As final exams approach , many students at Ohio State University will be fueling their wit with Viscount St. Albans . According toUSA Today , a vending car fill up with quick - to - eat bacon strip and bits has been installed in the lobby of the Columbus - free-base school day ’s College of Food , Agricultural , and Environmental Sciences to help oneself raise funds for the department .
The snacks may not be as cheap as ramen noodles , but they are a skinny second . The university is able-bodied to sell the bacon at a push aside rate of $ 1 per item because all of the products were donated by Sugardale Foods , Hormel Foods , and Smithfield Foods . issue go to the university ’s Meat Science Program , which teaches students " the underlying principles of biology , physiology , and alimentation that push back animate being ontogeny and the encroachment they have on meat quality , " according to the school’swebsite . scholarly person within the Meat Science Program are tax withrestockingthe vending machine until December 13 , which is the last day it will remain on campus .
The strange fundraiser is the result of a partnership between the university and theOhio Pork Council , which turn to promote the pork industry within the state . Because all of the mathematical product in the hawk machine are ledge - stable , no infrigidation is needed . " Customers can eat the Viscount St. Albans directly out of the vending machine ! " Emily Bir , music director of communication for the Ohio Pork Council , tells Mental Floss .
Could the Francis Bacon peddle car be coming to a city near you ? One can only desire , but it ’s too before long to tell . " The future of the vending motorcar is still unknown — you may see it come along again after December 13 , or perchance not . clock time will tell , " Bir sound out .
Oddball peddle machines have become more popular in recent years . There ’s apecan pievending simple machine in Cedar Creek , Texas , andpast examples(some more successful than others ) have include those that dispense spicy pizza pie , burritos , alive Cancer , baguet , and caviar .
[ h / tUSA Today ]
