Congrats to the 2013 Graduates!
At The Original Pancake House in Denver, some of our favorite breakfast customers are our neighborhood high school kids. As May comes to a close and summer is fast approaching, we would like to extend our congratulations and best wishes to the Class of 2013! You’ve spent many a morning with us, and we thank you for making The Original Pancake House your favorite spot for breakfast in Denver!
We would also like to congratulate a few of our favorite employees on their graduation this month! Your service at The Original Pancake House has been top-notch and we appreciate your hard work. Best wishes in your future endeavors!
Meet the Original Pancake House Denver's Graduates:
Korbin Kinney with DTC Manager and mom Karen Kinney
Graduate Braydin Mehnert
Graduate Aaliyah Navarro with DTC Managers Karen Kinney and Jennifer Cheshek
Graduate Kelsey Amsberry with her twin brother Blake Amsberry
Bacon! Bacon! Bacon!
Who doesn't love bacon? The smell, the sizzle, the crunch and the taste…bacon is so scrumptious it’ll rouse even the sleepiest from their beds. At The Original Pancake House in Denver, we LOVE bacon. People come from near and far just to get a plate full of thick-sliced goodness. In fact, our bacon is so popular we served 30 tons last year. Yes, you read that right, 60,000 pounds of our delicious bacon. Thank you Denver!
In honor of this pork treat, here are a few fun facts about bacon:
1. A 250 lb. pig yields approximately 23 lbs. of bacon.
2. Bacon is an ancient treat! The Chinese began curing pork belly around 1500 B.C.
3. In 1924 Oscar Meyer created a patent for the first sliced and packaged bacon.
4. The average American consumes 17.9 lbs. of bacon each year.
5. Dry-curing bacon is the oldest curing method. The meat is rubbed with salt, spice and sugar, and then is hung in a cool place for two weeks.
6. In 1920, a Parisian butcher created the formula for Bacon Cologne.
7. In the U.S. we make bacon from pork belly; however, in Canada they use the loin and in Europe they use the pork shoulder.
8. National Bacon Day is the Saturday before Labor Day.
9. Bacon contains a micro-nutrient called choline. Expectant mothers should eat bacon as this nutrient boosts intelligence levels in unborn children.
10. Bacon is actually addictive! It contains umami which produces an addictive neurochemical response in the brain.
Hungry yet? Brain full of information about bacon? If you are looking for a big bacon breakfast in Denver, The Original Pancake House is here to serve you! We leave you with this quote from one of our Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson: “I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family, and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post.”
Sources: www.friendseat.com, www.bacontoday.com, www.yumbacon.webs.com, www.baconsocial.com