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I recently found that PETA is running a campaign that “Meat Kills” because of the recent Swine Flu scare. I am saddened by their lack of ethics and the fact that they clearly have an agenda. I got to thinking recently there was a strawberry truck that lost control near my home and ran into a passenger car and killed the driver, would I write a story title strawberries kill? Of course not!

If anything PETA should take this opportunity to remind people that Swine FLU or HVN1 is prevented by washing your hands. In fact on CNN yesterday Larry King and Dr Oz spent a great deal of time saying that we as individuals need to spend more time washing our hands to prevent this virus.

As a reminder the USDA stated this week that HVN1 is transmitted via human to human contact. With that said why are the Russinas and Japanese banning pork product shipments? Is it to promote hysteria or is it to hurt this country? My guess is it is the later.

This is one American who want buy into this false hysteria!

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Swine has long been considered a dirty animal because they are portrayed eating slop and rolling around in the mud, but this portrait simply isn’t true. In fact some media outlets are depicting the swine as the culprit of this virus and are recommending that you avoid eating pork products. Here are some facts that both the USDA and the National Pork Producers Council released this past weekend

# 1. The USDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that swine flu viruses are not transmitted by food, so you cannot get swine flu from eating pork or pork products.

# 2. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement Sunday night. “There is no evidence at this time showing that swine have been infected with this virus.”

# 3. “Pork is safe to eat, and direct contact with swine is not the source of, and U.S. pigs have not been infected with, the hybrid influenza that has been identified in a number of people in the United States and more than 1,300 in Mexico,” according to the National Pork Producers Council released.

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If your like me and lived south of the border for 4 years you love mango’s. Not that you want to know this but I have eaten as many as 10 mango’s in a single sitting – that’s how good they are!

Recently I had the opportunity to speak to the National Mango Board www.mango.org and was excited to find out that they had created some recipes that contained bacon. One of the recipes they prepared for Cinco de Mayo (Cinco de Mango) as they like to call it was a Mango and Bacon Barbecue Pizza. First off, as it contains bacon, you know it will be good and the sweetness of mango – wow what an irresistible combination!

Thank you Ingrid Hoffmann for preparing this recipe.

Mango and Bacon Barbecue Pizza

Makes 2 Appetizer Servings
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 8 to 10 minutes

1 (7-inch) pizza crust
2 tablespoons barbecue sauce
1/2 cups shredded Italian blend cheese
2 strips bacon, cooked crisp and coarsely crumbled
1 tablespoons sliced green onion tops
1 mango, peeled, pitted and diced

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Vanilla Glazed Jelly Donut Muffins!

This is a recipe that is awesome because while it is still scrumptiously delicious, it is a lot healthier for us than traditions, conventional jelly donuts. As an huge, extra additional advantage, they are quick, easy and inexpensive to make at home and personally, I think they taste BETTER than a regular, everyday jelly donut!

This recipe helps you to create something that is a wonderful mix between a fried jelly donut and a nice, moist muffin. Cook them with ease and then simply Fill them with your favorite jelly.

(Yields 16 muffins)

Ingredients:

1 cup milk
4 1/2 tablespoons canola oil
1/4 cup light cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
3 1/2 cups unbleached white flour (use 1/2 cup during the “kneading” step)
1 packet active dry yeast (Approximately 2 teaspoons)
1/2 cup of your favorite gourmet jelly or jelly combination.

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Bacon Freak has a really good friend who is an absolutely Bacon Freakin” Genius. His name is Rick Bakas and truth be told, he is our HERO! Why you ask? Well, partially because of what he accomplishes over at http://www.RickBakas.com but clearly more importantly, because Rick Bakas had the ingenuity to take the ultimate dream of every single person on this planet, a truly enjoyable “Chocolate Bacon Smoothie,” and made it become manifest reality!

Rick continued to experiment in his private kitchen laboratory, laboriously working out the kinks (small problems, not the “British Invasion” rock band), making all of the small, necessary “fine-tuned” tweaks needed, until he finally achieved the absolute perfection that we all could only DREAM of.

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