one of my buddies insisted on using bacon drippings to "oil" the outside and inside of his musket barrel- in the interest of "historical" (hysterical?) accuracy.
I would think that few did that and used lard instead, without salt. miles
Yep. Bacon wasn't a particularly popular food in the US till Beech-Nut Corp hired publicist and advertizing genius Edward Bernays to popularize it as a breakfast food (in combination with eggs) in the 1920s.
