{"id":1254,"date":"2009-12-29T12:40:15","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T12:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyfork.com\/foodie_action_figures_the_patr\/"},"modified":"2021-04-22T19:47:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T19:47:10","slug":"foodie_action_figures_the_patr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/new\/foodie_action_figures_the_patr\/","title":{"rendered":"Foodie Action Figures: The Patron Saint of Bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months back we assembled a list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/2009\/06\/worst_most_unnecessary_bacon_p_page_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worst, most unnecessary bacon products<\/a>, and not surprisingly, more than a few of the entries were available courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcphee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archie McPhee<\/a>. Well, the novelty gift store has at least one bacon product we must have over looked: an action figure for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcphee.com\/shop\/products\/St.-Anthony-Patron-Saint-of-Bacon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Anthony Patron Saint of Bacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"DISPLAY: inline\" class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><\/p>\n<table class=\"image center\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Patron-Saint-of-Bacon.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfork.com\/files\/patron-saint-of-bacon.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>?<\/span>Even though the figure is only $4.95, we&#8217;re hard pressed to call it a &#8220;value.&#8221; Our thought was that bacon seems to be doing just fine on its own, and using a &#8220;prayer to assist with the enjoyment of quality bacon&#8221; is probably not needed. But, if you&#8217;ve got five bucks to spare and have a crippling fear of low-quality bacon, you know where to find the cure.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months back we assembled a list of the worst, most unnecessary bacon products, and not surprisingly, more than a few of the entries were available courtesy of Archie McPhee. 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