Bourbon and Bacon Tasting at Netroots Nation

The UFCW Bourbon and Bacon Happy Hour is being held on Saturday, June 18, at Netroots Nation, in Minneapolis, featuring bourbon and bacon made by UFCW members. In honor of this event, here are some more interesting facts about bacon:

• America produces around 2 billion pounds of bacon annually, and a 200 pound pig will normally produce about 20 pounds of bacon.


• Seventy percent of bacon is consumed during breakfast.


• There are 8 different cuts of bacon: streaky, back, collar, picnic, jowl, gammon, cottage and middle.


• There are also 8 different types of bacon which are: Canadian, Pancetta, Ventreche, Proscuitto, Serrano, Guanciale and White bacon.

If you're at Netroots Nation, please join us for the event featuring great products made by UFCW members. If you're not, next time you're at the grocery store pick up some UFCW-made bacon and a bottle of UFCW-made bourbon and join in the fun from home.

Bourbon and Bacon Happy Hour

Few things are as interesting or delicious as bacon, and in anticipation of the Bourbon and Bacon Happy Hour being held on Saturday, here are a few fun facts about bacon!

Bacon is one of the earliest processed meats in the history of the world, first being processed in 1500 BC. The first noted reference of bacon was made by a London cheesemonger in the 16th century. The origin of the word bacon is derived from the Old High German word Bacho. The phrase, "Bring home the bacon" is based on the story of a couple from Dunmow, Essex who, in 1104, impressed the Prior of Little Dunmow with their marital devotion to the point where the prior awarded them with a flitch.

If your at Netroots Nation in Minneapolis, stop by UFCW's Bourbon and Bacon Happy Hour on Saturday, right before the keynote.