[mountainlion]

My father loved eggs and bacon. He perfected pork chops. We had a can of bacon fat in a can on the stove to cook with. Dad lived to 84. Some in the family made it almost to 100. They could have lived to 200 to 300 years old if they had not eaten pork.

[allmendream]

“He perfected pork chops”

I used to cook what I called “Smoke alarm pork chops”. I would cook them 10 min on one side in the broiler - turn them over then wait until the smoke alarm went off (it was sensitive) they came out PERFECT! My dad said I was the only chef he knew who used the smoke alarm as a dinner bell! Everyone knew the pork-chops were ready!!!

With a bit of steamed spinach and apple sauce...... yum!

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

My Grandmother, bless her heart, lived to be 98 years old. She ate heavy amounts of bacon, fried eggs etc. In general terms I think it is genetics that determines long life, not what one eats.

[mass55th]

"We had a can of bacon fat in a can on the stove to cook with."

We did too. Everything was fried in bacon fat in our house. My Dad died at 72, but it wasn't because he ate bacon. He died of lung cancer.