Report Abuse. even uncured bacon will last a couple of weeks in the fridge. Cured bacon-the normal kind-is designed to last a long time. That's why they cure it. Pioneers used to carry it with them unrefrigerated as they traveled west and it was a staple of miners. They didn't have refrigerators.
militia If you live in a remote place that's under attack by an upstart band of thieves, start a militia. A militia is a band of civilians trained to do army type business, without officially joining the army. Militia comes from mÄ«let-, Latin for soldier, but the word now refers to a band of fighters who aren't officially soldiers. Sometimes militias add on to regular army forces, like the citizen's militias who fought alongside regular troops in the Revolutionary War.
1. (Military) a military unit of the ancient Roman army made up of infantry with supporting cavalry, numbering some three to six thousand men. 2. (Military) any large military force: the French Foreign Legion. 3. (Military) (usually capital) an association of ex-servicemen: the British Legion.