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SHENANIGANS!!!

Sep 24, 2012#1

Jay

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...tage_n_1909609.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

Sep 24, 2012#2

strawman

I'm surprised Michelle Obama hasn't banned it for causing child obesity yet.

Sep 24, 2012#3

Hailey Knight

Good thing I eat turkey bacon.

Sep 24, 2012#4

CrimsonSoul

Quotemander Prime said:
Good thing I eat turkey bacon.

You are a sad strange little man.

Sep 24, 2012#5

Hailey Knight

Sep 24, 2012#6

Yoshimickster

Really I'm on the fence about the whole thing. On the one hand said beef may be better quality due to less pigs to take care of. On the other hand...its expensive and may end up ruin a big faction of the food industry.

Really they should be doing this with the beef industries, for a multitude of reasons. 1.) Cleaner cows. 2.) So big beef will stop MURDERING THE FUCKING RAIN FOREST JUST TO MAKE ROOM FOR A COUPLE MORE COWS THAN NORMAL! Sorry to go on a rant, but its still a thing.

Sep 25, 2012#7

Terrik

You bacon me crazy

Sep 25, 2012#8

PatrThom

Considering that the pork lobby has been lobbying hard to think of new ways for people to consume pork for a while now, combined with the fact that we've been living in a pork glut (of sorts) for the last 10 years or so, I have to say a pork collapse was going to happen sooner or later.

Now if only we could convince ranchers to look more seriously at miniature cattle, we might be able to do something about the whole "not enough land/feed to support our beef habit" thing, too. People might have to get used to eating cuts of beef that weigh less than 3lbs in one sitting, though.

--Patrick

Sep 25, 2012#9

Gilgamesh

CrimsonSoul said:
You are a sad strange little man.

Nope, I eat Turkey Bacon too.

Sep 25, 2012#10

Yoshimickster

PatrThom said:
Considering that the pork lobby has been lobbying hard to think of new ways for people to consume pork for a while now, combined with the fact that we've been living in a pork glut (of sorts) for the last 10 years or so, I have to say a pork collapse was going to happen sooner or later.

Now if only we could convince ranchers to look more seriously at miniature cattle, we might be able to do something about the whole "not enough land/feed to support our beef habit" thing, too. People might have to get used to eating cuts of beef that weigh less than 3lbs in one sitting, though.

--Patrick

People eat 3 lbs of beef in one sitting? That's a thing? Man have I been missing out.

I am also full on board with miniature cattle, especially since hundreds of years ago cows WERE that small. TYW(Thank you wikipedia).

Sep 25, 2012#11

WasabiPoptart

Gilgamesh said:
Nope, I eat Turkey Bacon too.

Quotemander Prime said:
Good thing I eat turkey bacon.

Turkey bacon FTW!

Sep 25, 2012#12

checkeredhat

Turkey bacon is actuallly delicious. Still not as good as regular bacon though. But a much healthier alternative.

However, I still try to eat as little meat as possible, and try to keep it to only once a month if I can help it. So this won't effect me too much.

Sep 25, 2012#13

TommiR

Fear not, friends, for free market will come to the rescue. A supply shortage only means that the price will go up, not that bacon cannot be found. It is only some who will need to economise somewhat on alternative spending in order to obtain bacon, in accordance with their priorities.

Sep 25, 2012#14

Dave

I still don't like bacon.

Sep 25, 2012#15

North_Ranger

Dave said:
I still don't like bacon.

And that is why you have floppy man-boobs.

Sep 25, 2012#16

checkeredhat

North_Ranger said:
And that is why you have floppy man-boobs.

Actually, a distaste for bacon makes them all the more a mystery.

Sep 25, 2012#17

Frank

Bacon isn't making people fat.

Seriously.

Heart problems due to cholesterol and high blood pressure due to too much sodium, yeah sure.

Sep 25, 2012#18

Jay

Meanwhile, I'll have that 1 liter of Pepsi Diet.

DIET PEPSI IS A MYSTERY LIQUID THAT HOLDS NO BAD THINGS, ONLY GOOD THINGS

Sep 25, 2012#19

WasabiPoptart

Diet soda is the stuff migraines are made of.

Sep 25, 2012#20

phil

Jay said:
Meanwhile, I'll have that 1 liter of Pepsi Diet.

DIET PEPSI IS A MYSTERY LIQUID THAT HOLDS NO BAD THINGS, ONLY GOOD THINGS

The exception being all that diet Pepsi. If they could figure out how to get that out of there it would help.

Sep 26, 2012#21

checkeredhat

Also,
Looks like Canada won't be hit too hard in this bacon shortage.

"I think that's hogwash," Rosemary Smart, international marketing programs co-ordinator for the Canadian Swine Exporters Association (CSEA) told QMI Agency. "In Canada it's not an issue at all. We export a lot more meat than we can consume. If our (Canadian) consumer wants to eat pork we have a supply in Canada."

Maple Leaf Foods, the second-largest processor of pork in Canada, says that although it expects hog supplies to shrink in 2013, the decrease in numbers should be modest.

Sep 26, 2012#22

strawman

CANADIAN BACON.

