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Bacon: the new
Fountain of Youth
Pearl Cantrell, 105, of Richland Springs, Texas, credits eating three slices
of bacon per day to her longevity, according to Today.com. “Hard work and
bacon,” she said are the reasons for her living a long life. “I love bacon. I eat
it every day. It’s got to be crispy.”

“This one’s
kind of close
to home.”

– McDonald’s CEO, Don Thompson,
addressing a question at the company’s
annual shareholders meeting about
whether or not it targets minorities
(specifically African Americans) in
its marketing. Thompson, an African
American, added: “We do not, have not,
will not try to target people of color.”

After Oscar Mayer heard about her love of bacon, the company gave her
a lifetime supply and even took her for a spin in the streets of her hometown
in a Wienermobile. “That was so much fun [riding in the Wienermobile],”
she said. “And getting all that bacon, I loved that.’’

Taking a good ribbing
The Daily Meal. Sharing its first location with a gas station, the iconic

Collaring cattle

eatery is locally legendary and diners think nothing of waiting in lines that

A Denmark-based cattle producer

wind out the door at any of its three locations in the Kansas City area.

is singing the praises of a new

Once Kansas City’s best-kept barbecue secret, Oklahoma Joe’s has
garnered national attention over the past several years, most recently
earning the title of “America’s Best Ribs” by the national food website,

“You’ll most likely find yourself snapping a photo of them before you

technology from GEA CowView,

even take that first bite,” The Daily Meal writes. “And once you do, you’ll

which takes traceability to the

learn what the fuss has been about. Moist, juicy, smoky, tender — all those

next level. Not only can Asger

adjectives you thought you knew the definition of will only conjure one

Christensen use his iPhone to locate

image in your mind from here on out...They’re the best you’ll ever have.”

any of his dairy cattle, a collar worn

OK-Joe’s also earns the squeal of approval from the Meat&Poultry staffers.

by each animal transmits data about

Pyramid builders were big
meat eaters

the behavior of the bovines, thanks
to radio frequency identification
technology embedded in the collars.
“You can see how long the cows
are lying down, you can see how
many hours the cow sleeps, how
long the cow is walking around, and

Nile Delta residents who helped build Pharaoh Menkaure’s pyramid

it tells me a little bit how the cow is

in Egypt consumed a diet heavy in red meat, reports LiveScience.

feeling,” Christensen says in a story

Researchers estimated approximately 4,000 lbs. of meat from

published last month by BBC News.

cattle, sheep and goats were harvested daily to feed the
pyramid builders. What’s more, the researchers estimated
a grazing area the size of Los Angeles would have been
necessary to maintain such a large herd.

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“If a cow is lying down too long,
maybe it’s sick,” he says. “You can
see in the system when a cow is
beginning to not be so happy.”
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