But this year, just as the U.S. is worrying about its own debt crisis and a possible “double-dip” recession, the price of bacon —that sizzling, smoky comfort food we most need during tough times — is expected to surge. The price of pork bellies, which is where bacon comes from, jumped to more than $130 per hundredweight (100 pounds), and some analysts suggest it’s going to top last August’s level of $150.
A few people have sent me this story expecting I’d be concerned about skyrocketing bacon prices. But that assumes I don’t already have all the bacon I need for the foreseeable future in my freezer. And I do.
Suckers.
I wish I could say I stocked up in anticipation with an eye on the volatile pork-belly market, but truth is my parents gave me a huge thing of bacon for Christmas. Good stuff, too.
Tedquarters 