Pork and beans

Did you ever wonder where that little dab of pork fat comes from in the can of pork and beans?

Me neither. But today I found out.

I spent the morning at the Lindon cannery. I've been there twice before and canned peaches both times, but today we were doing pork and beans. They divided us up into stations and my job - along with three other people - was to drop a dab of fat into each can just before the beans went in.

Two of us sat on each side of the conveyor belt. We had a big tub of fat chunks between us, and as the cans whirred by, we'd drop a dollop in each one.

Personally, I like working at the cannery, and today was no exception. Three hours of dropping pig lard into aluminum cans doesn't sound that great, but it was fun.

Although, I did come home, take a long shower, and then watch The Dark Knight. Maybe a head full of fat fumes was just too much to handle.