Back bacon vs belly (or side) bacon. 'Canadian' bacon does not crisp in its own juices; it's more like what we call ham. What's ham over there, a gumball?
We call back bacon canadian bacon. And while it's the yummeh, it is not and never will be as good as a crispy piece of belly bacon that melts in your mouth.
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Bacon is a cut of pork and in North America we commonly eat what is called side bacon, or bacon cut from the side of the pork. In Canada the common cut of preference is bacon taken from the back, commonly referred to as "back bacon." This bacon is more like a slice of ham, and its taken from the "eye of the loin" which is very tender and lean.
North American bacon usually has a higher fat content earning it the nickname "streaky bacon" in Europe, because of the design the pork and fat combine to make in its long thin slices.
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So all this time I thought the bacon meme was international, and y'all were really talking about a form of ham.
Bring on the ham memes!