So tomorrow I’m takin’ me fishin’
Hang a sign on the door of my life
Tell the world that I’ve gone missin’
And I won’t be back for a while

Eric Church, “Livin’ Part of Life”

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Everybody has movies that stick with them throughout time. For my friends and I, Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby gets referenced still 20 years after the film debuted. And once you put some bacon on the skillet this weekend, you’ll be reminded of the “delicious, crispy scent” that Cal Naughton Jr warned the other drivers about.

In another scene, the French driver Jean Girard questions Ricky on what America has gifted society:

• Ricky Bobby: We? No, we are not French. We’re American, because you’re in America, okay? Greatest country on the planet
• Jean Girard: Well, what have you given the world apart from George Bush, Cheerios, and the ThighMaster?

So what has America given the world? I don’t know this to be a historical fact, but I would reckon we gave the world the BLT sandwich. A monumental contribution to global cuisine, only in America do we take whole wheat, vegetables, and say “you know what this needs? Some crispy bacon to make it complete”. America 1 – World 0.

Fly the Stars and Stripes high this weekend, and enjoy a BLT like our forefathers intended.

Let’s get supper on the table.

Commandment #10 – Don’t use metal tools, it will scrape off the seasoning. Plastics are fine, wood is better.

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Y’all be good. – Hendo