I wasn’t shocked to find out that there were reasons why bacon smells so good, like smoky greasy sirens luring unsuspecting people to their doom.
Science has now confirmed bacon smells so good because as it starts to cook 150 organic compounds release them on the noses of the world.
The fancy name for it is the Maillard Reaction which happens when foods cook. It’s why bread baking smells so divine, or cinnamon rolls, coffee, apple pie, cookies, steak, cake, ok, now I’m just making myself hungry.
What is it really? Sugar reacting with amino acids when the fat begins to melt. Hydrocarbons and Aldehydes weaving a magical olfactory ballet that makes even some vegetarians drool. Or is it the Pyridines and Pyrazines that make us forget how much we were rooting for Wilbur or Babe not to become bacon? There are 150 reasons and it’s hard to find even one reason to say no, well, besides the it’s not good for you, not eating animals, the treatment of animals, religious reasons, actually, there are a lot of reasons as it turns out. 
Either way, the pork industry has little trouble selling their products especially when they have all the cooking shows promoting it and joining forces with Bacon – Nature’s Evil Genius sizzling away, making our noses smile.
While I love the smell of bacon, I could take or leave the actual taste. Of course, being Canadian I should like Canadian bacon better or as the rest of the world calls it, ham. Now cinnamon rolls are another story altogether. I can smell them right now, in my mind.
Is there a food you can’t resist, especially the smell of it cooking?
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Ok, I thought that said Mallard Reaction, which sounds like quackery to me. 🙂
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That would make it smell fowl… 😉
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I don’t watch NCIS, but I am a huge fan of “The Great Escape” 🙂
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The Great Escape, as in the movie or is it a TV show? I only watched a few episodes of NCIS when it started, but I forget to keep watching it. lol
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Movie. Dr. Ducky is Lt. Ashley-Pitt from the movie.
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Got it. Cool. 🙂
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I just bought maple bacon potato chips. Mmmmmm
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lol Do they smell good? 😉
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Smell good, taste good and looked good 🙂
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Too good? 🙂
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Just a bit. Not helping with my emotional eating 😉
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Oops. I hear ya. 😉
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Yep, lord I hate it, but damn those chips are good
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lol It’s like my relationship with chocolate…I keep trying to get away but it keeps pulling me back in. 🙂
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I am trying to get back into shape and man am I ever good at sabotaging my efforts.
I feel you on the chocolate.
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🙂 Good luck.
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Thanks, I just signed up for 6 weeks of Zumba
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That should help…6 weeks, good luck, hope you’re not too tired to take your awesome photos. lol. 😉
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lol. I do most of my photo taking on my way to work, so the photos should be safe 🙂
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That’s a relief. Hope everything goes well. 🙂
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hehe. Thanks, I really need this.
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🙂
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Bacon – Nature’s Evil Genius
Bacon is a real good food, with a real good smell when cooking. I know it’s hard not to
eat animals, but I love my bacon, meat and chicken….so I’m never gonna be a vegetarian.
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Freshly baked bread…with butter. A couple of rashers with it don’t go amiss! 😉 x
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Yes, it’s amazing, just saying that, I can smell it and almost taste it. Thanks for dropping by. 🙂
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So sorry Babe and Wilbur… “You had me at bacon” was right — I had to check it out when I stumbled across the word bacon!…
Maybe if I got a pet pig I could become a vegetarian. But then, I’d probably name the pit Bacon.
Hugs!
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lol Oh Teagan, that’s too funny. 😉
Megahugs!
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