On Pigging Out

I like bacon--especially when it comes to hamburgers. So you would think bacon-flavored envelopes would have me jumping for joy. It's certainly a better alternative than the regular stuff.

Still seven bucks is a lot to pay for 25 envelopes--especially in this economy. There's also the question of who you'd mail them to: certainly not a human resources department. And in these days of email, PDFs, and Fedex Kinko's, there aren't too many opportunities to use them.

But wait--there's more. Justin and Dave, the founders of J&D's (whose tag line is "Everything should taste like bacon.") offer bacon salt, bacon mayonnaise, bacon-flavored popcorn, and bacon-ranch dressing. And while I'm on the topic of things porcine, there's a book called Men Are Pigs, But We Love Bacon (by Michael Alvear) I've always been curious about devouring. Perhaps some day I actually will.