Is bacon a gateway drug meat?

I recently tweeted about an article that speculated that bacon is the meat that temps vegetarians back to a carnivorous behaviour. I read this article aloud to my husband and we both had a good laugh.  I have told him on several occasions that bacon would be my downfall!

I am the only one in my family who is vegetarian, so there is meat cooking in our house pretty much every day. I'm not preachy, or critical or anal about being vegetarian. It is not uncommon for me to cook a meat meal and a vegetarian meal side-by-side. Yes I touch meat—I'll form hamburger patties with my hands. I don't freak out if the fork that poked the ham is used to serve me a stalk broccoli.

On two occasions when I was cooking bacon for family and/or friends I found myself unconsciously picking up a slice for snacking! I caught myself both times before I chomped down on it. I have never done this for any other meat. In my opinion, this proves to me the powerful draw that bacon has. Like a drug...bacon is potentially my "gateway meat".

Read the full article about vegetarians "defeated" by bacon here.