Free bacon for life, ButcherBox Bacon Day brings the meat candy

Bacon, often referred to as meat candy, is a favorite cured meat. On ButcherBox Bacon Day, you can get free bacon for life.

ButcherBox is food subscription service. The company is committed to providing “100 percent grass-fed and grass-finished beef, free-range organic chicken, and heritage breed pork” in each month’s subscription box. New customers who join the subscription service will receive “free bacon in each box they get for the life of their subscription.”

While bacon varies across the world, the basic recipe includes a meat that is cured and often is smoked. Usually, pork is used. Some alternatives, like turkey, have been created over the years.

NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 01: A view of the Nueske’s Bacon dish being prepared during the 2016 New York Taste presented by Citi hosted by New York Magazine on November 1, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for New York Magazine)

Bacon has a loyal following. While some vegetarians are opposed to the cured meat, many home cooks, professional chefs and foodies find ways to use bacon in a wide variety of dishes. Bacon is no longer the breakfast pairing to eggs. Now, the meat candy is featured in all types of dishes, beverages and even candy.

Having attended many food shows over the years, bacon, or bacon flavored products, have increased in numbers. Of course, some foods were created for shock value. But, that shock has worn off and people crave these crazy creations.

A great example is chocolate covered bacon. This treat made the rounds at many carnivals. Now, this dish can be found all over. From ice cream to cocktail garnishes, the crazy is now almost mundane.

The free bacon for life on ButcherBox Bacon Day gives bacon fans the meat candy they crave. But, free bacon isn’t the only reason to join ButcherBox. The subscription service is a great way to try meats directly from farmers. By sourcing directly from farmers, the service offers amazing quality at a good price.

While the $129 a month fee many seem high, the cost is said to be less than grocery store prices. According to the company, each monthly box contains 8-11 pounds of meat. Using a six ounce portion size, the box contains 20 individual meals. The cost breaks down to $6 a meal.

Plus, each ButcherBox shipment contains chef-driven recipe cards. How many times have you wanders the grocery store aisles or gazed into the refrigerator for dinner inspiration. With these recipes carefully chosen to work with that month’s meats, dinner difficulties vanish.

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Give into your meat candy craving. Sign up for ButcherBox on July 13 and get free bacon for life.