Some years ago when I was in paid employment we used to get sent on residential courses to improve our inter-personal skills. These were mostly a complete waste of time, but it did give you the opportunity to sit up late in the bar with some work colleagues that you wouldn't normally socialise with.

On one such occasion there were just the two of us left and my drinking partner was talking about a fishing trip that he had been on recently. He spoke of getting up early in the morning, watching the sunrise over the water and feeling at one with nature. Then, he said, he had a bacon sandwich. I laughed at this point, thinking this had brought a transcendental moment down to earth with a bump. No, he said, a well-made bacon sandwich when you really fancy one is practically a religious experience.

Now, one of the good things about Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle is that there are no hard-and-fast restrictions placed on what you eat. Tom does publish a list of foods that are prone to turn to body fat which you should mostly avoid, but even these you can eat occasionally. In my goals you'll see that I've given myself exemption for white bread and bacon in this regard. Like my erstwhile colleague, I am very partial to a bacon sandwich.

So I was interested to see that researchers at the Department of Food Science at Leeds University have done a research project to determine how to make the perfect bacon sandwich (more details here). Mostly I'm in agreement with their findings, although to my mind the bread should be a fresh poppy-seed bloomer from my local bakery. My preference is also for a few grilled cherry tomatoes and some blobs of HP Sauce. I wonder how I should go about getting research funding to take this crucial area of scientific and human interest on to the next level.