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Celebrate International Bacon Day with Smithfield Bacon

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Smithfield BaconThere’s nothing quite like the smell of bacon in the morning. It’s the kind of smell that will wake you up if your tired and will make your tummy start to rumble before you even realize you’re hungry. Bacon is a staple in our household, whether it’s for breakfast, lunch or dinner. To celebrate International Bacon Day, we were happy to cook up some bacon and enjoy each and every crispy bite.

More than Just a Breakfast Meat

If you’ve watched any episodes of Top Chef or Chopped, you’ll soon notice that bacon seems to be one of those ingredients that chefs love to add. Whether it’s to some leafy salad or a fancy saute, bacon makes everything better. We use bacon with our hot dogs, on top of burgers, and on top of salads.

For International Bacon Day, we cooked up some Smithfield Hometown Original bacon for breakfast. If you just want to cook up a few pieces of bacon at a time, the Smithfield Pouch Pack makes it very convenient. It has 2 individual pouches that each have 6 slices of bacon. We go through quite a bit of bacon so the regular pack works for us too.

Smithfield Pouch Pack

Now there are quite a few ways you can cook bacon. I suspect most people use a frying pan to cook their bacon. When you’re short on time, you might nuke a couple of strips in the microwave, and for those who are a little more patient, the oven is the way to go. While I cook bacon using any one of the methods mentioned, I think I prefer oven-baking. This seems to be the easiest way to cook a lot of bacon and have them all come out perfectly.

I use two wire racks inside a cookie sheet so that all the bacon fat can drip off the bacon. Simply lay the bacon across the wire racks and then bake them for 17-20 minutes in a 400F degree oven. Some people say that you can start the oven cold and put the bacon in, letting it cook as the oven heats up; I have not tried that technique yet.

Smithfield Bacon

As I mentioned, the oven-baking method is for those who can wait the extra time to allow the bacon to cook, but I assure you it is well worth the wait. The bacon comes out just right – crispy but not over cooked and with great bacon flavor without cooking in it’s own fat. Add some scrambled eggs and some tater tots and you have yourself an awesome breakfast.

Smithfield Bacon Breakfast

I hope you’ll join Smithfield and me in raising a strip of bacon in honor of International Bacon Day! You can find Smithfield bacon in the breakfast meats section in grocery stores nationwide.

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Smithfield Bacon Prize

The Prize:
One winner will receive a Smithfield prize pack which includes: Smithfield’s popular Pouch Pack bacon and Hometown Original bacon, as well as other bacon-themed items including a notepad, koozie and Smithfield bacon coupons.
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  4. Hi! Thanks for the great giveaway! I love bacon for breakfast, but today for my lunch I brought pasta tossed with olive oil, fresh thyme and tomatoes from my garden, and chopped bacon! Yum~

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  18. We just love bacon on anything- with breakfast, on baked potatoes, mixed in with just about anything- chilli, twice baked potatoes

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  35. I love weekends because I use a mix of brown sugar, a touch of cayenne pepper and put it on a cookie sheet and bake it, omg…so tender and good

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  37. I love deep frying bacon, but my kids love when we make “pigs in a blanket” (Hot dogs, bacon, and cheese, wrapped in a cresent roll)

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  55. Bacon is my favorite bacon dish. We have 5 kids, so we are always making a lot of bacon at once. We cook it in the oven ( a trick hubby picked up in the military) and it frees up stove space for the rest of breakfast, plus the smell of it cook usually wakes the kids up and lets them know breakfast is ready.

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  58. I eat bacon morning, noon and night!! Favorite thing to do is wrap little smokies in bacon and roll in brown sugar then bake til crispy!! Second fav is I crumble it up and mix into my biscuit dough in the morning along with shredded cheese and chopped onions/garlic–my family can’t get enough! BLT’s are a fav as well as putting it in every casserole, pasta dish, and the perfect pizza topping!! mmmm!!

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  63. I fell in love with the fried green tomato BLT sandwich. It is loaded with bacon and the tomatoes are browned in bacon grease.

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  67. We use bacon in a lot things! We like to cut it up to put in re-fried beans and also crumble on top of twice baked potatoes!

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  69. i eat bacon w everything! lol i’m more of a floppy bacon person though. i guess i like things wrapped in bacon: filet mignon w bacon, jalapeno wrapped in bacon, etc. 🙂

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  73. EVERYTHING is better with bacon,ok maybe not ice cream…but well maybe,lol,we use bacon in so many things,but one of the simpliest is a good BLT but I have been known if the tomatoes are not good to just have a bacon sandwich in a hurry!

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  76. love bacon straight up, with breakfast, on a blt, grilled cheese, with pasta, not sure I’ve had it where I didn’t like it…there’s a farmer’s market near me that sells it chocolate covered–haven’t bought it…there’s a blog devoted to bacon, too.

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  96. I love to add bacon to my hamburgers. And of course alway love it with scrambled eggs and pancakes 🙂 Ok now I’m getting hungry. lol.

