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Change Your Life with Bacon #Giveaway

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In an interview with a fashion industry web site, Kate Moss said, “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” Said the rest of the world: Bacon! – Seth Myers

Bacon has long been a favourite in households across Canada; the smoky aroma of sizzling bacon is a welcome addition to any – and every – morning. But our love for bacon is more than just skillet deep; asked to choose between bacon and sex, a whopping 43% of Canadians chose bacon. Men are particularly enamoured with it; according to the same survey (commissioned by Maple Leaf Foods), almost 18% said they simply can’t survive without bacon. Seriously. (Source: Angus Reid)

(Yes, that’s my kid, ready to pounce on a bacon cupcake. We like to start ’em out early!)

What is it about bacon that is so darn life changing? Is it the saltiness of the meat? Or the irresistible combination of crispy and chewy? Why is bacon considered to be a staple for Canadians, ranking up there with maple syrup, double doubles and doughnuts?

Regardless, bacon has played an important role in our culture and lives, bringing us together through the good times (the new Canadian Bacon Cookhouse in Halifax) and bad (the worldwide bacon shortage forecasted in 2012).


If you missed our epic Twitter Party on July 9th, fear not! Here’s your chance to re-create your entire world – one that revolves around bacon, that is. Now, you too can Change Your Life with Bacon!

One lucky Canadian reader will win a Maple Leaf Foods Bacon Prize Pack valued at $100+.

You’ll receive $50 in Free Product Coupons (that’s a LOT of bacon!), a branded t-shirt, a chore chart for your family and an OPI nail polish to treat yourself to a manicure while your family tolls away.

(My husband has since confiscated my Bacon t-shirt for himself. Why? Because he finds the combination of taking out two cute little boys AND wearing a Bacon t-shirt to be a “chick magnet”. I say: Hey husband, whatever works for you! While you’re taking the boys out to play, I’m relaxing in my hammock. #lifechanger)

To enter, simply fill the form below with your qualifying entries. Good luck everybody!

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  1. Debbie W

    I don’t have to do any tricks for bacon. I make the bacon. I cook the bacon and I love to eat the bacon!!!

  2. Chandra Christine O'Connor

    what would I do for bacon. I would drive to the store, buy it, cook it and eat it as it was finishing cooking before I shared it hehehe

  5. Melinda L.

    mmmm I’ll clean the house for bacon! ….and I really don’t like cleaning the house so I think that’s a good trade off :)

  6. ivy pluchinsky

    I would shave my head for bacon!! Maybe get the words I love bacon tattooed onto my head with a cool hair tat!

  8. Valerie Darsigny

    I love bacon so I would do the dishes and all meal and I will vacuuum the house, clean the window… oh wait a minute I already do all those things… so I deserve bacon right now…..miummmm bacon

  9. Terry Mac

    I would do a Happy Dance for bacon! Our family loves bacon, and they would surely join in…..so picture this: a 6 member family plus 4, all simultaneously dancing to their own drums for bacon!!!!!

  11. Amy Heffernan

    lol I love bacon but i cannot say i would go to the extreme for it. But my 4 year old on the other hand LOVES it a lil too much. I think he would give his left leg for it. LOL

  13. Ann Freele

    what would i do ? I would give up liver!! yes,,, the ultimate sacrifice!! Gimme bacon!!

  17. Terri M

    I would let my hubby sleep in for bacon…this may seem like a small feat, however, I am not a morning person so for me to roll out of bed at the crack of dawn and get the day going with the rest of the family isn’t my thing. I am a night hawk, and honestly believe that certain hours of the day should not exsist in the morning!

  21. Karine

    I think the question is, what I WOULDN’T do for bacon! Cause I think I’d do anything! haha!

  22. Eva Mitton-Urban

    Well I must say I would do terribly unrealistic things – but what I would do for Bacon is watch a Duck Dynasty Marathon because it is my husband’s favorite show. I’m sure after that I would have an appetite or need to escape lol

  26. Colleen K

    …Bacon…Did you say Bacon…I’d climb the highest mountains, swim the deepest seas, or go to the nearest store and -GET SOME BACON !!!

  27. HCM

    Yummy bacon….I started young on my kids too. It’s their favorite kind of meat. We don’t eat it often though.

  33. Erin M.

    mmm the question would be what wouldn’t I do for that sweet smokey flavour..yum…I would do whatever was needed.

