First there was Wendy’s “Baconator,” two quarter-pound burgers topped off with six strips of bacon.

Then J&D’s smoky Bacon Salt, billed as delivering the flavor without the fat, the frying or the filthy kitchen, hit the shelves. And this month, we saw the unveiling of breaded, deep-fried bacon — dressed in country gravy — at Risque Cafe.

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