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Bacon is believed to have originated thousands of years ago, when the Chinese would cure pork belly in salt and serve it as an early form of bacon. The Roman Empire was then thought to have picked up on this curing method,{{Cite news|url=https://www.baconscouts.com/bacon-facts/bacon-history/|title=Bacon History|last=|first=|date=|work=Bacon Scouts|access-date=2018-09-18|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thespruceeats.com/history-of-bacon-1807563|title=A Short History of Bacon|last=Filippone|first=Peggy Trowbridge|date=2018-04-19|work=The Spruce Eats|access-date=2018-09-18}} developing their own early form of bacon called “petaso”, which they served with wine. Bacon quickly became an essential ingredient in Roman and Anglo-Saxon cooking.

Bacon wrapped food is a style of food preparation, where bacon is wrapped around other ingredients or dishes{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/18/bacon-wrapped-recipe_n_1951485.html|title=Bacon-Wrapped Recipes: How To Eat Bacon With Everything|last=Thomson|first=Julie R.|date=2012-10-11|work=Huffington Post|access-date=2018-09-19|language=en-AU}}, and either grilled, fried, or baked.

Angels on Horseback is a popular bacon wrapped dish served commonly served in the United Kingdom, that was popularised by the Victorians in England.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cooksinfo.com/angels-on-horseback|title=Angels on Horseback|last=|first=|date=|work=Cook's Info|access-date=2018-09-19|language=en-US}} They are made by wrapping bacon around shucked oysters, and then either broiling or grilling them.{{Cite news|url=https://britishfoodhistory.com/2012/03/08/angels-and-devils-on-horseback/|title=Angels and Devils on Horseback|last=|first=|date=2012-03-08|work=British Food: A History|access-date=2018-09-20|language=en-US}} Some people choose to skewer the bacon to the oysters with a toothpick prior to cooking. It is speculated that the term “angel” was derived from how the edges of the oysters would curl upon cooking, and was thought to approximate the appearance of angel wings. This dish is generally served hot as an appetiser or a snack after meals, alongside buttered toast,{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19790821&id=k3w1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=LOIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4963,6627011|title='Angels on horseback' a classic savory|last=Claiborne|first=Craig|website=|publisher=The Register-Guard|page=59|year=1979|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-09-30}} where the toast is traditionally cut into triangles. Certain variations of this dish exist, including using shrimp or scallops in replacement to the oysters. Another variation is marinating the oysters prior to wrapping in bacon or pancetta, and serving with herbs and butter in the oyster shell instead of toast. Some versions also use hotdogs and processed cheese slices instead of oysters. Other versions serve the dish with lemon and parsley.{{Cite journal|last=Corson|first=Juliet|title=Dishes For Sultry Weather|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/05/03/105747970.pdf|journal=The New York Times|volume=|pages=|via=}}

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Devils on Horseback is a dish that consists normally of bacon wrapped prunes that originated from the United Kingdom. It is made by stuffing a dried prune with chutney, then wrapping it in bacon and grilling it. It is then placed on buttered toast, given a grating of cheese, and broiled before serving. Other versions of this dish steep the prunes in alcohol, such as Cognac and Armagnac{{Cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2012/12/19/how-to-make-the-best-devils-on-horseback-3321836/|title=How to make devils on horseback|last=Scott|first=Chloe|date=2012-12-19|work=Metro|access-date=2018-09-19|language=en-GB}} prior to stuffing and grilling, or use dates or apricots{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/mar/27/nigel-slater-devils-horseback-classic|title=Nigel Slater's classic devils on horseback recipe|last=Slater|first=Nigel|date=2011-03-27|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-09-20}} as opposed to prunes. Thomasina Miers, co-founder of Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca, has her own version of Devils on a Horseback where the prunes are soaked in a mixture of Earl Grey tea, Chile de árbol, allspice, and brandy prior to being wrapped in bacon and cooked, and is described by the Metro as “The most modern, racy spin” on Devils on Horseback. Chef Martha Stewart’s version of this dish involves stuffing dates with Stilton cheese before wrapping them in bacon.{{Cite news|url=https://www.marthastewart.com/346586/devils-on-horseback|title=Devils on Horseback|last=Stewart|first=Martha|date=2011-04-23|work=Martha Stewart|access-date=2018-09-20|language=en}} The name Devils on Horseback is derived from Angels on Horseback, a similar dish that uses seafood instead of dried fruit.

