Bacon Costume

George J. Nicholls, author of the 1917 book Bacon and Hams, dressed as a slab of bacon.

More info about this rare and curious book at CookingIssues.com and Wikipedia.

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Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 29, 2017
Category: Bacon | 1910s

Comments

Forty guineas is 42 pounds. According to an British inflation calculator I found online, that's over 4000 pounds today, which is over $5000. Not bad.

Posted by ges on 07/30/17 at 12:49 AM

Mmmmmmm, bacon.

Posted by KDP on 07/31/17 at 07:57 AM

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