Neal Whitman of Literal-Minded explains why "frying eggs in bacon grease" is, for many people, a way to make a delightful breakfast, but "fried eggs in bacon grease" sounds revolting to most.

Literal-Minded（译者注：一个博客的名字）的作者尼尔-惠特曼解释了为什么很多人觉得“培根油煎蛋”是美味早餐的首选，而“培根油加蛋”却让人觉得反胃到底。

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I awake to the smell of sizzling bacon in the galley.

我醒来时闻到厨房里咝咝作响的熏肉的味道。

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There was just this egg floating about in gallons of fat and raw bacon.

只有这个鸡蛋在几加仑的肥肉和生培根里漂浮着。

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I put the bacon in the pot to keep the hound dogs from gettin' it.

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You can smell the bacon when people make it in the morning, the idea of French fries cooked in fat becomes appealing to people.

早上有人在烤肉时,你能闻到香味,富含脂肪的炸薯条对人很有吸引

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What captures this idea best-- the words of Francis Bacon, considered the father of the scientific movement, was a philosopher in 1600s: " "Nature to be commanded must be obeyed."

最准确阐述这种观点的-,是培根的话，他是17世纪时科学运动之父，是一名哲学家：,“号令自然，必须遵守自然“

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There were curried and primavera versions, and an egregiously un-kosher one fried in bacon fat.

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The same analysis warns of the difficulties of attaining an even dispersal of salt in bacon, and the impact of laws restricting the use of nitrates as a preservative.

FORBES: Banning the Great British Breakfast

If you are following the markets and the news, you know that with the shortage of grain crops, which plump up our animals, feed prices are on the rise as is the frenzy over the possible decrease in bacon on home tables.

FORBES: No More Bacon? High Costs Of Feed Means Move Over Bacon, There's Something Leaner