Pigs in a Blanket is a dish commonly served in the United States and United Kingdom. In the United States, this dish is normally made by baking hot dogs or Vienna sausages wrapped in biscuit or croissant dough. However in the United Kingdom, it is typically made by wrapping sausages or chipolatas in bacon, and then baking them.{{Cite news|url=http://visionlaunch.com/who-invented-pigs-in-a-blanket/|title=Who Invented Pigs in a Blanket|last=Zorn|first=Marc|date=2014-08-05|work=Vision Launch|access-date=2018-09-18|language=en-US}} This dish is believed to have first been found in Betty Crocker’s Cooking for Kids Cookbook, which was published in 1957.{{Cite news|url=https://foodimentary.com/2012/04/24/origins-of-pigs-in-a-blanket/|title=Origins of Pigs in a Blanket|last=Hopkins|first=John-Bryan|date=2012-04-24|work=Foodimentary|access-date=2018-09-21|language=en-US}} It is considered a very popular dish, normally served as an appetiser or hors d’oeuvre. Furthermore, April 24th of every year has been dedicated as Pigs in a Blanket Day.{{Cite news|url=https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/pig-in-a-blanket-day/|title=Pig In A Blanket Day|last=|first=|date=|work=Days Of The Year|access-date=2018-09-18|language=en-US}}

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The Bacon Explosion is a bacon wrapped dish developed by Burnt Finger BBQ team members Jason Day and Aaron Chronister.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/dining/28bacon.html|title=The Bacon Explosion: Take Bacon. Add Sausage. Blog.|last=Darlin|first=Damon|date=2009-01-27|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-09-19|language=en}} The recipe for the dish was initially posted onto www.bbqaddicts.com, Day’s food blog, and is described to consists of “two pounds of bacon woven through and around two pounds of sausage and slathered in barbecue sauce.”{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbqaddicts.com/recipes/pork/bacon-explosion/|title=Bacon Explosion: The BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes|last=Day|first=Jason|date=2008-12-23|work=BBQ Addicts|access-date=2018-09-20|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/4399224/Bacon-Explosion-recipe-is-most-popular-on-the-web.html|title=Bacon Explosion recipe is most popular on the web|last=Singh|first=Anita|date=2009-01-30|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-09-21|language=en-GB}} The blog post then went viral in 2009, earning coverage by news sites such as The Telegraph and even onto the front page of the New York Times. It was named “the most downloaded recipe in the history of the internet”{{Cite web|url=https://www.burntfingerbbq.com/pages/our-story|title=Our Story|last=|first=|date=|website=Burnt Finger BBQ|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-09-20}}, and has since attracted more than 500,000 page views. The entire dish contains over 5,000 kilocalories and 500 grams of fat, and was described by the New York Times to be “certainly not the vegetarians and health fanatics.”

Today, bacon is said to be a never-ending trend.{{Cite news|url=https://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/why-bacon-trend-will-never-end|title=Why the Bacon Trend Will Never End|last=Ozersky|first=Josh|date=2014-11-03|work=Food & Wine|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en}} It has resulted in bacon mania,{{Cite news|url=https://www.twincities.com/2008/11/05/americans-are-going-hog-wild-over-bacon/|title=Americans are going hog wild over bacon|last=Jenkins|first=Kathie|date=2008-11-05|work=Twin Cities|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en-US}} and bacon wrapped food is just one of the byproducts of this phenomena.

Tasty, a Facebook cooking channel run by the company Buzzfeed,{{Cite news|url=http://fortune.com/2016/01/19/buzzfeed-tasty-proper-tasty/|title=BuzzFeed's Foodie Channels Are Blowing Up on Facebook|last=Griffith|first=Erin|date=2016-01-19|work=Fortune|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en}} has made many videos featuring bacon-wrapped recipes. They include bacon wrapped meatballs,{{Cite web|url=https://tasty.co/recipe/bbq-bacon-onion-meatball-bomb|title=BBQ Bacon Onion–Wrapped Meatballs|last=Abernathy|first=Pierce|date=|website=tasty.co|publisher=Tasty|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-10-01}} burger rolls,{{Cite web|url=https://tasty.co/recipe/bacon-wrapped-burger-roll|title=Bacon-wrapped Burger Roll|last=Broadfoot|first=Robert|date=|website=tasty.co|publisher=Tasty|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-10-01}} potatoes,{{Cite web|url=https://tasty.co/recipe/grilled-potato-volcanoes|title=Grilled Potato Volcanoes|last=Nolan|first=Claire|date=|website=tasty.co|publisher=Tasty|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-10-01}} garlic knots,{{Cite web|url=https://tasty.co/recipe/bacon-wrapped-parmesan-garlic-knots|title=Bacon-Wrapped Parmesan Garlic Knots|last=Carter|first=Betsy|date=|website=tasty.co|publisher=Tasty|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-10-01}} and mozzarella sticks.{{Cite web|url=https://tasty.co/recipe/bacon-chicken-wrapped-mozzarella-sticks|title=Bacon Chicken Wrapped Mozzarella Sticks|last=Aubin|first=Katie|date=|website=tasty.co|publisher=Tasty|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-10-01}} Some of their content has gone viral, with one of their videos titled “Ultimate Bacon Recipes” receiving over 9 million views on Facebook,{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtastygrill/videos/2158890854363552/|title=Ultimate Bacon Recipes|last=|first=|date=2017-12-17|website=Facebook|archive-url=|archive-date=2018-09-29|access-date=}} and 1 million views on Youtube.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bSDtlARvPI|title=Ultimate Bacon Recipes|last=|first=|date=2017-12-09|website=Youtube|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-09-29}}

