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Bacon and Eggs ? Who created it?

Bacon is a type of salt-cured pork, typically from the belly or back of a pig. It’s one of the oldest processed meats in history.

đŸ”č Origin of Bacon

  • Ancient China (~1500 BCE): The earliest known record of bacon-like salted pork comes from China, where pork belly was cured with salt.
  • Romans: They had a dish called petaso, made by boiling and then roasting pig shoulder with dried figs, later seasoned with wine and pepper.
  • Europe (Middle Ages): Bacon evolved into a staple in peasant diets, especially in Anglo-Saxon England. The term “bacon” comes from the Old High German bacho (meaning buttock or ham).

đŸ”č Word Origin

  • English “bacon” was derived around the 12th century, referring to all pork in general, and later narrowed to the cured meat we know today.

đŸ”č Breakfast Bacon Craze (Modern History)

The idea of bacon as a breakfast food was heavily promoted in the 1920s in the U.S.:

  • Edward Bernays, the “father of public relations” (and nephew of Sigmund Freud), was hired by Beech-Nut Packing Company to boost bacon sales.
  • He promoted the idea of a hearty breakfast including bacon and eggs by convincing doctors to endorse it, helping popularize it as a traditional American breakfast.

✅ Summary

  • Created by: Ancient cultures (first recorded in China), refined in Europe
  • Modern breakfast use popularized by: Edward Bernays in 1920s America for marketing purposes
is there a digitize menu of any america resteraunt in the 1910-1920 looking for bacon and eggs?

is there a digitize menu of any america resteraunt in the 1910-1920 looking for bacon and eggs before bernays

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Here are some examples of early American breakfast menus from the pre–Bernays era (1910–1920):

đŸ„“ 1. Railroad & Ocean-Liner Menus (circa 1910)

Menus like those served aboard ships and trains—such as the U.S.M.S Philadelphia in 1910—often included:

2. Hotel & Fine‑Dining Breakfasts (1910s)

Some upscale establishments already offered hearty breakfasts featuring:

3. Restaurant Menus from 19th–Early 20th Century

Coffee‑house or cafĂ© menus listed a wide variety including:

✅ So
 Did Restaurants Serve Bacon & Eggs Before Bernays?

Absolutely—yes. Many menus from the 1910s already listed bacon and eggs as a standard breakfast offering. It was a staple in train, ship, hotel, and cafĂ© breakfast menus well before the 1920s PR push docstudio.org.

🔍 Where to Explore Original Menus

If you want actual digitized menu scans from the 1910–1920 decade:

  1. New York Public Library Digital Menus – searchable by date.
  2. Culinary Institute of America Digital Collection – 5,000+ historical menus foodtimeline.orgciadigitalcollections.culinary.edu+1.
  3. Los Angeles Public Library – extensive restaurant menus from early 1900s .
did indians eat bacon and eggs before europeans?

Great question — the short answer is no, Indigenous peoples of the Americas did not eat bacon and eggs in the European sense before contact. But they did have rich traditions of meat, fat, and eggs in their diets. Here’s how it breaks down:

đŸ”č 1. No Bacon (European Style) Before Colonization

  • Bacon as we know it — salted, cured pork — is a European invention. Indigenous peoples didn’t have domesticated pigs (which were brought by Europeans like Hernando de Soto in the 1500s).
  • There were no traditional Indigenous pig farms or salt-cured meats in that specific style.

đŸ”č 2. Yes to Meat and Fat

Native diets included:

  • Bison, deer (venison), elk, rabbit, bear, beaver, and wild birds like duck and turkey.
  • Fatty meats (especially from bison or bear) were used much like bacon grease, especially in pemican—a blend of dried meat, fat, and berries.

đŸ”č 3. Yes to Eggs — Just Not Chicken Eggs

Indigenous peoples ate:

  • Duck, turkey, goose, turtle, fish, and other wild bird eggs
  • Often harvested seasonally and either eaten raw, boiled, or cooked over fire.

đŸ”č 4. How Breakfast Worked

Before European-style breakfast routines:

  • Indigenous people often ate one or two main meals per day, timed with activity and availability.
  • Morning meals might include leftovers, roasted game, corn porridge, or dried fruits.

✅ Summary:

FoodIndigenous Before Europeans?Notes
Bacon (pork)❌Pigs were brought by Europeans
Meat (fatty cuts)✅Bison, deer, bear, etc.
Eggs✅Wild bird and turtle eggs
Chicken Eggs❌Chickens were also introduced by Europeans
European-style breakfast❌Meals were flexible and based on food availability, not structured like “breakfast”
do you have any colony evidence of bacon and eggs?

Yes — there is solid evidence that colonists in America were eating something that looks very much like bacon and eggs well before the 20th century PR era.

🍳 1. 17th‑Century Recipes

These were English recipes, but such cookbooks and customs were carried over by early colonists.

🏠 2. Colonial American Breakfast

  • By the mid‑1700s in the South, breakfasts commonly included eggs and fried ham or bacon, along with cornmeal grits, breads, and jellies blog.oup.com.
  • New Englanders also employed bacon and pease porridge (peas with bacon) and included bacon in various morning dishes during winters en.wikipedia.org+1.

📜 3. Early Printed Menus & Mentions

  • Digital archives like the NYPL Menus Project show “Bacon with Eggs” appearing on dated menus starting from at least 1900, but its frequency on colonial‑style recipes goes further back in handwritten or printed cookbooks menus.nypl.org.
  • In 1921, recollections mention bacon and eggs alongside other hearty morning fare in colonial-style breakfasts .

✅ Summary

EraEvidence of Bacon + Eggs
1600s England & ColonistsCookbooks include baked bacon + eggs and poached eggs with bacon collops
1700s Colonial AmericaBacon/ham and eggs part of everyday breakfasts, especially in South & New England
1800s–early 1900sFormal menus and printed recollections mention “bacon and eggs” as breakfast staples

âžĄïž Conclusion: While Edward Bernays’ campaign in the 1920s popularized the national American breakfast image, bacon and eggs were already regularly consumed in colonial America — they appear in early cookbooks (1600–1700 s) brought from England and adapted locally.

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