On 2026-05-17 6:33 p.m., jmquown wrote:
On 5/17/2026 11:55 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2026-05-17 10:39 a.m., jmquown wrote:
On 5/17/2026 6:34 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2026-05-16, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
On 5/10/2026 3:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
Don't know why they call it Canadian bacon. It's thinly sliced smoked >>>>>> ham, not bacon.
It's not ham. Ham comes from the leg. It's loin, which comes from >>>>> the back.
The word bacon traces back to the Proto-Germanic root \(\ast
bakk\text{ô}\).
It described the back meat of a pig.
Originally, the term was a general one for pork—often salted for winter >>>>> preservation—rather than a specific cut. By the 17th century, the
meaning narrowed to describe specifically the salt-cured or smoked pork >>>>> from the back, sides, or belly.
Why do the semantics matter? We can all agree it's not bacon.
I guess semantics matter because we seem to be unable to agree that it
is not bacon.
I agree it's not bacon. I never once claimed it was bacon, despite what >> it is called on the package. Okay?!
I know you agree it's not bacon. I think it is bacon. Back bacon,
Peameal bacon and .... Canadian bacon wherever that comes from.
On 2026-05-17, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
I agree it's not bacon. I never once claimed it was bacon, despite what >>> it is called on the package. Okay?!
I know you agree it's not bacon. I think it is bacon. Back bacon,
Peameal bacon and .... Canadian bacon wherever that comes from.
Is back bacon smoked? If so, it's equivalent to what we call
"Canadian bacon".
On 2026-05-18 5:24 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2026-05-17, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
I agree it's not bacon. I never once claimed it was bacon, despite what >>>> it is called on the package. Okay?!
I know you agree it's not bacon. I think it is bacon. Back bacon,
Peameal bacon and .... Canadian bacon wherever that comes from.
Is back bacon smoked? If so, it's equivalent to what we call
"Canadian bacon".
I am familiar with "Canadian Bacon" only because I once found it in the grocery store and tried it to see what it is like. It was indeed
smoked. Our back bacon.... Peameal... is brined and then rolled in corn meal. I don't think I get all up in my nose and Canadian bacon. It just puzzles me why Americans have a product pork loin bacon called Canadian bacon when it is is nothing like the back bacon we eat.
On 2026-05-18, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
I am familiar with "Canadian Bacon" only because I once found it in the
grocery store and tried it to see what it is like. It was indeed
smoked. Our back bacon.... Peameal... is brined and then rolled in corn
meal. I don't think I get all up in my nose and Canadian bacon. It just
puzzles me why Americans have a product pork loin bacon called Canadian
bacon when it is is nothing like the back bacon we eat.
And yet, I posted the history of Canadian bacon a few days ago.
Try the Wikipedia article.
I am familiar with "Canadian Bacon" only because I once found it in the grocery store and tried it to see what it is like.Is not all bacon purchased north of the border Canadian?
On 5/18/2026 9:49 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
Is not all bacon purchased north of the border Canadian?
I am familiar with "Canadian Bacon" only because I once found it in
the grocery store and tried it to see what it is like.
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