Sorted Food, a popular British cooking Youtube channel based in the England,{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sortedfood-four-friends-become-stars-of-huge-advertising-campaign-after-hit-youtube-cookery-show-a6669571.html|title=SortedFood: Four friends become stars of huge advertising campaign after hit YouTube cookery show|last=Burrell|first=Ian|date=2015-09-27|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en-GB}} have also featured bacon wrapped recipes on their channel, some of which have gone viral. Their video titled “Full Christmas Dinner Cookalong… SORTED!” featured two members of the channel Chef Ben Ebbrell and Jamie Spafford cooking what they called “Figs in Blankets”, which were figs wrapped in bacon and cooked under a grill with maple syrup.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpFsebeKAcc|title=Full Christmas Dinner Cookalong… SORTED!|last=|first=|date=2014-12-09|website=YouTube|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-09-29}} Another video titled “THE ULTIMATE BACON SANDWICH BATTLE”,{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJW2gCpNURA|title=THE ULTIMATE BACON SANDWICH BATTLE|last=|first=|date=2017-10-01|website=Youtube|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-09-30}} featured Sorted Food member Barry Taylor cooking a “Bacon Weave Kimchi Grilled Cheese”. This is a grilled cheese stuffed with a kimchi cheese sauce and gochujang, wrapped in a bacon weave,{{Cite news|url=https://sortedfood.com/recipe/14307|title=Barry's Bacon Wrapped Kimchi Grilled Cheese|last=Taylor|first=Barry|date=|work=SORTEDfood|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en}} a lattice pattern made of bacon popularised by the Youtube cooking channel Epic Meal Time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8u8Z3bUQfs|title=All Bacon Burger - Epic Meal Time|last=|first=|date=2014-04-08|website=Youtube|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-10-01}}

Bacon Mania has had profound effects all around the world, but more specifically, around the United States. In September of 2010, a Chicago Mercantile Exchange report reported that since 1998, there has been a steady increase in pork belly prices, the cut of meat with which bacon is made of. Furthermore, they also reported that as of August 2010, frozen pork belly stocks have dropped significantly, hitting their lowest level since October 2007.{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=2010-09-10|title=Daily Livestock Report|url=http://www.dailylivestockreport.com/documents/dlr%209-10-2010.pdf|journal=CME Group|volume=8|pages=1|via=}} This is believed to be due to the fact that buyers used to purchase frozen pork belly when it was still considered a “seasonal treat”, and resell them at a high price when demands for them were high. However, in recent years, people no longer viewed bacon as a “seasonal treat”, and instead consumed them year-round. This lead for the demand for frozen pork bellies to decline, and an increase in the demand for fresh pork belly that would be turned into bacon.{{Cite news|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-are-we-so-crazy-for-bacon-20784529/|title=Why Are We So Crazy for Bacon?|last=Shen|first=Aviva|date=2012-01-17|work=Smithsonian|access-date=2018-10-16|language=en}}

As of 2013, bacon sales in the United States reached 4 billion dollars, with each American consuming an average of 17.9 pounds of bacon annually.{{Cite news|url=https://expandedramblings.com/index.php/bacon-statistics/|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Bacon|date=2014-05-13|work=DMR|access-date=2018-10-16|language=en-US}}

Various different opinions circulate about the health risks associated with the consumption of bacon. The World Cancer Research Fund, a non profit organisation focused on cancer research and cancer prevention{{Cite web|url=https://www.wcrf.org/int/about-us/who-we-are-what-we-do|title=Who we are & what we do|last=|first=|date=|website=www.wcrf.org|publisher=World Cancer Research Fund International|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-10-16}}, carried out research on just this. They conducted an investigation on 51 million people. The results obtained showed that the frequent consumption of processed meats such as bacon increase one’s chances of getting diagnosed with bowel disease and breast cancer. Furthermore, they stated that there is “no level of intake” of processed meats that does not increase cancer risks”, and thus recommend reduced consumption of said meats.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/23/cut-alcohol-bacon-slash-cancer-risk-say-researchers/|title=Cut out alcohol and bacon to slash cancer risk, say researchers|last=Donnelly|first=Laura|date=2018-05-24|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-10-16|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} A separate investigation they did specifically on the causes of stomach cancer revealed that the daily consumption of an average of 2 strips of bacon increase one’s chances of getting diagnosed with stomach cancer by 18%.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wcrf.org/int/news-events/news/several-lifestyle-factors-linked-stomach-cancer-first-time|title=Several lifestyle factors linked to stomach cancer for first time|last=|first=|date=2016-04-16|website=www.wcrf.org|publisher=World Cancer Research Fund International|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-10-16}}

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