What's with all the bacon?

I think I'm getting old. Well, I know I'm getting older, but I think I have hit that crotchety age that gets bothered by the young new generation. I'm at that point, bloody hipster kids.

There are a few terms these days that make me feel like the grumpy old lady in her rocking chair screaming at those blasted teenagers for their loud music and body piercings.

Just to name a few (because there are SO many more)...

-I despise the term BESTIE. It's just completely annoying.

-What the crap is a BAE? One of my old students explained it to me, but it was so irritating that I already forgot what it meant.

-Cray Cray. Self explanatory. If I have to explain it, then that means you've probably used that phrase, and you should be ashamed of yourself.

-Please, please, PLEASE spell out your words. None of this, LOL, TTYL, BRB nonsense. How completely lazy are you? Yes, I spelled are you, NOT AS IF it is only letters - R U. Argh. Maybe that's just the teacher in me, but come on people. They are actually words, and no one has a limited texting plan anymore, so just do yourself a favor for your future encounters in the real world, SPELL OUT WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO SAY!

-One last thing that drives me crazy is the term foodie. I looked it up online and the first definition that popped up, was simple.

food·ie 

ˈfo͞odē/

noun

informal

a person with a particular interest in food; a gourmet.

synonyms:gourmet, epicure, gastronome, gourmand

I looked for another one because I felt like who isn't honestly interested in food? The next one I found made me literally laugh out loud. (See HOW easy it is to spell it whole entire words people?)

According to urbandictionary.com,

This is exactly how I feel about the term foodie.

We went to this FOOD truck festival last weekend, Sunset Park'd. I was excited, because, I'm generally interested in food. Especially good food. As I walked from truck to truck, I couldn't comprehend one reoccurring ingredient. It was on every menu, in some form.

Honestly, what's with all the bacon?

In order to be a Foodie, does that mean you have to have bacon in absolutely everything on your menu? Must it be your flavor of choice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? Even dessert? Gross!

When I was younger, and NOT AS wise as I am now, I ate bacon. I would eat a great deal of bacon actually - my aunt Joanie made it the best. It tasted fine, but my desire to eat bacon ceased after I watched a certain scene from a movie, Pulp Fiction (Great movie, but VERY VERY VERY VERY R-Rated). I believe Jules said it best when he clearly explained why he, and now I, no longer eat bacon.

Vincent: Want some bacon? 

Jules: No man, I don't eat pork. 

Vincent: Are you Jewish? 

Jules: Nah, I ain't Jewish, I just don't dig on swine, that's all. 

Vincent: Why not? 

Jules: Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals. 

Vincent: Bacon tastes gooood. Pork chops taste gooood. 

Jules: Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy mother hopper. Pigs sleep and root in poop. That's a filthy animal. I ain't eat nothin' that ain't got sense enough to disregard its own feces. 

Vincent: How about a dog? Dogs eats its own feces. 

Jules: I don't eat dog either. 

Vincent: Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? 

Jules: I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way. 

Vincent: Ah, so by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he would cease to be a filthy animal. Is that true? 

Jules: Well we'd have to be talkin' about one charming motherhoppin' pig. I mean he'd have to be ten times more charmin' than that Arnold on Green Acres, you know what I'm sayin'? 

Clearly, Jules (yes a fictional character, I know) and I don't understand what could possibly be so intriguing about bacon. I don't get this phenomenon in the Foodie world, but that is just fine with me.

I happily enjoyed many things that day without bacon - no bacon bits, bacon juice, or even bacon flavor. Hence, why I'm NOT a Foodie. (I should NOT be admitting that I enjoyed MANY things that day. Oh well.) You can keep your nasty bacon, I'll just eat everything else!

Caprese Sandwich, Pastrami Melt with grilled onions, Mac and Cheese bites, and some bacon sandwich my sugar DEVOURED! - filthy animal

Then dessert.

DOLE pineapple treat

S'mores Funnel Cake

The kids had fun playing on all the bounce houses. 

Here Afton was telling Jack, "We're going to go down this together and we're doing it fast."

"Zoooooooom!"

Grandma had fun too.

 She missed the pumpkin patch this year, so this made up for it!

I don't think I'll EVER understand the Foodie World's fascination with bacon. But that's okay. I'll stick to Pulp Fiction's Jules' explanation of pork. "Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals."  I know I'll be better off in my life without bacon, then Marvin in that movie. 

It doesn't really make sense to the bacon theme of this post, but I just love the line...