  41. Andrea Amy

    Well, I already do all the cooking, and all the cleaning, and get almost no sleep…I would NOT give up coffee for bacon. I would give up chocolate for bacon, but not indefinitely lol

  42. Kelly Bouma

    I would clip/receive a coupon for bacon and buy as many packages as I could to fill the freezer – 2 grandsons absolutely love bacon

  48. Flora M

    I would give up my one bad habit for good (smoking, although I only smoke maybe 7 cigarettes a day) for bacon, especially if I won this prize ! C’mon Lena – I am looking for a good reason to stop completely and THIS would be it !!! :o)

  62. Susan B

    We bake our bacon in the oven. 350 until it’s done the way we like. Less mess to clean.

  69. Mark Lewis

    I would kill a pig, bleed it, carve it up smoke a section in hickory and then slice into strips and cook… Cause there’s nothing better than fresh bacon! And certainly nothing goes in microwave cause that’s nasty and radioactive.

  70. Jessica

    Nearly anything. That sweet taste of bacon tearing while I bite it, all greasy and what not. Add some syrup. Gosh I’m drooling just thinking about it.

  74. Tammy Bell

    I would do almost anything for bacon..The best is when I buy it and tell my 3 yr old that I am making bacon and she jumps up and down and claps her hands in excitement. Bacon makes us all Happy!! :)

  84. Sheila Puddicombe

    I love bacon, I would get up early during the week and prepare bacon, eggs, hash browns and toast, when the least expect it, like on a weekend.

  85. MCGmandy

    My bf loves bacon so much, he would have it for breakfast, incorporated in his lunch, dinner, and even dessert……If I was picked for the win I would post pics of all the creative things I come up with to show how dedicated my bf is to bacon as I am to making him happy :D

  86. Susie N.

    “What would I do for bacon?’ I would share the private workings of our home’s bacon obsession with the world.
    Bacon is so popular in our home that for many years I was only able to enjoy the delicious frying scent of it wafting around our house. It was all consumed by the time it could cross my mind that I’d love to enjoy eating 2-3 strips myself. Lately I have been receiving the grand gesture of caring. I’ve actually had about half a dozen strips purposefully left for me to savour at my leisure. I know this is a big sacrifice for them, so I treasure the thoughtfulness and love involved.

  92. Hal Jenner

    I would do just about anything for and with bacon. It is my favourite meat in the world

  95. Phyllis cadwell

    I would do without sweets for a few days to compensate for the extra calories in bacon

  96. Jenn

    I had the most fabulous maple cupcakes at a wedding topped with bacon!!! Id do anything to have those again :)

  99. Jenn Anderson

    I’d almost give up my first born.. I love my bacon with extra bacon and a side of bacon

  103. lisa

    I haven’t had bacon for a month as we were on vacation. We had prosciutto, but it didn’t quite cut my craving for bacon. We’ve only been back for two days and I NEED to go grocery shopping for a good hearty Canadian breakfast!

  104. Elise

    Man, if I won this, I would have the happiest boyfriend! It might even get me up on a Sunday morning to cook some for him! (Well, I will let him it is for him, but really, its for me!)

  106. Marie claude Thibault

    jadore le bacon mais malheureusement pour moi toute la famille en rafolle aussi car nous sommes 6 oufffffff donc quand jai fini de cuisiner et bien il men reste pu lolll donc oui donnez moi du bacon svp :)

  108. Kaitlyn

    My husband and I love bacon! Gotta have it on burgers, salads, and especially for breakfast

  115. Tara Jensen

    i buy the bacon and cook the bacon…. the better question is, what would my hubby do for bacon? ;) haha!

  117. Donna Hawkins

    I would do ANYTHING FOR BACON………..even clean the bathrooms and do ALL the laundry for a year (the 2 worst chores ever)

  131. Caroline Farant

    What would i do for bacon is the question lol I would teach my husband how to cook bacon so we could eat it more often.

  145. Connie

    I love bacon for breakfast, bacon wrapped around other foods and bacon at any time of the day!

  147. Leslie F

    What would I do for bacon? Put on a real good happy dance for it. Then I’d make a huge batch of Maple Syrup Bacon Waffles…..YUM!

  149. Elizabeth Ashe

    My whole family loves bacon, the kids love plain bacon, but my husband and I make brown sugar bacon, OMG it’s so good! I would go to the gym every day for a month if I got a chance to win bacon. :)

  156. Cheryla

    I would have a makin with bacon party! Invite everyone to come with their own unique way to make something with bacon as one of the ingredients! Can you imagine how amazing that would be?!?!!!!

  158. jackie blair

    if I cook the bacon, I eat the bacon,, if you cook the bacon, I will share it with you.

  164. Natasha

    I just made a bunch of bacon for camping in the oven, mornings would not be the same at the lake

  165. Rachel Holierhoek

    I don’t know why the log in with facebook link doesn’t work above, but it does not for me. My kids would love to have this much bacon!

