How did bacon get its name?

Answer 1

Dude, you guys have it so wrong...
The invention of bacon coincided closely with the discovery of the ham radio. Sir Francis Bacon, long considered the George Washington Carver of Pork, decided he needed a new type of meat when he found the beef tenderloin was too dry. By mixing breeds of cattle, duck, bear, chicken, and platapus he was able to create the modern day pig, from which we make bacon. People loved the salty-fatty flavor of this new dish (named after its inventor) and the ensuing rejection of tradition foods in favor of modern Bacon is known as Bacon's Rebellion. Soon afterward, Bacon discovered a way to use pigs feet to make a ham radio, though now we use pig's feet for jello.

Answer 2

Bacon history
Until well into the sixteenth century, bacon or bacoun was a Middle English term used to refer to all pork in general. The term bacon comes from various Germanic and French dialects. It derives from the French bako, Common Germanic bakkon and Old Teutonic backe, all of which refer to the back. There are breeds of pigs particularly grown for bacon, notably the Yorkshire and Tamworth. In England, a side of bacon is called a gammon, and a slice of bacon is known as a rasher. Seventy percent of the bacon in America is consumed at the breakfast table.home cooking about .com

Answer 3

Sir Francis Bacon

Answer 4

Nathaniel Bacon.

Answer 5

Bacon. Etyomologically, bacon means meat from the back of an animal'. The word appears to come from a prehistoric Germanic base *bak-, which was also the source of English back. Germanic bakkon passed into Frankish bako, whcih French borrowed as bacon. English acquired the word in the twelfth century, and seems at first to have used it as a synonym for the native term flitch, side of cured pig meat'. By the fourteenth century, however, we find it being applied to the cured meat itself..."
---An A-Z of Food and Drink, John Ayto [Oxford University Press:Oxford] 2002 (p. 14-5)

http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodmeats.html#bacon

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Answer 6

Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin

Bacon in North America is predominantly what the British call "streaky bacon" whilst in the United Kingdom and Ireland bacon comes in a wide variety of cuts and flavours.

Answer 7

The English word is derived from the Old French word, bakko; meaning ham. The Modern French word bacon came to mean any cut of pork, usually salted. The French even had a term repas baconique, which was a festival where only pork was served. The English perfected the technique of salt curing and smoking belly pork and borrowed the French term for the meat, and the word was returned to the French and now means what it does in English speaking countries; salted belly of pork.

Answer 8

Daniel bacon

Answer 9

Which Bacon are you asking about ?
German Bacon, British Bacon, Canadian Bacon or American Bacon.?
American Bacon does NOT come from the back of a Pig.nor does Canadian Bacon. American Bacon is cured pork belly meat--it comes from the belly.. Canadian Bacon can either come from the tenderloin or Hind leg.. British Bacon comes from the strap muscle across the back of the pig..and german bacon comes from the Mid section. It all Good and it all cured about the same .....It is said tha bacon got it's name from the Germans but I have no idea wat it means.

Answer 10

From an old French, Germanic or English word for "ham, flitch": the back and sides of a pig salted and smoked. Some also say it was named from the crest of Lord Bacon of England, which has a boar on it.