Breakfast stopped at the kitchen counter. The shopper had brought home a sealed package of bacon, expecting the familiar routine of opening it, separating a few slices, and putting them in the pan. Instead, something embedded in the meat drew all attention away from the meal. It was a pale, rubbery-looking mass that did not fit the shopper’s expectation of what should be inside. The sight was enough to end any interest in cooking the bacon. The skillet remained unused while the package became the focus of a much less ordinary morning. The reaction was not only disgust. A sealed…