Sep 26, 2012#23

Far

Also,

checkeredhat said:
Also,
Looks like Canada won't be hit too hard in this bacon shortage.

"I think that's hogwash," Rosemary Smart, international marketing programs co-ordinator for the Canadian Swine Exporters Association (CSEA) told QMI Agency.

Click to expand...

I found that entirely funnier than I needed to.

Sep 26, 2012#24

Bubble181

Considering the EU is still paying Belgian and French farmers to destroy their lifestock (including pigs) and/or not work their land for lifestock, because of the crazy oversupply and its bad effect on prices....I think we're ok over here.

Sep 26, 2012#25

Jay

checkeredhat said:
Also,
Looks like Canada won't be hit too hard in this bacon shortage.

/thread

Sep 26, 2012#26

Gusto

I will continue taking my pork products for granted.

Sep 26, 2012#27

Officer_Charon

Welp, time to convince my wife to let me join the RCMP...

Sep 26, 2012#28

checkeredhat

Just, FYI, not all Canadian police are RCMP. Some provinces have their own provincial police and or municipal police (In Ontario, the only time I see RCMP is if it's something ceremonial, or if I'm in Ottawa).

Sep 26, 2012#29

Officer_Charon

I know... I'm not a COMPLETE ugly American... *chuckles* I just think I could rock the Red Serge, and I like the concept behind the RCMP

Sep 26, 2012#30

LittleSin

Officer_Charon said:
I know... I'm not a COMPLETE ugly American... *chuckles* I just think I could rock the Red Serge, and I like the concept behind the RCMP

....like riding horses?

I tell ya, the RCMPs horses are impressive. The black stallions they have around here I have to look up and see their faces...they are TALL.

Sep 26, 2012#31

Frank

Officer_Charon said:
I know... I'm not a COMPLETE ugly American... *chuckles* I just think I could rock the Red Serge, and I like the concept behind the RCMP

The serge is the best part.

Everything else is shit, including everyone above corporal. BOOM.[DOUBLEPOST=1348712654][/DOUBLEPOST]

LittleSin said:
....like riding horses?

I tell ya, the RCMPs horses are impressive. The black stallions they have around here I have to look up and see their faces...they are TALL.

I went to the musical ride when I was 12, I think that may have been the moment I decided my future.

Sep 26, 2012#32

Jay

I want more HF Cop stories....

And more "Deal with It" pics.

Sep 26, 2012#33

Frank

Wanna hear what I've done in the last month?

Played video games, sunk into depression, etc.

Sep 26, 2012#34

Officer_Charon

Oddly enough, sounds sort of familiar.

Getting better now, though

Sep 26, 2012#35

Jay

Damnit guys, I feel for you. I wish I could do something about it.

Free Poutine and Guinness if you make your way to Montreal.

Sep 26, 2012#36

checkeredhat

Guinness?! Why not La Fin Du Monde?!

Sep 26, 2012#37

Officer_Charon

The Great Halforums LEO exchange? Using Quebec as the "neutral" ground?

I'm down. *chuckles*

Sep 26, 2012#38

Jay

LETS DO THIS!

Sep 26, 2012#39

checkeredhat

What, you don't like Unibrou? I'm shocked. It's one of my favourite things to come out of Quebec.

Sep 26, 2012#40

strawman

Officer_Charon said:
The Great Halforums LEO exchange? Using Quebec as the "neutral" ground?

I'm down. *chuckles*

Quebec is hardly neutral.

Sep 26, 2012#41

Officer_Charon

Is it a base, or an acid then?

Sep 27, 2012#42

Frank

Not a fan of stouts.

Sep 27, 2012#43

bhamv3

Officer_Charon said:
Is it a base, or an acid then?

It's an alkali flat.

Ok, not really, I just wanted to say that.

Sep 27, 2012#44

PatrThom

Frank said:
Not a fan of stouts.

It's an ale, not a stout. And quite a good one, at that. In fact, it was the main beer at our wedding.

--Patrick

Sep 27, 2012#45

Frank

Ah, never had it, I just assumed after it was suggested instead of Guiness.

Sep 27, 2012#46

Dave

http://www.slate.com/articles/busin...veryone_worried_about_the_price_of_pork_.html

Just sayin'.

Sep 27, 2012#47

checkeredhat

Frank said:
Ah, never had it, I just assumed after it was suggested instead of Guiness.

Not a fan of stouts either. Don't really mind the taste, but man they fill me up.
La Fin Du Monde is a Belgian style ale. It's 9%, but not at all dark and not very heavy. It's also won more awards than virtually any other Canadian beer. By all accounts I've heard, Unibroue beers are all amazing. Only one I've tried is La Fin Du Monde though, they're hard to find in Ontario.
http://www.unibroue.com/en/beers/family/actuelles

Back to the matter at hand: Yup, bacon shortage is wildly overblown. Gee, who'd have guessed?

Sep 27, 2012#48

sixpackshaker

Great, another reason for the middle east nations to protest...

Sep 27, 2012#49

Covar

stienman said:
I'm surprised Michelle Obama hasn't banned it for causing child obesity yet.

No one in Washington will ever ban pork.

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