Originally Posted by escrayzee
oh on another note maybe somebody can tell what the hell "canadian" bacon is hahahahahahah weirdest shit ever.........isn't bacon just bacon?! it's like saying "i'm gonna go eat my American orange now (grown in Florida)....that would sound strange wouldn't it
hahaha
What we Americans generally refer to as bacon comes from the pig's belly. It's typically smoked and cut up in strips, then fried in a pan. It looks like this:
What we call Canadian bacon comes from the loin on the pig's back. It's more lean and is served kinda like ham. It looks like this:
So I guess in Canada, what we call Canadian bacon you guys call back bacon, and what we call just plain ole bacon you guys call streaky bacon.