Operation Bacon Salt

What else besides Bacon Salt could possibly lift your spirits after a long day of serving your country?

So says the P-I:

U.S. troops in Muslim nations where pig-eating is a religious no-no, have been requesting the local startup's product, dreamed up by two guys who stayed up late into the night brainstorming in 2006, to sprinkle on their MREs and anything else edible overseas.

The result? Operation Bacon Salt—an organized effort by the makers of the ingenious condiment to send a little bacon salty love to troops stationed overseas. As they say on their website, "While we don't have the resources yet to send Bacon Salt to everyone stationed overseas, we plan on sponsoring one group of soldiers per month until our troops come home."

So, if you're tooling around the house looking for something to send the troops, we recommend a fail-safe gift basket with something drawn by a child, a good book, and a carton of Bacon Salt.

photo courtesy of Flickr user redfive99