Back home in Australia, we do enjoy the odd bit of pork. Bacon is a common addition to hamburgers and pizza. Pork chops are the bane of children a good meal choice, and hams are often featured as not only as part of a Christmas feast, but are often the filling of sandwiches.
However I don't think that the addition of bacon to a chicken wrap would do this to us:
Bacon Chicken Wrap commercial from McDonalds, posted by rsemailinbox.
North America, what is it with your love affair with pork products? The stuff is everywhere, and in so many forms! Ribs, burgers, pork sausages of all kinds, pulled pork, pork sandwiches, pork chops, pork loin, pork roasts, pork rinds, pork and beans, hams, Spams and bacon bacon bacon! So much bacon! Streaky, back, Peameal, smoked, pepper, maple flavoured, hot, cold and tepid. So much bacon, so little time.
Now, the list above isn't complete by any means, but most of these are recognisable to an outsider. Pork and bacon is savoury, and definitely accepted by the Australian, even if we don't quite have the plethora of pig related foods in our everyday cuisine.
However we then get into the realms where Australians go, "WTF, mate?"
Image is from Wikipedia
That is a maple bacon donut. When a friend first introduced me to the concept of bacon being added to sweet things such as this, I was flabbergasted. Surely this was a very specialised taste?
It doesn't seem to be. More and more I'm seeing references to foods like this, where the very sweet is tempered with the salty meat.
I haven't dared try it yet, but I have to admit that once I got past my, "You're joking, right?" reaction, I have become quite curious. I've found food here is somewhat sweeter than I was accustomed to back home, even bread. I can imagine that the saltiness of the bacon would cut through that sweetness and make a nice counterpoint to it. After all, chocolate covered pretzels are rather good!
All this being said however, if I was a pig here in North America, I would be terrified. Here's hoping they don't seek revenge.
i've had the bacon donut. it's...surprisingly delicious.
ReplyDeleteYeah I totally don't get the bacon craze thing. I think it started as an internet meme that went kind of out of control. Most people I know don't actually go insane at the very mention of bacon, so I think it's one of those things that advertisers are trying to sell to us rather than something that is actually happening. But I didn't eat pork for 10 years growing up, so what do I know :)
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