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  121. bacon good. bacon yummy. everything tastes better with bacon.
    i love bacon all by itself, in appetizers, soups, salads, main dishes, side dishes, snacks, desserts…
    we are never without bacon in the fridge
    in order to get my nephew to try new foods we tell him it is bacon. luckily he is a sweetie and has never gotten mad because it turns out the new food is not bacon. he has a great sense of humor.

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  122. We love bacon!I love to use it in casseroles,pasta salads as well as the obvious like breakfast,gravies and BLTs 🙂 Thanks for the chance!

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  126. I like bacon on everything – sandwiches, with eggs, wrapped around steak or chicken. Haven’t tried it with ice cream yet but I hear it is good!

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  131. I’ll eat bacon any way but overcooked! I like my bacon chewy 🙂
    I love to eat Cabbage & Bacon. Simple but tasty!

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  138. I like my bacon thick sliced and not too crisp. I’ll eat it with nearly anything, eggs, pancakes, burgers, on salad. LOVE IT!

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  144. I love to bake my bacon, I love it on fries, *clears throat* on my salad, in my baked beans, its one of the most versatile meats, Its a shame I didnt start like bacon until I reached my 30’s Im 40ish now LOL!

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  150. My favorite is a BLT! However, I also love bacon on a burger, hot dog, salad, just about anything. It is so good and so versatile.

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  170. The only time I eat bacon is with waffles or pancakes or in a BLT. I like it cooked slowly so it’s chewy…not too crispy.

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  189. The crispier my Bacon the better. I love BLT’s with sliced black olives o them and Bacon cheeseburgers with cheddar cheese.
    Carol L
    Lucky4750 (at) aol (dot) com

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  194. I like them crunchy and crispy – – – Paul T/Pauline T aka Paul Tran….. emscout9 at Hotmail dot com

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  195. Followed on RSS…Google reader subscriber …as Paul T / Pauline T (Paul Tran…pls use emscout9 at hotmail dot com instead of gmail to contact me)

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  197. I like my bacon crispy. I like it on top of cheese burgers,Grilled cheese and Bacon, Bacon and eggs and BlT sandwiches. I just love Bacon!

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  199. i like to eat my bacon by wrapping a water chestnut up and making a brown sugar sauce to put on it as little appetizers!

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  203. I love bacon crumbled up and scrambled with eggs… or rather, chopped up and scrambled with eggs. I prefer my bacon limp rather than cripsy. 🙂

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  207. I love bacon plain and in stuff. My favorite dish would have to be one of my casserole dishes that i throw together. Yummy!!!

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  213. We like our bacon limp (we call it gaggy) when we eat it just plain, but a little crisper when we have BLT’s or club sandwiches.

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  217. Bacon fried, microwaved, or oven baked is my favorite ways to eat bacon. I use it in beans, casseroles, etc. You can never go wrong with bacon!

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  223. I love bacon anyway it is served, even dipped in chocolate……..A Piece of Meat and Something Sweet!!! Go Hogs!!!!! Thanks for the giveaway…..

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  232. My family loves our bacon with breakfast for dinner, plain and simple cooked bacon. We love bacon dishes but in hour house the bacon is usually gone before I can do anything else with it. We have been known to wrap steaks in it years ago.

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  236. I like bacon on sandwiches, for breakfast and in recipes. I love it on turkey that I bake for Thanksgiving.

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  237. My favorite is Bacon Cheddar Quiche with hashed brown crust….it is savory and so delicious you can devour the whole pie!

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  238. I make a pretty amazing Potato Soup with bacon!! Everyone in my family loves it which
    does NOT happen with very many foods! lol

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  267. I fry my bacon in pieces with chopped onion I cook it til bacon is crispy I then cut up potatoes and cabbage and fry alltogether sooooo good

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  274. our kids love bacon prepared right on the griddle. It’s messy…but we all love it. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  282. I love bacon with my eggs at breakfast, bacon bits on my salad, bacon lettuce and tomato sandwiches, bacon bits on my baked potato, bacon cheeseburgers, OMG I love bacon!

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  290. I love BLTs, crumbled bacon in salads, cooked for breakfast, sauteed with onions to start a soup, etc etc etc. Love love love bacon!

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  293. I love having bacon in a breakfast pizza. 🙂
    The crust is hash browns cooked in a frying pan with enough water to cover the bottom of the pan, and cover for 3-5 minutes. Next, pour eggs mixed with a little milk (3-5 eggs per pizza) over the hash browns. Once the eggs start solidifying, sprinkle chopped bacon and shredded cheddar cheese on top. Cover, and let sit for a few minutes, until the cheese melts, and the eggs cook through completely. It makes a great meal any time. 🙂

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  294. Usually, on weekends, it’s just a couple of rashers with scrambled eggs. But, when I’m lucky a friend at a corporate hospitality has apple bacon that’s the best.

