the bacon
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In the late 1890s, John Harvey Kellogg, the director of a Seventh-day Adventist sanitarium in Battle Creek, Mich., wanted a vegetarian breakfast alternative to the bacon and eggs his clients were accustomed to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The soy sauce deepens it; the bacon crackles; the avocado cools everything down.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Chicken Salad Bacon Club wrap had the right ratio of lettuce to avocado to chicken salad—although it leaned a bit on the salty side, likely a consequence of the bacon bits sprinkled inside.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
Keen to empower the players, McCullum saved the bacon butty.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
Plus, she could still smell the bacon from earlier that morning.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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