  167. Tobi

    We always have bacon in the house… I call bacon a teenage alarm clock… what would I do to wake my daughter up with bacon… Make homemade bread then make french toast with homemade blueberry syrup with some eggs and bacon… YUM!

  172. Thania Moraes

    I love bacon! It helps make everything delicious, pizza+bacon, stir fry+bacon, hamburger+bacon. :)

  178. Margaret

    I cook bacon on a cookie sheet in the oven. I pour off the excess
    fat and the pieces come out flat. Also, no
    grease spatters everywhere.

  179. KIm

    I would be able to cook a pound for breakfast for my grandkids are here so i could have some they love their bacon!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  180. Anna W

    I would learn to play the accordion for bacon! then write a song about bacon and play and sing it!

  182. Amy H

    My hubby loves bacon. I put bacon in muffins, and well, let’s just say they were a hit ;)

  186. michelle

    I would move mountains, walk the longest road and give up shoe shopping for a month to buy my bacon

  200. liz tavares

    I would do anything for bacon…even go back to work in Sept….hhahahahaa oh my how fast this summer is flying by…boo hoooo

  203. Kim

    oups i did not see the qeustion… hihi
    for bacon i’ll do… all the chores in the house alone for a month ! ;) (already doing it…

  206. Karin Dollery

    I would give my word of honor that when eating bacon I will promise to share part of my bacon with 1 lucky person for a month.

  215. Darlene Schuller

    I would stand on a street cornor with my ipod and sing & dance w/out any musical help or accompaniment!

  225. Janice K.

    I made some bacon (& eggs!) while in labour with my last two children. Labour & deliveries were WAY faster and easier than the previous two births, so must be the bacon! ;)

  230. Deborah

    Bacon….one of the best food groups out there!! Can’t believe you’d ask me to give something up for it that’s just cruel. But if you insist you can have my ex.

  234. jackie reid

    Sorry I should of said ” I would give up other food for bacon” LOL.

    Read the question wrong

  235. Chalbe

    I’d give up ice cream for a few days…wait, I love bacon but ice cream is a “must eat daily” food in my house! Ok I’ll give up ice cream every second day if I get to eat bacon instead. There, that’s the perfect balance of good food.

  237. Ian McNeish

    I love cooking bacon for the kids and then we love bacon and tomato sandwiches. We would love the prize pack considering how much bacon we go threw.

  242. Bcteagirl

    Took a class onn how to make bacon.. and had to lug my project two days by car on ice. Now that is dedication to bacon lol!

  245. Mary I

    I would give up the husband for bacon. Ohhh wait I already gave him up so does that mean I get all the bacon I want?

  247. Rhonda W G

    I’d make a large crock pot of my mothers baked beans that has bacon in them and share!!!

  252. Lori Bazan

    I would do anything for more bacon in my life…I am a super Bacon lover and would proudly dance in the streets singing bacon love songs!

  253. francine

    i would tell my husband i want him to buy bacon to make whatever meal i needed the bacon for. i dont need to do anything or bacon other than buy it or request hubby buy it lol.

  255. Lilly Wong

    I would walk a mile to the grocery store and back home for bacon. And I have. Best breakfast ever is bacon and eggs.Or just bacon.

  260. Suzanne Smith

    What would I do? Well, it’s super evil and involves possible religious warfare, so I’ll just say that I would pay full price for Maple Leaf Bacon…and I think you all know me now. I ain’t changing clothes unless I win a new set, girl. (Kidding! KIdding I kid beacuse I love!). These clothes are still very stylish for Downton Abbey viewing parties.

  266. Lee-Ann Sleegers

    Beg DH to go get it even if there is a long drive to the store which sometimes happens when we are camping.

  276. Enza Campanella

    I would clean my whole house, do back flips, write a speech about how great bacon is and recite it in front of an audience even though I have a fear of public speaking..lol

  279. lisa bolduc

    i would cry if i didnt have my bacon. watch epic meal time, they use an insane amount of bacon!

  284. connie

    i would do anything for bacon, i eat it on everything n buy anything thats bacon…i live n breathe bacon n im so not kidding

  288. jen s.

    do karaoke (but it would be just as painful for those listening as it would be for me to take the stage!)

  291. SUMMER PLEWES

    I’d do anything, for ba-con anything, yes bacon anything for you…..

    I’d even cook it naked.

  292. Caelin

    My husband is a big bacon fan- would cook it every morning if he could. We used to live in northern Manitoba, where bacon was $10.50 a package! Guess that crushed his “bacon every morning” dreams!

