WEBLearn about bacon, a cured and smoked side of pork that was the staple meat of western Europe for centuries. Find out how bacon is made, what varieties exist, and why it is not very nutritious.

WEBOriginally, in fact, bacon may have derived from words for a pig’s back. As late as the 16th century, bacon simply meant pork, and in antebellum America the term was used for any dry-cured meat. A recent survey …

WEBIt was the first meat to become an important international trade commodity. In the twelfth century, a church in the English town of Dunmow promised a side of bacon to any married man who could swear before the …