago I yakked after having a vanilla whey protein powder drink. Not sure it was the drink, but that's what stuck, and I couldn't stomach vanilla-flavored whey for a few.