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What's Shakin'

Fakin' bacon, that's what.

For the first time ever, I had some as part of an FBLT at New Morning Market, aka a fakin' bacon, lettuce and tomato.

The bread was awesome, the lettuce was lovely and the fakin' bacon was exactly as it claims to be - fake bacon.

So what is fakin' bacon? It's basically tempeh with a smoky flavor. What's tempeh? Soybeans.

It wasn't bad. It definitely didn't taste like bacon, but it didn't taste awful.

So my final ruling on fakin' bacon is this: I still like bacon more.

But I don't like eating it too often and fakin' bacon is a nice alternative. I also didn't get that psychosomatic feeling of "my arteries are clogging" that sometimes comes after a particularly delicious and unhealthy, bacon-filled meal. Know what I mean?

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