| Space Monkey | 11 Jul 2009 9:43 a.m. PST |
A friend of mine ran across this while trying to figure out why no one makes bacon from cows…
link It's from 1910… I wonder how far they got with their plans. |
| GypsyComet | 11 Jul 2009 10:20 a.m. PST |
Attempts to domesticate hippos would probably end badly, and quickly. |
| Pictors Studio | 11 Jul 2009 10:41 a.m. PST |
That is awesome. It is great that someone is so besotted with bacon that they would attempt to grow it in a swamp. Truly the human mind is a wondrous thing. |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 11 Jul 2009 11:03 a.m. PST |
How does hippo bacon compare to ordinary bacon? (I suppose someone here must know…) |
| Regrebnelle | 11 Jul 2009 11:09 a.m. PST |
Actually, I just saw beef bacon in a grocery store case just yesterday. I remarked to my wife that I'd never heard of it before. Hippo bacon, no never heard nor thought of it before. Mark |
| timlillig | 11 Jul 2009 11:14 a.m. PST |
It seems killing hippos is illegal now. link |
| goragrad | 11 Jul 2009 11:28 a.m. PST |
From the end of the article it appears that they were looking for some government assistance. Probably ended because they couldn't get it. |
| Pictors Studio | 11 Jul 2009 11:43 a.m. PST |
If they were farmed they would never become extinct. |
| Bunkermeister | 11 Jul 2009 12:00 p.m. PST |
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 Saginaw  | 11 Jul 2009 3:21 p.m. PST |
Seems like "pork" was very much a congressional meal back then, too. 
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| charared | 12 Jul 2009 3:16 p.m. PST |
"How does hippo bacon compare to ordinary bacon?…" Heard it tastes like very thick chicken. (sorry Bill, couldn't resist.) Chaz |