  295. Clifford

    I would gift my wife a spa weekend away and the kids and I would have bacon for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

  304. Ginger Leah Gervais

    lol.. never really thought about it! I would cook it lol cause no one else will do it for me ;)

  305. Aimee Geroux

    Pretty much anything haha! I love bacon so much, my favourite thing to make is BLT’s and have been known to eat a whole package to myself *the joys of working from home* no one else is here to share with and even though they can smell it when they get home it is long gone by then!

  308. Viv Sluys

    I only do bacon if my husband brings it home and cooks it. He would probably do crazy things for it though!

  311. elizabeth ward

    I’d lock my family out of the house for some bacon.. They always eat it all before i get around to getting any =(

  320. Tiffany

    I dont eat bacon, but my boyfriend loves it and my son likes it too. this would be amazing for them.

  327. Dave L

    There’s not much in life that can’t be made better with bacon.

    Actually, that’s probably what I’d do for bacon; figure out a way to make *everything* better with bacon.

  341. gayle b

    Beyond my sweet enticing voiced bacon call, I really don’t do much to get bacon. I do absolutely love bacon, it is my candy and I love going into the Tim’s next to work and ordering just bacon and when they insist on knowing what I want it on, I tell them “just bacon, on waxed paper, foil, in a bag, whatever works for you” lol I always have such a good laugh at the looks they give me. One guy is trained now and looks at me and says “Bacon”? rather than “Large with milk”? I LOVE Bacon and hope you pick me :)

  347. Debra R

    It’s not that I have to ‘do’ anything to get bacon, other than ‘cheat’ on my healthy eating promise. I have officially designated 1 morning on the weekend that I can eat my fill of bacon…mmmmm!

  359. Anne McIntyre

    I would do just about anything for bacon. And once I would get said bacon I would make a huge bacon and cheese omelette. Yum ! ! !

  360. lizzi

    We love bacon so much at our home that we cook a pound for each person, then the puppies get their bacon treat as well. They get bacon grease drizzled over dog food for a few days or I will make bacon flavoured doggie treats. So I guess one could say the whole house is bacon crazy!!!!

  361. Ashley Jordan

    What would I do for bacon? I need to make money, purchase the bacon, cook the bacon and what ever else I’m making with it…then after enjoying the tasty bacon masterpiece, I have to clean up and do dishes…It’s all worth it! :)

  367. alison ingertsa

    I will make a PROMISE that my house will always have bacon available to cook. If the time was to ever come that it just got eaten all up, I would get in my car, no matter what the time or season was and drive until I found a store open that I could buy lots more bacon…
    This would be a new household RULE!

  368. Tara Browne

    I would ensure that it had a most excellent, but somewhat short life span cooking in a pan and ending up in my family’s most deserved mouths!!!!

  373. Adrienne Haggith

    I would wake up early for bacon. I would also cook it in a pan on the BBQ when it’s too hot to cook it inside.

  374. Gail Palmer

    I’d dance a jig of glee for bacon. I love peanut butter and bacon sandwiches. yumm yumm yummm

  375. Heather Bush

    my favourite way to enjoy bacon is cook about 8 strips and then build a bacon and jam toasted sandwich. I like blueberry jam the best.

  376. Kim

    i would take all three of my children (all under 5) to the grocery store to buy bacon. I’d be pulling out my hair the whole way but worth it for bacon.

  378. Jen McGlynn

    My life is great with how much bacon brings to it. I had to make my son’s life better by introducing bacon to him too. Now he asks for it with every meal I make him!!

  388. nancy

    So much meals to do with bacon ! For the morning with eggs, for the dinner into a cheese sandwich or even for the supper with cigare aux choux ! The bacon it’s always.. MMMiamm

  389. NickyJ

    don’t know if I’d do anything spectacular for bacon.. I’d leave that up to the kids and hubby.. they’re the bacon fanatics

  390. Mellissa Mirandola

    My family loves bacon. Every breakfast it isade and sometime bacon and eggs for dinner is awesome

  394. Trina Goodwin

    I would do anything for my bacon … i love bacon , who wouldn’t do almost anything for bacon lol

  403. Tanis

    I wouldn’t do anything drastic for bacon because we eat it all the time already, ha ha ha ha!!

  406. Laurel C

    I would skydive for bacon, or bungee jump or whatever I need to do to get bacon! Love it!!!!

  408. roger simmons

    I don;t need to do anything for Bacon. I have enough of it on me already but adding to it is always okay :)

  414. Marilyn

    Bacon is a MUST FOOD GROUP…breakfast…lunch…dinner or just to snack..irresistible treat for any meal

  420. Pamela Fontaine

    I dance a jig for bacon… and that would not be pretty – but it would be enthusiastic!