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  298. mmm i put bacon on my burgers, sometimes on a nice thick juicy steak, with eggs..anything really !!! baconnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

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  299. I eat my bacon any way I can get it. I love bacon in, on, with or without eggs. I love bacon for any snack or any meal. I just love bacon.

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  304. I love my bacon crispy and I love it in all kinds of dishes…… bacon sandwich, crumbled in potato soup and on baked potatoes and sometimes just righ out of the skillet as a snack!

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  307. I love bacon crispy! Loaded baked potatoes, breakfast burritos, chicken wrapped in bacon and covered in mozz, however I can incorporate bacon into a meal I will!

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  309. I bake my bacon until crisp. I love bacon in a turkey club sandwich. Then we do a chicken breast recipe I found in kraft foods that has bacon bits that is great, too.

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  311. With eggs and toast, blt’s, quiche’s, on sandwiches my favorite is with sliced pear and jalapeno jelly on toast yummo.

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  314. We or should I say I have bacon every day. I never use to eat breakfast but apprx. 20 years ago got sick and still am will always be 3 years ago i was hospitalized due to my weight being under 100 and losing a pound a day, well recovered that-turned out -infection. But since that day I have had a good breakfast. Bacon helped me get back to myself. Bacon everyday!

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  316. I make it in the microwave crispy. Favorite dish bacon on biscuit. Second favorite twice baked potatoes with bacon. 🙂

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  318. I love Bacon with breakfast and in potato salad and Salads of all types, I add it to my green beans,kale, greens when cooking.I eat alot of bacon, ha ha

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  323. Love Bacon! I have it with eggs, as:salad, BLT,baked potatoes with Bacon and cheese. It is great in a casserole and even a cupcake!

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  324. I love a good bacon cheeseburger, but really bacon is great on its own. This is the perfect prize pack for my son, a bacon fanatic! 😉

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  347. First let me start off by saying: I ONLY buy Smithfield Bacon. I do not buy any other brand. My favorite dish I make is Chicken Bacon Ranch Sandwiches. My Husband loves them.

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  351. I love bacon, spinach, tomato and avocado sandwiches and also stuffed jalapenos wrapped in bacon and either grilled or baked these are two of my favorite ways with bacon.

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  356. I love bacon on my cheeseburgers, in my salad, as a great BLT anytime of the day. Great giveaway and thanks for the opportunity to win.

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  359. I love bacon really, really chewy. I also love to cook bacon and mushrooms together….leaving chewy,add fresh string beans with garlic, salt, and pepper. Yummy!

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  367. I like bacon for lots of different things, I like to eat it plain, but I love making “breakfast skillets” (and not just for breakfast) bacon, eggs, potatoes, and cheese, all cooked up together. Its so yummy, and the bacon makes it.

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  393. It really doesnt matter how its cooked, I LOVES BACON!! Im one of those ppl that can eat Bacon and Eggs anytime day or night. I do like it baked in the oven more then fried though. 🙂

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  399. I like bacon, in between chewy and crispy, but my daughter is the real bacon fanatic. She would eat it all day every day, and she loves it when it has “bouncies,” so she prefers it on the less-cooked side.

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  400. We are bacon FREAKS! We love to eat bacon straight and also wrap it around dove or whatever kind of meat we might be cooking for dinner. Our favorite thing is to cook it crispy then crumble it over a homemade pizza as one of the toppings. Really Really good!

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  432. I love bacon on nearly everything!! My favorite dish is a garlic/herb rubbed pork loin wrapped in bacon and baked.

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  439. I LOVE bacon and enjoy it so many ways. With eggs at breakfast, on burgers, on egg salad sandwiches, blt’s, on baked potatoes, etc.

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  453. I absolutely love bacon. My favorite dish would have to be blt, cheesy bacon potatoes, or bacon wrapped water chestnuts

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  486. I put bacon in quiche,wrap it around steaks,porkchops, have a delicious BLT…Bacon can be used in SO MANY different recipes,its amazing!

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  494. I simply L-O-V-E Bacon! I could eat it almost everyday. I like having it with eggs, and toast, but when I want a quick snack, it’s great on a sandwich with Miracle Whip and lettuce. Yummy! :)…. <–drool

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  501. Anything with bacon in it is awesome – BLT’s, toast and bacon, bacon with eggs. As long as it is crispy I will eat it!!!

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  505. Our favorite dishes with bacon are either bacon egg n cheese breakfast burritos (at home of course) or fried potatoes with bacon (yummy).

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  518. My daughter and I love just frying it up and eating it plain. Sometimes we’ll make bacon sandwiches but usually, just bacon.

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  536. I love BLT sandwiches, but I only eat them during the summer when I can get local fresh tomatoes. The rest of the year the tomatoes just ruin the sandwich.

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  540. We love having bacon cut up with scrambled eggs and cheese! yum! Of course we have the good ole BLT as well! Thanks for the giveaway!

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